How to buy Solana on Bybit in Europe (2026 guide)

To buy Solana on Bybit in Europe, you use bybit.eu, the platform of Bybit EU GmbH, which holds a MiCA licence from Austria’s Financial Market Authority. You sign up, verify your identity, deposit euros by SEPA, card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, and buy SOL on the SOL/EUR market for a flat 0.25%: €0.25 on a €100 buy and €2.50 on €1,000.

We checked Bybit EU’s fee announcement, help centre, public API and Austria’s authorisation notice on 23 October 2026. We haven’t bought SOL on Bybit ourselves, so every fact comes from official pages or regulator records. Crypto is volatile, and you can lose all the money you invest.

Is Bybit available in your country?

Yes, for most EU residents. Bybit EU GmbH was authorised by the FMA under MiCA on 28 May 2025 for custody, exchange and transfer services, and its licence is passported to the EEA, including the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Ireland. Malta is excluded.

Availability also depends on nationality: Bybit EU is not available to nationals of the US, Malta, Russia and several other countries, or to stateless persons. UK availability is unclear. Bybit EU’s public API listed SOL/EUR, SOL/USDC and SOL/PLN as trading on 23 October 2026, so you can buy SOL directly with euros.

• Main upside: a flat, low 0.25% spot fee under an EU licence, with card, Apple Pay and Google Pay top-ups.
• Main catch: the Bybit group lost about $1.5bn in a February 2025 hack, and Bybit EU shows withdrawal fees only after you log in.
• Look elsewhere if you want a cleaner track record or every fee published before sign-up; Kraken and Coinbase are the main licensed alternatives.

What is Solana (SOL)?

Solana is a blockchain network designed for fast, low-cost transactions, and SOL is its native crypto token. You use SOL to pay network fees, to stake, and to use DeFi apps and other tokens in the Solana ecosystem, including meme coins.

The SOL price, supply and market cap change constantly. A coin’s current price says nothing about where it goes next, and SOL can lose a large part of its value quickly.

How to buy Solana on Bybit, step by step

Buying SOL on Bybit EU takes five steps: create a free account, verify your identity, deposit euros, buy SOL and, if you want, send it to your own wallet. Plan about 20 minutes, plus the time your bank needs for a SEPA transfer.

Choose a payment method: bank account or card?

A SEPA transfer from your bank account is usually the cheapest way to fund a Solana purchase, because Bybit EU adds no deposit fee; it takes longer than a card. Card and wallet top-ups with Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay and Google Pay are faster, and Bybit EU supports them in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Ireland, among other EEA countries, but card purchase and One-Click Buy fees are shown only after you log in. Check the total at checkout before you proceed.

Market order, limit order or One-Click Buy?

On Bybit EU’s spot market, maker and taker orders pay the same 0.25%, so a limit order doesn’t save fees; it gives you control over the price. One-Click Buy is Bybit EU’s simple buy option, but its fee is only visible in the logged-in app. If you compare, enter the same euro amount in both and look at how much SOL you receive.

Bybit fees for €100 and €1,000 of SOL

A €100 SOL buy on Bybit EU costs €0.25 in trading fees and a €1,000 buy costs €2.50, with no Bybit EU fee on the euro deposit. These are the costs we could verify:

A worked example: you send €1,000 by SEPA (€0), buy SOL on SOL/EUR (€2.50) and hold €997.50 worth of SOL. Selling it later costs another €2.50. If you buy €100 a month, the trading fees come to 12 × €0.25 = €3.00 a year. For the same €1,000 market order at entry-tier rates, Kraken Pro charges €8.00 and Coinbase Advanced €12.00.

The 0.25% rate applies below 100,000 USDC of 30-day trading volume and falls to 0.15% for higher-volume non-VIP users. Our Bybit fees page tracks every cost we can verify.

Staking SOL on Bybit EU: read the Earn terms

Staking SOL means delegating it to a validator that helps secure the Solana network, in exchange for part of the rewards. According to solana.com, returns depend on the inflation rate, the total SOL staked, the validator’s uptime and its commission, so they change over time and are never promised.

Bybit EU’s website lists a SOL product in its Earn section, open to users who have completed identity verification. Before you subscribe, read Bybit EU’s own disclaimer: Earn is not a regulated product under MiCA, and by subscribing you transfer full legal and beneficial ownership of the coins to Bybit EU GmbH. While subscribed, the coins are no longer held in custody for you, Bybit EU may use them for its own account, and you keep only a contractual claim without MiCA client-asset protection.

We don’t quote reward rates. Solana’s own documentation says slashing is not implemented in the protocol today but could affect delegators in the future, and a falling SOL price can outweigh any rewards.

Send Solana to a wallet address you control

SOL in your Bybit account is custodial: Bybit holds the keys. For long-term holdings, you can move SOL to a self-custody Solana wallet so that only you hold the keys.

• Software wallets such as the Phantom wallet hold SOL and connect to Solana apps; see our overview of wallet types.
• Hardware wallets such as a Ledger keep the keys offline; read what a hardware wallet is.
• Self-custody puts you in charge of the recovery phrase, and nobody can restore it for you. Our self-custody guide explains the trade-offs.

Check the Solana network

Always select the Solana network when you withdraw SOL, copy the wallet address rather than typing it, and send a small test transfer before the full amount. Blockchain transactions are irreversible: if you send SOL on the wrong chain or to the wrong address, Bybit can’t pull it back.

Bybit’s track record

Bybit EU is licensed and publishes a proof of reserves with wallet addresses, most recently for 23 September 2026. Weigh that against the group’s record:

• February 2025 hack: about $1.5bn in ETH was stolen from Bybit’s wallets; the FBI attributed the theft to North Korea.
• 2024 Dutch fine: De Nederlandsche Bank fined Bybit Fintech Limited €2.25m for serving Dutch clients without registration until September 2023.

Common mistakes when buying Solana on Bybit

Most mistakes on Bybit come from using the wrong platform or tool. Avoid these:

• Signing up on bybit.com instead of bybit.eu. EU residents belong on the MiCA-licensed bybit.eu.
• Skipping the withdrawal fee check. Fees appear only in the withdrawal window, and a fixed fee weighs more on small amounts.
• Using spot margin by accident. Margin means borrowed money: most retail traders who use leverage lose money, and Bybit EU charges a 2% liquidation fee.
• Subscribing to Earn without reading the terms. Ownership of the coins moves to Bybit EU while you are subscribed.
• Forgetting tax records. In the Netherlands, crypto falls in box 3, taxed on a notional return on your assets on 1 January; in Germany, gains on crypto held for more than a year are currently tax-free, though a 2026 draft bill would change that for coins bought from 2027.

Alternatives for buying Solana in Europe

Kraken and Coinbase also hold MiCA licences and listed SOL/EUR markets on their public APIs on 23 October 2026. Both cost more per trade than Bybit EU at the entry tier; Kraken publishes a proof of reserves, and Coinbase is listed on Nasdaq with audited accounts. See our guide to buying Solana on Coinbase and our Kraken vs Bybit comparison. Binance is not an option: it has no MiCA licence. For Bybit’s full licence, fee and security record, read our Bybit review.