# 2c - Connect to Bybit

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Bybit access has been **restricted for** **French users**. If this applies to you, please link CryptoTrader to one of our other **compatible exchange platforms.**
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Ensure you have **read and understood** the required prerequisites before continuing. \
Please refer to **the "Must-knows" page** in the left menu.
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Follow the steps below to configure a **Bybit account** and enable **automated management** of your funds.

### **Before proceeding**, ensure that your **SPOT wallet** contains <mark style="background-color:green;">**only USDT.**</mark>

1. **Log in** to your [**Bybit**](https://www.bybit.com/) accoun&#x74;**.**
2. [Click here](https://www.bybit.com/app/user/api-management) to access the page for generating **new API keys**.
3. Then click on the **Create New Key** button, followed by **System-generated API Keys :**&#x20;

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4. Click on **API Transaction**, then label your key by naming it: **CryptoTrader :**&#x20;

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5. Change the permissions to **Read-Write.**
6. Check the box **Only IPs with permissions granted.**
7. Whitelist the following **two IP addresses**, separating them with a comma and no spaces:  &#x20;

* `35.195.13.37`
* `89.184.13.176`

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8. To ensure proper order execution, API keys must possess the following permissions:&#x20;

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*Equally effective on both Standard Account and Unified Trading Accounts.*

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Next, click on the **Submit** button.

Your API keys have been successfully generated. Before proceeding to the final step located in the left menu of this documentation under the section '**3 - Link to CryptoTrader', please make sure to keep the pop-up window containing the newly created public and private keys open, or copy them into a temporary file.**