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Tokenized stocks, gold and real estate are driving broader adoption as banks and institutions embrace blockchain-based assets despite a weaker crypto market. Tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) remain one of the few bright spots in the cryptocurrency industry, even as macroeconomic headwinds and policy uncertainty weigh on markets in 2026, according to Binance Research. In its latest Monthly Market Insights report, Binance Research said the market for active tokenized RWAs surged 589% from early 2025 to June 2026. Bonds and money market funds led the sector in dollar terms, growing by 83% and adding $6.5 billion in value. Tokenized stocks, however, recorded the fastest growth, with their market value jumping 422%. Read more

A Binance legal document disclosed a revenue-sharing agreement with Alpaca, which includes sharing 50% of the stock custodian’s order flow revenue with the cryptocurrency exchange. Binance disclosed a revenue-sharing arrangement with custodian and brokerage infrastructure API provider Alpaca, which has become a major infrastructure provider in the custody of tokenized US stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Under Binance Securities Trading Terms published Tuesday, Binance will receive 50% of Alpaca’s payment-for-order-flow fees and 65% of remaining profit from user stock lending after users are paid interest, Binance will receive 50% of Alpaca’s payment-for-order-flow, or PFOF, fees and 65% of profit from user stock lending after the platform pays user interest. Alpaca provides brokerage, clearing and custody infrastructure for Binance’s stock trading product and is also a major infrastructure provider in tokenized US stocks and ETFs. The company raised $150 million at an $1.15 billion valuation for its b...

Binance exchange said it will move NFT support from its exchange to its non-custodial wallet and offered users 30 days to migrate their NFTs. Binance announced it is shutting down support for non-fungible tokens on Binance Exchange and moving NFT management to its self-custodial cryptocurrency wallet, Binance Wallet.  The exchange said this will offer NFT holders “easier access to Web3 and decentralized features,” according to a Wednesday announcement.   NFT Holders have until July 3 to withdraw their transferable NFTs from the platform before they become inaccessible. For non-transferable NFTs that can’t be withdrawn by design, Binance Academy will provide a PDF certificate of course completion. Read more

A memecoin trader turned a $2,480 bet into more than $12 million, creating one of the sector’s rare breakout winners at a time when the broader memecoin market is collapsing. On-chain analyst Ember CN reported June 1 that the trader bought Binance Life, also known as BianRensheng, within half an hour of its deployment and […] The post Trader turns $2,480 into $12 million after holding Binance memecoin for 8 months appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Binance launched US equities trading for eligible users and plans tokenized stocks as crypto exchanges expand into broader financial markets. Binance has launched US equities trading for eligible users and plans to add tokenized stocks as part of a broader push to expand beyond crypto. Users will be able to trade more than 7,000 stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with zero commission, buy fractional shares from $5 and access select equities on a 24/5 basis, according to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph. The exchange said it is also planning to introduce tokenized stocks as part of its vision for a “multi-asset financial super app.” Read more

Weakening spot demand, miner inflows to exchanges and freshly opened shorts put downside pressure on Bitcoin price. Bitcoin (BTC) miner inflows to Binance crossed 20,000 BTC for only the second time this year, placing fresh pressure on Bitcoin’s daily uptrend near the $75,000 support zone. Will BTC defend its higher-timeframe bullish structure, or is the market on the verge of a broader bearish trend shift?  Crypto analyst Amr Taha said miners transferred roughly 21,000 BTC to Binance on May 18, close to the 23,150 BTC sent on Feb. 5. Large miner deposits are often tied to potential selling activity as miners move BTC to exchanges to cover operating costs. Read more

Binance remains blocked in the Philippines after a 2024 NTC directive tied to SEC concerns over licensing and registration. Crypto exchange Binance is partnering with fintech company BlockShoals Technologies in what the platform described as its first formal market-entry approach in the Philippines, through local partnerships and regulatory engagement.  On Tuesday, Binance announced the partnership, highlighting that BlockShoals is an approved participant under the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Strategic Sandbox, or StratBox, framework. Binance said BlockShoals will serve as the approved local intermediary, while the exchange will provide technology, security, operational and compliance support. A Binance spokesperson told Cointelegraph that the company is pursuing a compliance-oriented market approach in collaboration with local stakeholders. “This represents Binance’s first formal market entry approach in the Philippines through local partnerships and regulatory engagement,” the spok...

Binance CEO Richard Teng denied a new WSJ report alleging $850 million in Iran-linked transactions flowed through the exchange to the IRGC. Binance CEO Richard Teng has pushed back against a new Wall Street Journal investigation claiming the exchange processed $850 million in transactions tied to a sanctioned Iranian financier, which eventually flowed to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. In a Friday post on X, Teng called the reporting “fundamentally inaccurate,” saying that Binance never permitted transactions with sanctioned individuals and that any flagged activity occurred before those individuals were placed under US sanctions. He also claimed Binance had investigated the issues before the Journal contacted the company, and that facts it provided were not included in the story. The Journal’s report, published on Thursday, identified Babak Zanjani, who was re-sanctioned by the US in January, as the central figure in a secret crypto payment network that ran $850 million through Binance accounts ove...

The crypto exchange's new pre-IPO futures product lets traders speculate on SpaceX’s expected public market valuation before the company begins trading on public exchanges. Binance launched perpetual futures contracts tied to the expected valuations of private companies ahead of their public listings, starting with a SpaceX-linked product settled in Tether's USDt (USDT). Binance said pre-IPO perpetual contracts are expected to reflect publicly available IPO pricing indicators, including announced valuation ranges and final offering prices, before a company begins trading publicly. After a listing, the contracts would transition to tracking live market prices. The first contract, SPCXUSDT Pre-IPO Perpetual, is tied to SpaceX's expected public market valuation, with additional pre-IPO perpetual contracts to follow over time. Read more

Binance looks to democratize pre-IPO markets, starting with SpaceX perpetual futures.

XRP is rising into a market split between traditional finance infrastructure and crypto-native skepticism. According to CryptoSlate's data, the token recently traded above $1.46 as spot-market indicators improved, exchange-traded funds drew their strongest daily inflows in more than four months, and Ripple expanded the credit capacity behind its institutional prime brokerage business. However, this came […] The post Wall Street is buying XRP while Binance traders keep betting against it appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Binance says it prevented $10.53 billion in user losses and blacklisted 36,000 malicious addresses, with AI now powering over half of its fraud controls. Crypto exchange Binance says its AI-powered security tools helped prevent more than $10 billion in user losses from scams and fraud between early 2025 and March 2026. Binance said in a blog post on Monday that it had protected more than 5.4 million users from fraud between the first quarter of 2025 and the first quarter of 2026 after rolling out over 24 AI-driven initiatives and more than 100 models. “AI-powered scams and exploits are accelerating,” Binance said. “The barrier to entry for scam perpetrators is falling fast, with AI accelerating the drop. What once required technical expertise can now be executed for next to nothing and at scale.” Read more

One point three billion adults lack financial services, 4.7 billion lack credit, and 1.4 billion savers in low-income nations earn no deposit interest, Binance said.

US Treasury officials reportedly sent a letter to Binance pressing the crypto exchange on compliance with a 2023 deal, after reports circulated that the company had facilitated transactions linked to Iran. Update (May 7 at 9:47 PM UTC): This article has been updated to include a statement from Binance. The US Department of the Treasury reportedly demanded that Binance follow a monitoring program put in place by a 2023 deal between authorities and the cryptocurrency exchange, following reports that the company facilitated $1 billion to entities tied to Iran. According to a Thursday report by The Information, the Treasury Department “privately demanded” that Binance be in compliance with a monitoring program to which it had agreed after reaching a deal with US authorities in 2023. The deal, which included a $4.3 billion settlement with Treasury and the US Department of Justice, required Binance to comply with a three-year monitoring program overseen by government officials.  Read more

Binance will shift to an orderbook-weighted pricing model for commodity perpetual futures during off-hours, potentially changing margin and liquidation behavior. Binance will change how it calculates benchmark prices for commodity-based perpetual futures during off-hours, a move that could affect margin and liquidation levels during weekends, holidays and maintenance periods, according to an exchange notice published Tuesday. The update will take effect on Friday at 9:00 pm UTC. The exchange will replace its current fixed pricing method with an Orderbook EWMA model for commodity-based traditional finance (TradFi) perpetual contracts. EWMA, or exponential weighted moving average, uses orderbook data that is smoothed over time rather than relying on a fixed reference price during periods of lower activity. Binance said the change will apply during daily maintenance windows as well as weekends and holidays, when trading activity is typically reduced. Read more

Binance has unveiled a new wallet that merges AI with decentralized finance. “Agentic Wallet,” a keyless crypto wallet that enables AI agents to execute transactions on behalf of users within predefined parameters.Announced just today, the new wallet operates as a separate, isolated account within a user’s Binance Wallet, enabling AI-powered agents to trade, transfer, and […] The post Binance AI Wallet Unveiled: Keyless ‘Agentic Wallet’ for Web3 Automation appeared first on Cryptonews.

The exchange set maker fees at 0% and taker fees at 0.02% across all pairs, extending near-zero pricing to all users with no volume tiers or subscription requirements. Update (April 22 7:49 PM UTC): This article has been updated to reflect the relationship between Binance.US and Binance in the eighth paragraph. Binance.US has reduced spot trading fees to 0% for makers and 0.02% for takers across all trading pairs, extending near-zero pricing to all users without volume thresholds or subscription requirements. The new pricing replaces the platform’s tiered fee structure and applies to all accounts, with the company saying the move could reduce trading costs by as much as 98% compared with competitors such as Coinbase. Read more

Bitcoin inflows diverge across exchanges as selling pressure eases on Binance, while Coinbase shows more dominant activity. Bitcoin (BTC) mid-size wallet inflows to Binance fell to 3,000–4,000 BTC, marking a multi-year low in sell-side activity from this cohort. This coincides with Coinbase recording about 8,500 BTC in inflows from similar wallets on April 19, while other exchanges saw much smaller flows. Binance exchange Bitcoin inflows have also fallen to 2023 levels, but how is this significant to today’s market? CryptoQuant data classifies mid-size wallets as the entities holding roughly 100–1,000 BTC, often linked to active traders and smaller institutions. These wallets tend to move coins to the exchanges during distribution periods, making their inflows a useful proxy for near-term selling intent. Read more

RaveDAO denies involvement in RAVE token price surge and crash as Binance and Bitget launch investigations into suspected market manipulation. RaveDAO has denied any role in the recent surge and sharp collapse of its RAVE token, as major crypto exchanges open probes into trading activity following allegations of market manipulation. In a thread posted on X, the project said it was “not engaged in, nor responsible for, recent price action,” responding to mounting scrutiny after RAVE soared from roughly $0.25 to nearly $28 within days before plunging more than 80%. The denial comes as onchain investigator ZachXBT accused the project of orchestrating a pump-and-dump scheme, pointing to concentrated token holdings and suspicious exchange flows. He claimed that more than 90% of the token supply may be controlled by insiders, calling on exchanges to take action. Read more

A letter from US Senator Richard Blumenthal said he was concerned about “mounting allegations of dangerously lax anti-money laundering prevention by Binance.” Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal questioned US authorities responsible for overseeing Binance about whether the company is complying with anti-money laundering laws and sanctions under its 2023 court-imposed monitoring program. According to a report published by Fortune on Friday, Blumenthal sent letters to the Justice Department and the US Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), asking for details on Binance’s compliance.  Binance and its former CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao reached a deal in 2023, in which the exchange would pay $4.3 billion to settle civil regulatory enforcement actions, and CZ would plead guilty to one felony charge. Read more