Crypto Miners

We feel like most people still see #Binance as just a crypto exchange… but that take already feels kinda outdated.

Like, in just 90 days, it went from basically zero to doing around $7.6B daily in gold and $6.4B in silver. That’s not normal growth, that’s the kind of shift where you start asking where price discovery is actually happening now.

And the crazy part is, those numbers aren’t small in a “crypto” sense, they’re big even compared to traditional exchanges. It’s already doing multiples of places like MCX, DGCX, TOCOM, and even touching a noticeable share of SHFE. At that point, it’s not experimenting with TradFi… it’s operating at that level.

But what really clicked for us is the 24/7 angle.

News breaks at random times. Weekends, late nights, whenever. Traditional markets just… wait. But here, people are already trading, already reacting, already setting expectations before those markets even open. That kind of changes how everything gets priced globally.

And then you realize it’s not just about one asset anymore.

You’ve got crypto, gold, silver, oil, even equities, all sitting in the same place. No jumping between platforms, no fragmented setups. Just one continuous market where you can actually think in terms of a full portfolio instead of isolated trades.

Plus there’s this whole CeFi + DeFi overlap happening in the background. Liquid markets on one side, on-chain RWAs growing fast on the other. That combo of liquidity + programmability is kinda new if you think about how TradFi usually works.

Feels like the line between crypto and traditional finance isn’t something that’s coming later… it’s already getting blurry.

Anyway, worth paying attention to.

Trade the world, 24/7.

Real world assets just crossed $30B onchain, roughly 6x 2024 levels, and tokenized equities are becoming a key part of that growth

which is where bStocks comes in. launched june 10, it’s already crossed $118.5M in tokenized ETF market cap, moving into second place among leading platforms in about two months

that kind of number usually means one of two things. either real demand, or assets just sitting there for the ranking

the DEX volume answers that. bStocks accounts for roughly 90% of tokenized-equity DEX volume, a pretty strong signal there’s real activity behind the market cap

daily active traders did cool off though, peaked near 74K, now around 58K

but the crossover is where it gets more telling. 58.5% of bStocks holders also traded other Binance products in july, and around 31% of bStocks AUM was being used as margin collateral

people aren’t just holding tokenized stocks. they’re using them alongside the rest of their trading activity

makes sense given the setup. Binance’s existing user base, direct USDT trading and 1:1 conversion with the underlying shares all lower the barriers to adoption

second place in two months says a lot on its own. what happens next as the category grows is the more interesting part

wall street is moving toward something crypto figured out years ago

NYSE and Nasdaq are extending trading hours toward 23×5. but honestly, the more interesting question is why people want access outside traditional market hours in the first place.

turns out there’s already plenty of activity there. 62% of Binance’s bStocks volume in july happened while U.S. markets were closed, with particularly strong activity during asian hours.

Binance already runs 24/7, so if you’re trading from another time zone, new york closing doesn’t exactly mean the market stops mattering.

Shunyet Jan, Binance’s Head of Exchange & Trading, put the crypto side of it pretty simply. bitcoin can move around anywhere, so someone was always going to make the market 24/7.

the interesting bit with 23×5 is that keeping the exchange open is only half the job. the banking and settlement infrastructure behind it needs to keep running too.

crypto has a pretty obvious advantage here. stablecoins operate 24/7 and can settle instantly.

and there’s already evidence that those extra hours matter. across seven weekends Binance Research studied, bStocks had reflected a median 92% of the subsequent monday opening move before monday even opened.

maybe 23×5 is the next step for wall street. but clearly, traders are already looking beyond the closing.

BNB Chain activates Pasteur hardfork with fuller blocks and stronger security

$BNB Smart Chain’s Pasteur hardfork goes live on Aug. 25 at 02:30 UTC, introducing BEP-682, BEP-695 and BEP-675 to strengthen bridge verification, validator key rotation and governance while allowing blocks to carry more transactions.

BEP-675 targets higher throughput without increasing the 450ms block interval or 100M gas limit. In QANet tests, throughput rose from 1,237 to 2,324 TPS, while validator critical-path time fell from 125ms to 15ms. Average block gas used rose from 46.35M to 84.15M, with no change in finality lag.

Mainnet nodes must run v1.7.7 before activation. The benchmark figures are testnet results, not mainnet measurements.

crypto exchanges aren’t looking very crypto-only anymore

been looking at @binance’s perps data and it kinda proves it. 10 of the top 15 perpetual contracts by 24h volume are tied to tradfi assets now, stocks, etfs, commodities. the remaining five are crypto perps, led by btc and other major tokens.

the growth backs it up too. stock-linked perp volume across CEXs is up roughly 79x since the start of 2026, and binance accounted for about 76% of equity perp volume in july.

then there’s the SanDisk number, wild on its own. binance’s $SNDK perp did about $6.87B in 24h volume on aug 19, roughly 22% of SanDisk’s 24h trading volume on Nasdaq.

not just perps either. 7,000+ US stocks and etfs are tradeable directly now, plus tokenized securities and commodity exposure through derivatives.

tradfi moving into crypto used to be a talking point. now it’s just what the data shows.

binance’s tradfi perpetuals are part of that shift, available in select regions.

Binance launches Agent OS for AI agents

New toolkit lets AI agents trade, access live market data, manage wallets and settle payments directly through @binance.

MCP now covers spot/futures/convert trading and market data. Onchain, DeFi and x402 payments roll out via other Binance APIs. Coverage spans crypto, 7,000+ US stocks and TradFi perpetuals.

Devs set permissions and funding limits, revocable anytime. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, ChatGPT.

Not autonomous. Agents only do what you allow.

Binance plans UK return under new crypto rules

Binance plans to apply for authorization from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority as the country prepares to open applications under its new crypto regime.

The FCA application window opens Sept. 30, 2026, with the new regime taking effect Oct. 25, 2027. Binance is expected to establish a UK presence and board as part of the process, after years of restrictions that saw it stop onboarding new UK users in 2023.

VIP tiers usually mean grinding your way up with more and more volume

Binance is doing something a little different with VIP 6 for Six. eligible users can skip the usual climb and start at VIP 6 for two months, with a chance to extend it up to six months by hitting the required milestones.

the fee side is obviously a big one, with up to 80% discounted rates. but the other benefits are probably more interesting for active traders

0% institutional loans for a month, BNB borrowing at 2.5% with no collateral, higher VIP Earn yields, Capital Connect, and a dedicated account manager who actually knows your trading setup.

there are also VIP-only events, networking opportunities and seasonal perks, so it goes beyond just trading fees.

and there are two ways in. current VIP 1-5 users and eligible VIPs from other exchanges can take the growth track, while lapsed VIP 3-6 users may qualify through the reactivation track.

basically, if you’re already trading at that level, it’s worth checking whether you qualify.

skipping the climb is probably the part we’d pay attention to.

Apple Removes Fake DeFiLlama App After Funds Were Stolen

@DefiLlama founder @0xngmi says the team spent months reporting a fake app on Apple’s App Store for impersonation and trademark infringement, but it remained available.

The team eventually tested the app with a small amount of funds and entered a seed phrase as instructed. The funds were stolen. After DeFiLlama submitted evidence, Apple removed the app within days. Similar fake apps were also targeting other major crypto brands.a

.@BNBCHAIN has obtained ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 certifications following an audit by BSI, the UK’s national standards body.

The certifications cover information security management and privacy management across BNB Chain’s infrastructure, including areas such as risk management, access controls, incident response, smart contract deployment, key management, and personal data governance.

The certifications apply to $BNB Chain’s core blockchain systems, providing institutions with independently audited security and privacy standards for compliance and due diligence.

BNB Chain Sets New Security Standard

AvengerDAO is expanding its security offering with 11 security firms, BNB Chain’s first official BNB-SS standard, and bug bounty support for projects beyond launch.

The 11 firms include @HashDit, @CertiK, @zokyo_io, @salus_sec, @Beosin_com, @GoplusSecurity, @blocksecteam, @pessimistic_io, @sherlockdefi, @getfailsafe and @firepanhq, all selected by the $BNB Chain security team.

BNB-SS covers governance, access control, oracles, secure development and bridges. Projects that pass the review earn an official security badge. The bug bounty program adds another layer of testing after deployment.

One stat from this week’s @DefiLlama data really stood out to us.

94.4% of all weekend tokenized stock trading happened on @binance!

The number makes more sense when you zoom out

More than half of all tokenized stock trading (51%) now happens outside US market hours, so once Wall Street closes, liquidity doesn’t disappear. It just keeps moving.

During regular market hours #Binance accounts for 69% of trading. That rises to 82% overnight before reaching 94.4% on weekends. At the same time, bStocks has already crossed $500M in AUM and processed over $2B in weekend trading volume.

Feels like the conversation is shifting from “when do markets open?” to “where is the liquidity when they close?”

Everyone keeps saying Gen Z is just chasing hype.

But the data paints a very different picture!

Around 30% of Gen Z started investing during university or early adulthood, compared with 15% of Millennials, while 77% have received formal financial education.

That shift is already showing up on @binance. Gen Z now makes up 44% of Direct Stocks users, 44% of bStocks users, and 45% of TradFi-Perps users. Among people using all three TradFi products, 48% are Gen Z.

What’s even more interesting is where that growth is coming from. 95% of Gen Z TradFi users are based in emerging markets, with many getting their first access to global markets through smaller portfolios rather than large balances.

The numbers also challenge another stereotype. Gen Z has the lowest share of leveraged ETF trading at just 5.9%, and many are starting with established names like NVIDIA, Tesla, Apple, and the Nasdaq-100 ETF instead of chasing speculation.

And this isn’t slowing down either. Gen Z’s share of new TradFi users on #Binance has already grown from 41% in January to 47% in July, contributing around $80B in TradFi trading volume year to date.

Maybe the biggest investing story isn’t that Gen Z is entering the market earlier. It’s that they’re changing what the next generation of investors looks like.

One thing we’ve noticed during this market slowdown is that you learn a lot by watching where the liquidity actually stays.

According to CoinDesk Research, while the broader market saw nearly $996M in net outflows, @binance was one of the few exchanges that still posted positive net flows at +$36.9M.

What stood out even more is that its market share barely moved despite activity cooling across the industry, holding around 55% of CEX reserves, 24% spot, 36% perpetuals, and 22% perpetual open interest.

The same pattern showed up elsewhere too. @CoinDesk Research ranked #Binance #1 by trading volume for several of the tokens leading this month’s strongest-performing sectors, while @TheBlockCo reported reserve ratios above 100% for $USDT and $USDC, backed by publicly verifiable Proof of Reserves.

Markets always go through quieter periods. The interesting part is seeing which platforms continue to hold their ground when they do.

Hoskinson says Bitcoin could lose top spot if governance fails quantum test

Cardano co-founder Charles Hoskinson warned #Bitcoin could lose its position as the leading cryptocurrency if its governance fails to adapt to future quantum computing threats.

He said Cardano’s onchain governance makes it better equipped to coordinate upgrades and respond to quantum-related challenges.

ETF perpetuals have quietly become one of the biggest trading stories of 2026.

In just seven months, the category has grown to over $116B in cumulative trading volume, with adoption accelerating at an average 170% month over month.

@binance has led that shift, capturing a 74% market share in ETF TradFi perpetuals in July, with these products now making up 30% of its total TradFi perpetual trading.

They’re also giving traders more flexible ways to gain exposure, hedge portfolios, and trade familiar markets using crypto-native infrastructure.

What stood out most to me was that, for products like KORU, trading volume on #Binance reached 148% of the underlying ETF. That’s a strong sign that crypto exchanges aren’t just following traditional markets anymore, they’re increasingly becoming where price discovery happens.

Global ETF assets now sit at $23.09T, while ETF perpetual trading volume is around $100B. This still feels like the beginning for ETF perpetuals.

it’s becoming clear that tokenized markets won’t be won by whoever lists the most assets. they’ll be won by whoever provides the deepest liquidity

that’s where @binance is pulling ahead

according to @DefiLlama Research, Binance averaged $536M in $BTC perpetual liquidity during 2025, around 2.6x the depth of the next largest exchange. that same liquidity is helping support the next wave of tokenized real-world assets.

the market is already moving in that direction. tokenized RWAs have grown from roughly $5.5B to $25B since early 2025, adding $10B in 2026 alone despite broader weakness across crypto and DeFi.

DefiLlama Research also found that centralized exchanges account for roughly 80% of RWA perpetual activity, with Binance capturing 55.7% of CEX volume while leading TradFi perpetuals with a 35.9% market share.

from stocks and ETFs to tokenized funds and on-chain RWAs, the same infrastructure that helped Binance scale crypto markets is now helping bridge traditional finance and blockchain.

Galaxy launches Bitcoin quantum readiness initiative

@galaxyhq has launched the Bitcoin Quantum Readiness Initiative, committing up to $5 million in grants to support developers building post-quantum cryptographic tools for Bitcoin.

The initiative also includes a dedicated research program and an advisory council of quantum computing and cryptography experts to help prepare Bitcoin for future quantum security challenges.