KuCoin lança contratos perpétuos liquidados em USDT vinculados a ações, ETFs alavancados e títulos do Tesouro

BITZ0 · 2026-10-16T07:56:33.000Z

A KuCoin lançou em 14 de outubro cinco contratos perpétuos com margem em USDT vinculados a ações e fundos negociados em bolsa, com início das negociações às 09:00 UTC e alavancagem de até 20x. As listagens ampliam a oferta da corretora de derivativos referenciados em instrumentos dos mercados tradicionais, mas liquidados na stablecoin atrelada ao dólar. Os novos contratos acompanham SKDD, VST, SECZ, SMH e PENG, segundo o anúncio da KuCoin. Eles chegaram dois dias depois de outro lote, que incluía contratos vinculados a um índice de títulos do Tesouro dos EUA de longo prazo e a um ETF alavancado da SK Hynix.

KuCoin launched five USDT-margined perpetual contracts linked to equities and exchange-traded funds on Oct. 14, with trading beginning at 09:00 UTC and leverage available up to 20x. The listings extend the exchange’s rollout of derivatives that reference traditional-market instruments while settling in the dollar-pegged stablecoin.
The new contracts track SKDD, VST, SECZ, SMH and PENG, according to KuCoin’s announcement. They arrived two days after a separate batch that included contracts tied to a long-dated U.S. Treasury bond index and a leveraged SK Hynix ETF.
Five new contracts span stocks and ETF themes
The Oct. 14 products reference GraniteShares 2x Short SK Hynix Daily ETF, Vistra, Securitize, VanEck Semiconductor ETF and Penguin Solutions. The lineup combines individual-company exposure with semiconductor-sector and inverse-ETF themes, rather than concentrating on a single equity category.
KuCoin said the contracts are USDT-settled, trade around the clock and apply funding every eight hours. The exchange listed the leverage range as 1x to 20x; an independent syndication of the announcement by MyToken reported the same range and settlement structure.
Perpetual contracts do not have an expiry date in the way conventional futures do. In this case, the eight-hour funding mechanism is part of the product design for contracts whose quoted value is intended to follow their reference instruments.
Treasury and SK Hynix products preceded the launch
KuCoin had added five other stock-index perpetuals on Oct. 12: APPUSDT, TMFUSDT, SKUUUSDT, MRNAUSDT and SOFIUSDT. That batch broadened the range of referenced markets beyond single companies.
TMFUSDT tracks the ICE U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Bond Index, according to KuCoin. SKUUUSDT tracks a 2x leveraged SK Hynix ETF, placing leveraged exposure to the South Korean memory-chip company in both the Oct. 12 and Oct. 14 listing groups, though through different referenced ETF products.
The closely timed additions mean KuCoin has introduced derivatives referencing a bond index, individual companies, a semiconductor ETF and leveraged or inverse ETFs within the same mid-October window. The contracts nevertheless use a common USDT-margined perpetual format rather than the cash-market structure of the assets they reference.
Synthetic price exposure, not security ownership
These synthetic derivatives give traders price exposure to the reference instruments without providing ownership of the underlying shares or ETF units. KuCoin says holders receive no ownership, voting rights, dividends or delivery of the referenced securities.
That distinction is particularly relevant for the stock and ETF names in the two October batches. A position in a KuCoin perpetual is settled in USDT and governed by the contract’s trading and funding terms, not by the corporate or fund-holder rights attached to an equity or ETF holding.
KuCoin also states that access to the products may be restricted depending on jurisdiction. Availability is therefore not uniform across all markets in which the exchange may be accessed.
Stock and index contracts lead KuCoin’s 2026 rollout
The October listings build on an expansion that was already substantial by late July. CoinGecko Research reported that KuCoin had introduced 198 new perpetual contracts through July 29, 2026, of which 121 were linked to stocks or indexes.
That count shows that stock- and index-referenced products accounted for more than half of the new perpetuals covered in CoinGecko’s review. The subsequent Oct. 12 and Oct. 14 batches continue that emphasis, while expanding the referenced universe to include long-duration Treasury exposure and specialized leveraged ETF themes.
For KuCoin, the latest five listings provide additional USDT-settled routes to trade moves in Vistra, Securitize, Penguin Solutions and semiconductor-linked products without transferring the underlying securities. The Oct. 12 additions show the exchange is also applying the same framework to bond-index and leveraged-ETF references.
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