Binance to offer U.S. stocks and tokenized shares

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Highlights

Binance will offer trading in more than 7,000 U.S. stocks and ETFs for non-U.S. customers.
Fractional stock purchases will start at $5, with trades funded by USDC, USDT, BNB and other digital assets.
Nest Trading will arrange trades, while Alpaca will handle custody, dividends and corporate actions.
Binance plans to launch bStocks within weeks, allowing some shares to be tokenized on BNB Chain.

Binance expands into U.S. equities

The company will offer commission-free U.S. stock trading for customers outside the United States, with fractional purchases starting at $5, Binance co-CEO Richard Teng told Fortune. Teng said U.S. equities represent more than half of the global stock market, but many overseas investors still face high costs and procedural barriers when trying to buy them.

The stock trades will be arranged through broker-dealer Nest Trading. Alpaca, a New York-based firm, will handle custody, dividend payments, and corporate actions. Customers will be able to purchase shares using stablecoins such as USDC and USDT, as well as selected digital assets including Binance’s BNB token.

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Tokenized shares are next

Alongside the stock-trading service, Binance plans to introduce bStocks, a product that will allow users to convert certain equities they hold into digital tokens on BNB Chain. Binance said the tokenized stock service is expected to become available in the coming weeks.

Tokenized stocks are designed to settle faster than traditional equity trades, which typically rely on intermediaries and can take more than a day to finalize. Binance says blockchain-based shares could also be used in decentralized finance applications, including lending and liquidity provision.

The move comes as crypto and traditional finance continue to overlap. Fortune noted that Coinbase has been adding stock trading as part of an “everything exchange” strategy, while BlackRock and other Wall Street firms have moved traditional assets such as Treasury bills into blockchain-based wrappers. Kraken and Robinhood have also launched tokenized stock products.

A new test for market structure

Binance’s stock rollout matters because it puts one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges more directly into competition with brokerage platforms. If tokenized equities gain traction, they could pressure traditional settlement systems by offering faster transfer, around-the-clock access, and potential DeFi use cases.

The model also raises questions for regulators and market operators. Tokenized shares may improve access for global investors, but they also create new issues around custody, investor rights, liquidity, and how blockchain-based versions of stocks interact with the underlying U.S. equity market.

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