Binance is preparing to let non-U.S. users trade more than 7,000 U.S. stocks and ETFs with zero commissions. The exchange says users will be able to buy fractional shares starting at $5, which lowers the cost of entering U.S. markets.
According to the crypto exchange giant, users will fund these trades with USDT, USDC, BNB, and other supported cryptocurrencies rather than cash. Therefore, traders will not need to open a separate dollar brokerage account to access U.S. equities.
Meanwhile, Binance will not execute the stock trades itself, even though the service will appear inside its platform. Instead, Abu Dhabi-regulated firm Nest Trading will act as the broker-dealer responsible for routing and executing U.S. stock and ETF orders. In parallel, New York-based Alpaca will handle custody of the underlying shares, dividend payments, and other corporate actions.
Binance says the service will be open only to non-U.S. customers due to U.S. securities rules. Therefore, users in the United States will remain blocked from the new stock trading feature at launch.
bStocks Bring Shares Onto BNB Chain
Alongside traditional stock trading, Binance is rolling out a tokenized stock product called bStocks in the coming weeks. The company says bStocks will let eligible users convert some of their equities into on-chain assets that live on BNB Chain.
Binance describes bStocks as a “native bridge from traditional stock ownership to programmable, always-on tokenized assets at a global scale.”
In practice, each bStock will track the value of its underlying share and move like any other token in the BNB Chain ecosystem. Because of that design, holders could later use bStocks in DeFi lending, liquidity pools, or other on-chain tools that accept BNB Chain tokens.
Binance co-CEO Richard Teng recently said the exchange is building a financial “super app” that spans “every asset class” and aims to reach three billion users. He framed U.S. equities and bStocks as key steps in that plan, since U.S. stocks still make up more than half of global stock market value. As a result, Binance is moving beyond pure crypto trading to a broader multi-asset platform that brings stocks, ETFs, and tokenized securities together in one place.
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