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According to the official announcement, Binance Futures will gradually launch three U-quoted TradFi perpetual contracts on May 18, 2026: FLNCUSDT (maximum leverage of 10x, listing at 21:55 UTC), DRAMUSDT (maximum leverage of 20x, listing at 22:00 UTC), and RKLBUSDT (maximum leverage of 10x, listing at 22:05 UTC). These contracts track the prices of Fluence Energy (Nasdaq: FLNC), Roundhill Memory ETF (Cboe BZX: DRAM), and Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB), respectively. All contracts are settled in USDT, support multi-asset margin mode, and are available for trading 24/7.
According to a research report released by Binance Research, approximately 11% of illicit cryptocurrency transaction volume was seized in 2025—55 times the global fiat recovery rate (less than 1%). Even after excluding the single Prince Group case involving roughly $15 billion worth of BTC, the remaining seized amount still stands at about 10 times the fiat baseline. Data from on-chain security firms SlowMist and PeckShield shows that between 8.3% and 13.2% of stolen funds were recovered or frozen in 2025, reflecting continuously improving collaboration efficiency among exchanges, stablecoin issuers, and law enforcement agencies. Binance Research notes that blockchain’s inherent transparency is being fully leveraged by regulators and investigators, and the notion that “cryptocurrency is a breeding ground for illicit activity” is gradually becoming an outdated misconception.
Eleutheria, a decentralized finance platform on the BNB ecosystem, has announced the completion of a $5 million strategic funding round, with participation from Alpha Capital. Valuation details have not been disclosed yet. The new funds will support its efforts to build on-chain financial services through trustless code-driven DeFi and immutable smart contracts. (Asksurf)
Odaily reports, according to an official announcement, due to issues with the project team's deposit node, Binance has delayed the trading launch time of Gensyn (AIGENSYN), originally scheduled for 2026-05-14 13:00 (UTC), to 2026-05-14 17:00 (UTC).
according to an official announcement, Binance has postponed the trading commencement time for Gensyn (AIGENSYN) from the originally scheduled May 14, 2026, at 13:00 (UTC) to May 14, 2026, at 15:00 (UTC).
According to Binance’s official announcement, Binance Futures will launch seven USDⓈ-denominated traditional finance perpetual contracts in batches on May 15 and May 18, 2026. The underlying assets include semiconductor ETFs (SOXL), technology stocks (MRVL, CRWV), and blue-chip stocks (WMT, JPM, V, BRK.B). These contracts offer up to 20x leverage, support a multi-asset margin mode, and feature funding rate settlements every 8 hours, with a cap of ±2%.
Bitget Wallet has announced the launch of its API management platform, now available free of charge to developers and institutional clients worldwide. The platform provides a full-stack API service encompassing same-chain swaps, cross-chain transactions, and real-time market data.Developers and institutional clients can now register for an account and apply for an API Key directly through the platform, gaining free access to Bitget Wallet's on-chain trading infrastructure without the need to build complex backend systems from scratch. Additionally, building upon its previous support for 7 public chains including Ethereum, Solana, BNB Chain, Base, and Morph, this launch adds support for HyperEVM and Hypercore. It also introduces cross-chain APIs, chain query and broadcast interfaces, and the NoGas feature, reducing transaction friction for end users. The market data API currently covers 33 public chains and over 200 mainstream tokenized stocks, and incorporates an AI risk detection module capable of identifying anomalous tokens, unusual transaction behaviors, and unstable trading routes.Built on Bitget Wallet's proprietary DEX aggregation engine, the API processes an average daily aggregated trading volume of over $20 million and carries approximately 80% of the wallet's core transaction volume. Currently, the API is deeply integrated with leading aggregators and solvers including 0x Protocol, LI.FI, CoW Swap, deBridge, Velora, and XO Swap. The launch of this management platform will further lower the barrier for developer integration, enabling more products to build everyday financial services on top of Bitget Wallet's on-chain trading infrastructure.
According to the official announcement, Binance will launch the following perpetual contracts at the times listed below: May 14, 2026, at 13:15 (UTC+8): PHAROSUSDT Perpetual Contract with up to 20x leverage; May 14, 2026, at 13:30 (UTC+8): STARUSDT Perpetual Contract with up to 3x leverage.
that, according to an official announcement, Binance will launch PHAROSUSDT and STARUSDT perpetual contracts on May 14, 2026. Trading for the PHAROSUSDT contract will open at 05:15 (UTC) with a maximum leverage of 20x. Trading for the STARUSDT contract will open at 05:30 (UTC) with a maximum leverage of 3x. Both contracts are settled in USDT and support a multi-asset mode. The copy trading service for these contracts will be enabled within 24 hours after their launch.
According to the official announcement, Binance will suspend token deposits and withdrawals on the Base network starting at 01:00 (UTC+8) on May 22, 2026, to support its network upgrade and hard fork. The project team plans to carry out the network upgrade and hard fork at 02:00 (UTC+8) on May 22, 2026.
According to The Defiant, BNB Chain announced its on-chain agent framework on May 13, enabling autonomous agents to obtain verifiable decentralized identities via ERC-8004, receive on-chain payments, hire other agents, and build verifiable reputations. The framework also supports task delegation via ERC-8183, with associated reputation records viewable on 8004scan. BNB Chain states that the system operates entirely on-chain, with transactions and agent hierarchical relationships fully transparent and auditable. Its functional modules integrate native smart contract execution on BNB Chain, natural-language querying of on-chain data, multi-chain connectivity via Nodereal MegaNode API, and Meme token management capabilities powered by fourdotmemezh Agent Skills.
According to the official announcement, Binance Futures will gradually launch six USDⓈ-margined perpetual contracts tracking U.S. equities between 13:30 and 13:55 UTC on May 15, 2026. The new contracts are: LITEUSDT (Lumentum Holdings), ORCLUSDT (Oracle), DISUSDT (Disney), UBERUSDT (Uber), CSCOUSDT (Cisco), and HDUSDT (The Home Depot). All contracts are settled in USDT, offer up to 10x leverage, feature a funding rate cap of ±2.00%, are settled every eight hours, support 7×24 trading, and operate under a multi-asset margin model.
CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost stated on X platform that although the U.S.-Iran conflict and inflationary pressures continue to pose challenges to the market, the altcoin market has recently begun to show signs of recovery. After experiencing an overall correction of over 50%, the altcoin sector is gradually regaining activity. This round of adjustment is not only affected by the BTC correction but is also related to market token dilution. Currently, there are approximately 51 million altcoins in the market, with 46% deployed on Solana, 36% on Base, and 10% on BNB Smart Chain. Recently, the overall performance of altcoins listed on Binance has recovered to levels seen since September 2025. Currently, about 21% of altcoins listed on Binance have reclaimed the 200-day moving average, compared to only 2% in February of this year that remained above this key technical level. Darkfost believes this indicates a gradual resurgence of market interest in altcoins, serving as an important signal for investors looking to allocate to altcoins. However, it is still too early to declare the start of an altcoin season, as market liquidity remains limited.
According to data released by Binance Research, 28% of Binance users currently allocate at least half of their investment portfolios to stablecoins—a sharp increase from 4% in 2020; this proportion reaches as high as 36% in emerging markets.
: According to an official announcement, Binance will update the collateral ratio and tiered collateral ratio for assets such as UNI, ENA, RAY, APE, and ZEC under the Portfolio Margin at 06:00 UTC on May 15, 2026. Additionally, at 06:30 UTC on May 15, 2026, Binance Futures will adjust the leverage and margin tiers for several USDⓈ-M perpetual contracts, including NAORISUSDT, ARCUSDT, and MUSDT. Existing positions will be affected, and users need to make adjustments in advance.
Ondo Finance has officially disclosed that Ondo now supports bridging its tokenized stocks and ETFs (such as SPYon, NVDAon, TSLAon, etc.) from Ethereum and BNB Chain to Hyperliquid’s HyperEVM via the Ondo Bridge. This integration supports 35 types of tokenized assets, which can be combined with Hyperliquid’s perpetual contract markets for strategies such as basis trading, funding rate arbitrage, and neutral hedging. The prices of Ondo’s tokenized assets are pegged to quotes from traditional markets like the NYSE and Nasdaq, aiming to preserve off-chain market liquidity. Since its launch in September 2025, Ondo Global Markets has accumulated a total TVL of approximately $970 million, with a trading volume of nearly $18 billion.
Binance has released its latest security report. In response to the current industry trend of rapidly proliferating AI-powered fraud, the platform has deployed over 24 AI security initiatives and equipped more than 100 AI models to build an intelligent defense system against various types of crypto fraud. Statistics show that from the beginning of 2025 to the first quarter of 2026, Binance has protected over 5.4 million users and intercepted potential fund losses amounting to $10.53 billion.In Q1 2026, the platform successfully intercepted 22.9 million scams and phishing attacks, protecting $1.98 billion in user funds. It pushed over 9,600 real-time risk alerts daily and blacklisted a total of 36,000 malicious on-chain addresses. The report points out that AI-powered social engineering attacks, including deepfakes, voice cloning, and phishing bots, have become mainstream fraud methods. In 2025, the overall scale of crypto fraud reached $17 billion, a 30% year-over-year increase.On the risk control front, Binance's AI systems handle 57% of fraud detection work, reducing card fraud rates to 60%-70% of the industry average. Upgraded AI-driven anti-forgery KYC verification has increased audit efficiency by up to 100 times. Its AI trading tool, Binance Ai Pro, adopts an isolated account architecture, granting only trading permissions while prohibiting withdrawals. The platform blocked 12% of high-risk third-party AI plugins. Additionally, in 2025, Binance assisted in recovering $12.8 million in defrauded funds, handled 48,000 cases, and worked with law enforcement agencies to freeze $131 million in illegal assets.
Bedrock (BR) is now listed on Binance Alpha. Users holding at least 241 Binance Alpha points can claim an airdrop of 225 BR tokens on a first-come, first-served basis.If the reward pool is not fully distributed, the points threshold will automatically decrease by 5 points every 5 minutes. It is important to note that claiming the airdrop will consume 15 Binance Alpha points, and users must confirm their claim on the Alpha activity page within 24 hours, or the airdrop will be forfeited.
Binance has released its May proof of reserve update. As of May 1st, users' net BTC balance stood at 606,742.388 BTC, while Binance's wallet balance was 608,067.979 BTC, resulting in a BTC reserve ratio of 100.22%.Additionally, users' net ETH balance was 3,762,321.834 ETH, with Binance's wallet balance at 3,762,328.82 ETH, giving an ETH reserve ratio of 100%. The USDT reserve ratio was 104.27%, and the BNB reserve ratio was 101.68%.
According to the official announcement, Binance will list the MEGA/USDT, TON/USDT, and TON/USD1 spot trading pairs on May 12, 2026, at 16:00 (UTC+8). Simultaneously, Binance will launch its Spot Algorithmic Order Trading Bot service for these trading pairs. Additionally, Binance will introduce a zero-maker-fee promotion for eligible users on the MEGA/USDT and TON/USDT spot and margin trading pairs, effective from May 12, 2026, at 16:00 (UTC+8); the end date of this promotion will be announced separately. The announcement states that taker fees for these trading pairs will continue to be charged at standard rates, and trading volume will count toward VIP tier calculations.