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Binance Futures has officially launched trading in perpetual contracts tied to the shares of five major global companies, with leverage of up to 20x. The main highlight of the listing was the introduction of futures on shares of Bitcoin miner MARA Holdings.
It was joined on the list of traditional finance (TradFi) assets by medical AI developer Tempus AI, quantum computing company IonQ, retailer PDD Holdings and pharmaceutical giant Merck. Trading has already begun and is available around the clock, 24/7.
The MARA listing coincided with a major restructuring of the company's business. According to its latest financial report, the miner recorded a net loss of $611 million as revenue fell by 27%. Against this backdrop, MARA sold nearly one-third of its Bitcoin reserves in the first half of the year, raising approximately $1.6 billion to build data centers and artificial intelligence infrastructure.
The new Binance contract has therefore become a bet on the company's AI transformation rather than simply an alternative to buying Bitcoin.
Binance investors no longer believe in the broader market
The launch of the new instruments comes amid a major shift in strategy among the exchange's users. According to RWA.xyz, the total value of tokenized stocks on Binance stands at $581 million. At the same time, weekly net inflows of fresh capital have fallen to their lowest level, meaning that almost no one is buying the current market dip.
Investors have begun pulling money out of safer funds such as the QQQ technology ETF and moving it directly into individual stocks. The clearest example came from the semiconductor sector. Traders completely sold off their positions in SanDisk and Micron, then poured the entire $87 million into a single South Korean company, SK Hynix.
This extreme portfolio imbalance explains the logic behind today's listing. Binance traders have stopped believing in the broader market and are searching for targeted, highly volatile plays. The launch of contracts on MARA and the other companies meets this demand, allowing traders to move millions of dollars into specific high-tech assets directly within Binance.
Arman Shirinyan
Dan Burgin
