New API endpoints point to Binance preparing stock-linked perpetual futures, reflecting a broader industry push toward tokenized equities.
Binance appears to be preparing a major expansion into tokenized stock derivatives, quietly updating its API to support features associated with traditional-style trading sessions and perpetual futures tied to equities. The move comes as global exchanges and crypto platforms accelerate efforts to bring regulated stock markets onto blockchain rails.
On Thursday, Binance added three new API endpoints, including one that lets users sign a “TradFi-Perps agreement contract.” Two additional endpoints allow users to check one-week trading session schedules and current session status, indicating the exchange is preparing a structure that mirrors traditional stock market hours rather than crypto’s 24/7 model.
The update strongly suggests Binance is preparing to launch stock perpetual futures, marking its most significant step toward equities since its short-lived 2021 tokenized stock initiative. That earlier rollout ended months after launch amid regulatory pressure, making the new API activity an important signal of renewed strategic focus.
The broader industry is rapidly moving the same direction, with multiple exchanges and blockchain platforms competing to establish tokenized equities as a mainstream asset class. Meanwhile, regulators and market makers continue to debate how these products should be governed, arguing over investor protections, exchange classifications and the risks of parallel regulatory regimes.
As major financial institutions explore tokenization and policymakers begin outlining frameworks, the competition to dominate blockchain-based stock markets is clearly intensifying.
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