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Binance Futures Will Launch Multiple TradFi USDⓈ-Margined Perpetual Contracts (2026-10-06)

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Binance Futures scheduled four USDT-margined perpetual contracts to go live on Oct. 6, with the launches spaced five minutes apart in a 15-minute window. The contracts track StablecoinX, Viking Therapeutics, McDonald’s and Akamai, trade around the clock, and allow leverage of up to 20x.

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Binance Futures also described the contracts as USDⓈ-margined perpetuals under its TradFi line.
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Binance Futures scheduled four USDT-margined perpetual contracts for Oct. 6, with launches set five minutes apart from 5:00 a.m. to 5:15 a.m. ET, or 09:00 to 09:15 UTC.
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The new contracts track StablecoinX, Viking Therapeutics, McDonald’s and Akamai, and they are set to trade on a 24/7 basis.
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The four contracts are USDT-settled perpetuals, and Binance says they support leverage of up to 20x.

What it means

Tomorrow morning, traders who use Binance Futures will see four new equity-linked perpetual contracts go live in a short launch window. The rollout is split across five-minute intervals, so the listings do not appear at the same moment. This matters first to users active around the opening window because the contracts become available in sequence rather than all at once.

In practice, the product set remains a derivatives offering rather than a share purchase, and the new markets are described as USDT-settled perpetuals with 24/7 trading and leverage of up to 20x. That means the contract format and trading schedule stay in the futures venue, while the underlying names being tracked change to StablecoinX, Viking Therapeutics, McDonald’s and Akamai.

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