Binance Adds Four USDT-Settled Stock Perpetuals, Each Capped At 20x
Bitcoinist reported Binance added USDT-settled perpetual contracts on StablecoinX, Viking Therapeutics, McDonald's and Akamai, each capped at 20x with no share delivery.
Why it matters
Both listings extend perpetual-futures mechanics to U.S. equities and to an ETF, so traders can hold exposure overnight and at weekends while the cash market is closed, and funding costs apply continuously rather than on a single session. Only Bitcoinist covered either launch, so how far the adoption spreads across exchanges, and how exchanges or regulators respond to it, is not established by this evidence.
Where the sources disagree
Number of independent sources behind the cluster
Binance added four stock perpetuals on October 6
Bitcoinist
KuCoin added three stock and ETF perpetuals, including Nike and Accenture
Bitcoinist
Both articles carry the same outlet as their source even though they are tagged as separate original and independent reports.
Key facts
Binance announced four USDT-settled perpetual contracts on October 6 tied to StablecoinX, Viking Therapeutics, McDonald's and Akamai Technologies.
Reported by Bitcoinist
The Binance contracts track the price of the underlying equities but do not deliver shares or shareholder rights.
Reported by Bitcoinist
Binance capped funding for the new contracts at plus or minus 2 percent per interval, settled every eight hours.
2 %Reported by Bitcoinist
KuCoin launched USDT-margined contracts tracking Nike, Accenture and the Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF.
Reported by Bitcoinist
KuCoin settles funding every eight hours with rates capped at plus or minus 2 percent under the initial contract parameters.
2 %Reported by Bitcoinist
What happened
Bitcoinist reported that Binance announced four USDT-settled perpetual contracts on October 6 tied to StablecoinX, Viking Therapeutics, McDonald's and Akamai Technologies. Each contract is capped at 20x, trades continuously, and settles funding every eight hours with rates limited to plus or minus 2%, and a holder gets price exposure without receiving shares or shareholder rights. The same outlet, in a separate report published nine seconds later, said KuCoin had launched USDT-margined contracts on Nike, Accenture and the Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF, with margin available from 1x to 20x and the same eight-hour funding schedule capped at plus or minus 2%. Those two reports cover different exchanges and different assets, so the evidence set holds one Binance story and one KuCoin story rather than two accounts of the same announcement. No other outlet in the set confirms either launch, and neither piece quotes a regulator, issuer or company official.
How the story developed
- First report
First report by Bitcoinist
Binance Adds Four More Stock Perpetuals With Up To 20x Leverage
- Update
Binance announces four USDT-settled stock perpetual contracts
Contracts on StablecoinX, Viking Therapeutics, McDonald's and Akamai Technologies, capped at 20x with funding every eight hours at plus or minus 2 percent.
- Update
KuCoin reported launching Nike, Accenture and tanker-shipping ETF perpetuals
A separate product set from a different exchange, described in the same outlet nine seconds after the Binance item.
How coverage built up
Independent sources over time, counted the way the consensus panel counts them: a republication of a wire story does not move the line.
- 6 Oct 2026, 16:00 UTC: Bitcoinist — 1 independent source, 1 reports
Affected entities
Original sources
| Publisher | Report | Role | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoinist Crypto media | Binance Adds Four More Stock Perpetuals With Up To 20x Leverage | Original | |
| Bitcoinist Crypto media | KuCoin Adds Nike, Accenture And Shipping ETF Perpetuals With 20x Leverage | Independent |
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