Binance’s stock trading platform crosses $1bn AUM in first month

Binance, a Global cryptocurrency exchange, has said its newly launched stock trading platform has surpassed $1 billion in assets under management (AUM) within 30 days of launch.

The company said the platform, which went live on June 1, 2026, has also generated more than $3 billion in trading volume in its first month, thereby allowing users to trade over 7,000 U.S. stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) directly through the Binance app using stablecoins.

“A billion dollars in 30 days is a sign of the demand that has been waiting decades for a door to walk through,” said Shunyet Jan, head of exchange and trading at Binance.

“The walls that kept most of the world out of U.S. stocks were never as solid as they looked. We built this for the hundreds of millions of people who never had a way in,” he stated.

The exchange said nearly 73 percent of users on the stock trading platform are from emerging markets, where access to U.S. equities has traditionally been constrained by regulatory barriers, brokerage requirements and high investment thresholds.

Fractional investing, which allows users to buy portions of shares from as little as $5, accounted for about 35 percent of total equity trading volume during the launch period.

Binance also reported strong customer engagement, noting that roughly one in seven visitors to its stock trading page created an account, while nearly 90 percent of those new users executed at least one trade.

Around 71 percent of equity holdings on the platform are concentrated in the technology sector, with almost half of those investments directed toward semiconductor companies, reflecting continued interest in artificial intelligence-related businesses.

The development marks Binance’s latest push to bridge cryptocurrency and traditional financial markets after previous efforts to offer tokenised equities were shelved amid regulatory scrutiny.

The current platform enables eligible users outside the United States to gain exposure to U.S.-listed stocks and ETFs without opening conventional brokerage accounts, with transactions settled in stablecoins.

Binance Research estimates that only around 11 percent of adults worldwide currently own brokerage accounts, despite U.S. equities representing roughly half of global stock market capitalisation.

The company believes digital asset platforms can help close that gap by making global equity markets more accessible to investors in underserved regions.

Binance projects that assets under management on its stock trading platform could exceed $10 billion by the end of 2026 if current growth trends continue.

The company also forecasts that crypto exchanges could channel as much as $2 trillion into global equity markets and attract 300 million new investors by 2031 as tokenised finance gains wider adoption.