Binance's equities product averaged $143M daily volume in its first nine days, more than tripling the tokenized stock market's peak. The shift pressures issuers like Ondo and Backed.
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Binance’s U.S. equities product averaged $143 million in daily trading volume during its first nine days, according to CoinDesk Research. That level was more than three times the tokenized equities spot market’s peak weekday volume of about $35 million to $40 million.
Turnover passed $1 billion in those nine days. Daily active traders peaked at 30,700, while total value locked stood near $400 million. The early numbers show Binance entered the equity access market with a scale that existing tokenized players have not matched.
The product went live June 1 for users outside the United States. It gives access to more than 7,000 U.S. stocks and ETFs, with fractional trading and zero commission, funded through supported crypto assets. Eligible users can hold real shares through a broker-dealer model or convert them into bStocks, a tokenized layer that can trade on Binance’s spot market, move to self-custody wallets and be used in approved DeFi applications. The first batch of bStocks includes tokenized versions of Nvidia, Tesla, Circle, Micron and Sandisk. Binance said the tokens are backed 1:1 by the underlying securities.
CoinGecko data showed the tokenized stock category had a market cap of about $1.16 billion and 24-hour trading volume near $1.47 billion. The category covers blockchain-based versions of stocks from issuers such as Ondo and Backed. CoinDesk Research noted that the market has more than 200 issued tokens and only about 40 trade with meaningful activity. Much of the volume sits on smaller venues.
Binance now offers both types of equity exposure on one platform. That puts direct pressure on the tokenized equity issuers, whose volume is spread across fragmented exchanges. Ondo and Backed rely on liquidity from decentralized venues like Uniswap, which see far less activity than a centralized exchange handling $143 million a day.
The competition is not limited to spot tokens. Equity-linked perpetuals increased their share of traditional finance-linked perpetual volume from about 10% at the start of May to roughly 40% by month-end. Binance offers perpetuals on several stock tokens, giving traders another way to express directional views without holding the underlying. The mix of spot tokens, perpetuals, real shares and bStocks creates a multi-product approach that smaller tokenized issuers cannot easily match.
For tokenized equity platforms, the risk is straightforward: users may prefer the convenience of a single account with deep liquidity and 24/7 trading over holding separate tokens on smaller chains. Binance Research has projected crypto exchanges could bring 300 million new equity investors by 2031, citing emerging markets, stablecoin settlement and lower access costs. If that prediction holds, the first mover with a regulated broker-dealer link and a tokenized rail will capture most of the flow.
Binance’s regulatory standing outside the U.S. is the main constraint. The product is available only to non-U.S. users, and the broker-dealer model relies on a licensed partner. Any change in the regulatory status of that partner or new restrictions on crypto-based stock offerings could slow adoption. For now, the early volume suggests demand is real. Equity-linked perpetuals now account for 40% of traditional finance-linked perpetual volume, up from 10% in early May.
Users can already trade Nvidia through Binance’s bStocks, and the company’s NVDA stock page shows a moderate Alpha Score of 66, reflecting steady but not explosive momentum. The bStocks product gives retail traders a new way to access that same equity on-chain. For a deeper look at how equity-linked perpetuals are gaining traction, see Bitget’s Nvidia perp, which already reached 75% of Bitcoin’s spot liquidity depth.
Binance is not betting on one model. The real-share product uses a regulated broker-dealer, the tokenized bStocks layer moves on-chain, and the perpetuals segment gives leverage. Each product serves a different user preference, together they cover most of the demand for U.S. equity exposure through crypto exchanges.
The next test is whether early volume turns into steady use. The platform already has distribution, broker-dealer access and a tokenized layer. The contest now centers on whether users prefer direct stock exposure, tokenized equities or both inside one crypto account. The data from the first nine days suggests the answer may be all three.
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