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According to the official announcement, Binance will launch the following perpetual contracts at the times listed below: May 14, 2026, at 13:15 (UTC+8): PHAROSUSDT Perpetual Contract with up to 20x leverage; May 14, 2026, at 13:30 (UTC+8): STARUSDT Perpetual Contract with up to 3x leverage.
that, according to an official announcement, Binance will launch PHAROSUSDT and STARUSDT perpetual contracts on May 14, 2026. Trading for the PHAROSUSDT contract will open at 05:15 (UTC) with a maximum leverage of 20x. Trading for the STARUSDT contract will open at 05:30 (UTC) with a maximum leverage of 3x. Both contracts are settled in USDT and support a multi-asset mode. The copy trading service for these contracts will be enabled within 24 hours after their launch.
According to the official announcement, Binance will suspend token deposits and withdrawals on the Base network starting at 01:00 (UTC+8) on May 22, 2026, to support its network upgrade and hard fork. The project team plans to carry out the network upgrade and hard fork at 02:00 (UTC+8) on May 22, 2026.
According to The Defiant, BNB Chain announced its on-chain agent framework on May 13, enabling autonomous agents to obtain verifiable decentralized identities via ERC-8004, receive on-chain payments, hire other agents, and build verifiable reputations. The framework also supports task delegation via ERC-8183, with associated reputation records viewable on 8004scan. BNB Chain states that the system operates entirely on-chain, with transactions and agent hierarchical relationships fully transparent and auditable. Its functional modules integrate native smart contract execution on BNB Chain, natural-language querying of on-chain data, multi-chain connectivity via Nodereal MegaNode API, and Meme token management capabilities powered by fourdotmemezh Agent Skills.
According to the official announcement, Binance Futures will gradually launch six USDⓈ-margined perpetual contracts tracking U.S. equities between 13:30 and 13:55 UTC on May 15, 2026. The new contracts are: LITEUSDT (Lumentum Holdings), ORCLUSDT (Oracle), DISUSDT (Disney), UBERUSDT (Uber), CSCOUSDT (Cisco), and HDUSDT (The Home Depot). All contracts are settled in USDT, offer up to 10x leverage, feature a funding rate cap of ±2.00%, are settled every eight hours, support 7×24 trading, and operate under a multi-asset margin model.
CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost stated on X platform that although the U.S.-Iran conflict and inflationary pressures continue to pose challenges to the market, the altcoin market has recently begun to show signs of recovery. After experiencing an overall correction of over 50%, the altcoin sector is gradually regaining activity. This round of adjustment is not only affected by the BTC correction but is also related to market token dilution. Currently, there are approximately 51 million altcoins in the market, with 46% deployed on Solana, 36% on Base, and 10% on BNB Smart Chain. Recently, the overall performance of altcoins listed on Binance has recovered to levels seen since September 2025. Currently, about 21% of altcoins listed on Binance have reclaimed the 200-day moving average, compared to only 2% in February of this year that remained above this key technical level. Darkfost believes this indicates a gradual resurgence of market interest in altcoins, serving as an important signal for investors looking to allocate to altcoins. However, it is still too early to declare the start of an altcoin season, as market liquidity remains limited.
According to data released by Binance Research, 28% of Binance users currently allocate at least half of their investment portfolios to stablecoins—a sharp increase from 4% in 2020; this proportion reaches as high as 36% in emerging markets.
: According to an official announcement, Binance will update the collateral ratio and tiered collateral ratio for assets such as UNI, ENA, RAY, APE, and ZEC under the Portfolio Margin at 06:00 UTC on May 15, 2026. Additionally, at 06:30 UTC on May 15, 2026, Binance Futures will adjust the leverage and margin tiers for several USDⓈ-M perpetual contracts, including NAORISUSDT, ARCUSDT, and MUSDT. Existing positions will be affected, and users need to make adjustments in advance.
Ondo Finance has officially disclosed that Ondo now supports bridging its tokenized stocks and ETFs (such as SPYon, NVDAon, TSLAon, etc.) from Ethereum and BNB Chain to Hyperliquid’s HyperEVM via the Ondo Bridge. This integration supports 35 types of tokenized assets, which can be combined with Hyperliquid’s perpetual contract markets for strategies such as basis trading, funding rate arbitrage, and neutral hedging. The prices of Ondo’s tokenized assets are pegged to quotes from traditional markets like the NYSE and Nasdaq, aiming to preserve off-chain market liquidity. Since its launch in September 2025, Ondo Global Markets has accumulated a total TVL of approximately $970 million, with a trading volume of nearly $18 billion.
Binance has released its latest security report. In response to the current industry trend of rapidly proliferating AI-powered fraud, the platform has deployed over 24 AI security initiatives and equipped more than 100 AI models to build an intelligent defense system against various types of crypto fraud. Statistics show that from the beginning of 2025 to the first quarter of 2026, Binance has protected over 5.4 million users and intercepted potential fund losses amounting to $10.53 billion.In Q1 2026, the platform successfully intercepted 22.9 million scams and phishing attacks, protecting $1.98 billion in user funds. It pushed over 9,600 real-time risk alerts daily and blacklisted a total of 36,000 malicious on-chain addresses. The report points out that AI-powered social engineering attacks, including deepfakes, voice cloning, and phishing bots, have become mainstream fraud methods. In 2025, the overall scale of crypto fraud reached $17 billion, a 30% year-over-year increase.On the risk control front, Binance's AI systems handle 57% of fraud detection work, reducing card fraud rates to 60%-70% of the industry average. Upgraded AI-driven anti-forgery KYC verification has increased audit efficiency by up to 100 times. Its AI trading tool, Binance Ai Pro, adopts an isolated account architecture, granting only trading permissions while prohibiting withdrawals. The platform blocked 12% of high-risk third-party AI plugins. Additionally, in 2025, Binance assisted in recovering $12.8 million in defrauded funds, handled 48,000 cases, and worked with law enforcement agencies to freeze $131 million in illegal assets.
Bedrock (BR) is now listed on Binance Alpha. Users holding at least 241 Binance Alpha points can claim an airdrop of 225 BR tokens on a first-come, first-served basis.If the reward pool is not fully distributed, the points threshold will automatically decrease by 5 points every 5 minutes. It is important to note that claiming the airdrop will consume 15 Binance Alpha points, and users must confirm their claim on the Alpha activity page within 24 hours, or the airdrop will be forfeited.
Binance has released its May proof of reserve update. As of May 1st, users' net BTC balance stood at 606,742.388 BTC, while Binance's wallet balance was 608,067.979 BTC, resulting in a BTC reserve ratio of 100.22%.Additionally, users' net ETH balance was 3,762,321.834 ETH, with Binance's wallet balance at 3,762,328.82 ETH, giving an ETH reserve ratio of 100%. The USDT reserve ratio was 104.27%, and the BNB reserve ratio was 101.68%.
According to the official announcement, Binance will list the MEGA/USDT, TON/USDT, and TON/USD1 spot trading pairs on May 12, 2026, at 16:00 (UTC+8). Simultaneously, Binance will launch its Spot Algorithmic Order Trading Bot service for these trading pairs. Additionally, Binance will introduce a zero-maker-fee promotion for eligible users on the MEGA/USDT and TON/USDT spot and margin trading pairs, effective from May 12, 2026, at 16:00 (UTC+8); the end date of this promotion will be announced separately. The announcement states that taker fees for these trading pairs will continue to be charged at standard rates, and trading volume will count toward VIP tier calculations.
in response to the claim of "earning $500,000 in weekly interest income," the Hanba Dragon King released a screenshot from Binance showing that over the past 6 days, the account earned a total of $125,000 in funding fees.
According to The Block, blockchain security firm CertiK released a report on May 8 stating that 34 confirmed “wrench attacks” (i.e., offline physical assaults and extortion targeting cryptocurrency holders) occurred globally in the first four months of 2026—an increase of 41% compared to the same period in 2025. Victims’ total losses amounted to approximately $101 million. If this trend continues, the annual number of incidents is projected to reach around 130, with losses potentially totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. Geographically, 28 of the 34 incidents (82%) occurred in Europe, with France standing out particularly: 24 cases were recorded there in the first four months of 2026 alone—exceeding the full-year total of 20 incidents in 2025. CertiK attributes this surge to France’s hosting of flagship crypto firms such as Ledger and Binance, frequent data breaches, and a community culture of conspicuous wealth display and proactive doxxing. In contrast, reported incidents in the U.S. dropped from nine in Q1 2025 to three in Q1 2026, while Asia saw a decline from 25 to two. Regarding attack patterns, CertiK notes that criminal groups have shifted toward a “data-driven targeting” model—purchasing victims’ names, addresses, and asset information from data brokers, thereby reducing the need for physical reconnaissance. Over half of this year’s incidents involved threats against or direct harm to victims’ family members (spouses, children, elderly parents) as a coercive tactic. Operationally, small gangs of three to five individuals typically carry out these attacks via
CoinMarketCap’s April 2026 Exchange Monthly Report shows that the total trading volume across the 12 tracked cryptocurrency exchanges amounted to $4.50 trillion, with Binance holding a 36.23% market share. Overall derivatives trading volume was 5.38 times that of spot trading, and the combined proof-of-reserves across eight exchanges totaled $220.07 billion. The report also notes that Coinbase surpassed Binance in BTC spot order book depth within ±2%, becoming the exchange with the deepest liquidity; for ETH spot liquidity, Binance remains the leader. On the regulatory front, Binance is advancing its MiCA authorization application in Greece, while Gemini completed its withdrawal from the UK, EEA, and Australian markets on April 6.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that according to the CoinMarketCap "April 2026 Exchange Monthly Report," Binance ranks first globally in core indicators such as reserve scale, trading volume market share, and ETH market liquidity.The report shows that Binance's proof of reserves in April reached $149.75 billion, accounting for 68% of the total tracked reserves in the market. Among them, stablecoin reserves hit $50.69 billion, making it the exchange with the largest absolute liquidity reserve scale in the market. Additionally, among the combined $4.5 trillion monthly trading volume of 12 major exchanges, Binance firmly held the top spot with a 36.23% market share. Notably, the ratio of Binance's derivatives to spot trading closely aligns with the market average, indicating a healthy and balanced development of its spot and derivatives businesses, rather than reliance on a single sector.In terms of spot market liquidity, the ±2% order book depth for Binance's ETH market reached $13 million, a month-over-month increase of 10.5%, making it the deepest ETH execution venue in the overall market.
Binance Alpha will list ShareX (SHARE), with trading officially commencing at 10:00 (UTC) on May 8, 2026. Users holding at least 230 Binance Alpha Points will be eligible to claim an airdrop of 40 SHARE tokens on a first-come, first-served basis. If the reward pool is not fully distributed, the points threshold will automatically decrease by 5 points every 5 minutes. Please note that claiming the airdrop will consume 15 Binance Alpha Points. Users must confirm their claim on the Alpha activity page within 24 hours, otherwise they will be deemed to have forfeited the airdrop.
from Consensus Miami 2026 that CZ stated YZi Labs currently allocates 70% of its funds to blockchain, 20% to AI, and 10% to biotechnology. He said BNB should be positioned as the native currency for AI agents, and emphasized that all blockchains need to be "AI ready," supporting agent payments and AI tool protocols like MCP. Cryptocurrency should be the most native method for AI agents to conduct cross-border payments. Regarding RWA, CZ mentioned that he believed RWA was overvalued a year ago but has now changed his view, recognizing that RWA is real and currently undervalued.
On-chain investigator ZachXBT has announced a $10,000 bounty for information regarding market makers involved in LAB’s spot trading on Bitget and perpetual futures trading on Bybit, Binance, and OKX—including passport details, identity verification documents, or insider information such as contract agreements and chat logs—targeting LAB’s founder (@vsadkovv). ZachXBT stated that these actors are further damaging the industry’s reputation and must not escape accountability.