USDBinance Expands Regulated Derivatives With Metals Options and U.S. Prediction-Market Plan
Abu Dhabi launch is moving forward, while Binance.US must first secure federal authorization
TL;DR
- Binance is adding USDT-settled gold and silver options through its regulated Abu Dhabi exchange.
- Retail traders may buy the contracts, while approved institutions and liquidity providers may also write them.
- Binance.US plans to seek CFTC authorization to operate its own regulated prediction market.
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Binance is expanding into regulated derivatives beyond cryptocurrency trading, launching gold and silver options through its Abu Dhabi operation while Binance.US prepares to seek federal approval for a prediction market. The metals products will operate through an existing regulated exchange, while the U.S. initiative remains a proposed application rather than an approved service.
Binance said the contracts will track gold and silver prices and settle in USDT, allowing customers to gain exposure to price movements without receiving or storing physical metal.
The options will be listed through Nest Exchange Limited, Binance’s regulated exchange entity in the Abu Dhabi Global Market. Nest Exchange Limited operates as a Recognized Investment Exchange regulated within the financial center.
The products are derivatives tied to metal prices rather than blockchain tokens representing direct ownership of bullion. Traders may use the contracts to speculate on or hedge against movements in the underlying markets, but settlement will occur through USDT instead of physical delivery.
Retail Losses Limited to Option Premiums
Retail users will be permitted to buy the options but will not be allowed to write or sell option contracts. Binance said the restriction is intended to limit a retail buyer’s possible loss to the premium paid for the contract.
Eligible institutional customers and approved liquidity providers will be allowed to write the options. Those participants can collect premiums and provide market liquidity while assuming the obligations and greater risks associated with selling contracts.
The launch follows Binance’s introduction of gold and silver perpetual futures in January 2026, extending the exchange’s regulated commodity-derivatives offering beyond perpetual products.
Crypto companies have pursued different methods of bringing precious-metal exposure into digital markets. Binance is using derivatives linked to commodity prices, while other businesses have issued blockchain assets backed by physical bullion.
Tether Gold, which trades under the ticker XAUt, represents exposure to one troy ounce of gold stored in Swiss vaults. The product recently received Shariah certification from Amanah Advisors, supporting its use by Islamic financial institutions and investors seeking Shariah-compliant assets.
Abu Dhabi Global Market recognized XAUt as an accepted spot commodity earlier in July 2026, permitting regulated firms within the financial center to offer services connected to the tokenized gold asset.
Tokenized commodities had approximately $4.56 billion in distributed value when the information was released. Tether Gold and Paxos Gold together accounted for more than 90% of the sector, showing that tokenized bullion exposure was concentrated among the two issuers.
Binance bStocks Expands Tokenized Asset Reach
Binance bStocks reached 500 million dollars in assets under management within seven weeks of its June 11 2026 launch. The offering expanded from five assets to more than 46 tokenized stocks and spot exchange traded funds, including Apple, Amazon, Goldman Sachs, PayPal, Dell Technologies and the VanEck Semiconductor ETF. Eligible users receive trading access and instant fee free conversions between tokenized assets and underlying shares.
Binance data showed that 41.5 percent of users made their first traditional asset investment through bStocks, while Generation Z produced 44 percent of trading volume. After United States stock exchanges closed, 58 percent of Binance equity linked trading volume shifted to bStocks. Weekend trading volume reached 2 billion dollars. The exchange also said 58.5 percent of holders used at least one Binance product. Shunyet Jan, Head of Exchange and Trading at Binance, said users want constant access and closer integration between traditional and digital assets.
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Binance.US Plans CFTC Application
Binance.US separately plans to apply to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for registration as a Designated Contract Market, which would provide a regulated route for offering prediction-market contracts to U.S. customers.
Binance.US CEO Steve Gregory announced the plan at the Rare Evo blockchain conference. Gregory said the exchange expects to submit its Designated Contract Market application sometime in August 2026.
Approval would allow Binance.US to establish its own prediction market and potentially compete more directly with event-contract platforms including Kalshi and Polymarket.
No Binance.US application appeared in the CFTC’s public records when the plan was announced. The initiative therefore remained an intention to seek authorization, rather than an approved market or confirmed product launch.
CFTC guidelines state that a Designated Contract Market may trade “futures or option contracts based on any underlying commodity, index or instrument.” Event contracts may operate within that derivatives framework when offered through an eligible and compliant venue.
Applicants must comply with 23 CFTC core principles. Those requirements include maintaining system safeguards, preserving records and implementing procedures for identifying and addressing conflicts of interest.
The registration process would require Binance.US to demonstrate that its technology, governance, documentation, surveillance systems and market-integrity controls satisfy federal derivatives-market standards.
U.S. Plan Follows SEC Case Dismissal
The proposed CFTC application follows a change in Binance.US’s legal position after the Securities and Exchange Commission dismissed its lawsuit against Binance, Binance.US and former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao more than one year before the prediction-market announcement.
The SEC case had included allegations that the Binance entities misused customer funds. Its dismissal does not constitute CFTC authorization because the proposed prediction-market registration would undergo a separate review under commodities and derivatives rules.
The two Binance initiatives are at different regulatory stages. The gold and silver options are proceeding through Nest Exchange Limited, an existing regulated entity in Abu Dhabi, while the Binance.US prediction market depends on an application that had not been filed when the plan was disclosed.
The products also serve different markets. The Abu Dhabi contracts provide regulated exposure to precious-metal prices, while the proposed U.S. venue would offer derivatives tied to the outcomes of future events.
Risk controls differ between the two projects. Binance’s metals offering separates retail and institutional permissions by limiting retail customers to buying options, while the Binance.US proposal would require compliance with federal operating, governance and market-safeguard standards before launch.
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