Binance Debuts Gold, Silver Perps, USDT TradFi Settlement Stablecoin

Binance launched new perpetual futures contracts tied to gold and silver, increasing the crypto alternate’s derivatives providing past digital belongings as demand grows for publicity to conventional safe-haven markets.

Binance said Thursday it had launched gold and silver perpetual futures that permit buyers to commerce the metals across the clock with out an expiration date.

The contracts are settled in Tether’s USDt (USDT) stablecoin, giving merchants onchain entry to cost actions in valuable metals slightly than direct possession of the underlying belongings.

The brand new merchandise, listed as XAUUSDT and XAGUSDT, are designed to trace the worth of gold and silver and are geared toward bridging conventional monetary markets with crypto buying and selling infrastructure, Binance mentioned in a press release. The alternate added that extra conventional asset-linked contracts are deliberate.

Binance’s perpetual contracts are regulated by the Monetary Providers Regulatory Authority (FSRA) with licenses obtained below the Abu Dhabi International Market (ADGM) framework, by Subsequent Alternate Restricted, a Binance entity.

The brand new contracts are a “key step in bridging conventional finance and crypto innovation,” backed by “sturdy regulatory compliance and belief,” mentioned Jeff Li, vice chairman of product at Binance.

Different exchanges providing valuable metals-tied perpetual contracts embrace Coinbase, MEXC, BTCC, BingX and Bybit, with the latter solely providing perpetual gold contracts.

Gold and silver rise to new all-time highs on rising safe-haven demand

Binance’s providing follows a interval of sturdy demand for the world’s main valuable metals, which each logged new all-time highs.

Geopolitical tensions and a weakening US greenback drove gold and silver to new all-time highs in December as gold’s value peaked above $4,549 per ounce on Dec. 26, whereas silver reached $83 per ounce on Dec. 28, according to knowledge from goldprice.org. 

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Each valuable metals outperformed Bitcoin over the previous 12 months, which declined by about 5%. Gold rose 67% whereas silver rallied 152% throughout 2025. Gold traded at $4,424 per ounce whereas silver modified palms above $75.60 on the time of writing.

Tokenized commodities also surged to new all-time highs in December, following the broader rally in valuable metals.

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Binance’s resolution to settle the contracts in USDT comes as Tether continues to broaden its presence. The corporate has opted to not search authorization below the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Property framework, citing concerns over how the rules apply to stablecoins. On the identical time, USDT has gained regulatory recognition in some jurisdictions, together with Abu Dhabi, the place it has been approved for use by regulated companies.

Cointelegraph reached out to Binance to make clear the jurisdictional availability of the contracts, together with whether or not they are going to be supplied to customers within the European Financial Space or the UK, however had not obtained a response by publication time.

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