Binance's 2026 Futures Additions Reach 227, Near 2025 Total

Binance's 2026 futures additions reached 227, eight below the 235 added in 2025, leaving the exchange eight short of last year's full-year count so far. About 70% of this year's additions track stocks, exchange-traded funds, commodities or foreign exchange. Binance scheduled four equity- and ETF-linked perpetual contracts for Oct. 26. The schedule covered EIDOUSDT, EQTUSDT, STMUSDT and ABBVUSDT, tied to the iShares MSCI Indonesia ETF and common stocks of EQT Corporation, STMicroelectronics N.V. and AbbVie Inc. The contracts were set to start at 5 a.m., 5:05 a.m., 5:10 a.m. and 5:15 a.m. ET (09:00, 09:05, 09:10 and 09:15 UTC), respectively.