Binance Launches US Stock and ETF Trading Service in Partnership with Alpaca

Binance, the world's leading crypto asset platform, has announced the launch of a 24/5 US stock and ETF trading service in collaboration with AlpacaDB Inc. and its group entities ('Alpaca').

Alpaca is a fintech company founded in the US by Japanese co-founders Yoshi Yokokawa and Hitoshi Harada, holding securities licenses in multiple countries including the US and Japan. It provides securities infrastructure APIs to over 300 financial institutions across 40 countries, covering stocks, ETFs, options, bonds, crypto assets, and tokenized securities.

With this service, Binance users can manage and trade both crypto assets and US stocks/ETFs on a single platform. Binance is accelerating its evolution into a multi-asset 'super app' by expanding access beyond digital assets to traditional financial products.

Since its founding in 2017, Binance has acquired a user base of over 300 million and is the world's largest crypto exchange by trading volume. Its mission remains improving financial access by providing regulated, ecosystem-wide services, including trading, liquidity, and custody, enabling users to access global markets easily.

As the fusion of traditional finance and on-chain finance deepens, there is growing global demand for seamless access to both. In response, Binance has expanded its scope from crypto trading to provide a wide range of financial and blockchain solutions, evolving into a multi-asset, multinational super financial app.

In many regions, retail investors face barriers to global capital markets, including high fees, fragmented account management, complex opening processes, and costly currency exchange. These friction points limit investment choices and create a gap between digital and traditional markets.

Binance aims to reduce these barriers by providing access to US stocks, a vital asset class for exposure to global companies and index investment strategies. Users can manage funds using stablecoins, including USDC, BNB, USDT, USD1, and $U.

Shunyet Jan, Head of Spot and Derivatives at Binance, stated: 'Many users are seeking an environment where they can more seamlessly utilize digital assets and traditional financial products. This service launch is a practical step toward meeting those needs. Interest in diverse, cross-border investment opportunities continues to grow, and we believe the infrastructure supporting this is now mature enough to make this the right time for implementation.'

By leveraging Alpaca's securities infrastructure APIs, Binance users can:
- Invest in over 7,000 US-listed stocks and ETFs starting from $5.
- Trade 24 hours a day, 5 days a week.
- Access global traditional markets through a familiar interface.
- Build long-term, diversified investment strategies without the need for separate traditional brokerage accounts.

With this launch, Binance provides users with more choice, flexibility, and control over their assets within a single platform.

Binance chose Alpaca as its infrastructure partner due to the flexibility of its API-based services, diverse product offerings, and ease of system integration. As a regulated, self-clearing brokerage, Alpaca provides the technological foundation supporting Binance's expansion into new investment products.

Yoshi Yokokawa, Co-founder and CEO of Alpaca, added: 'Alpaca has built regulated securities infrastructure to enable more people to access financial markets through our partners. The launch of US stock and ETF trading by Binance marks a new stage where crypto platforms can create more opportunities in both traditional finance and crypto assets.'