MEXC’s June Stock and Index Futures Trading Volume Grows 261% MoM, SPCX Futures Surge Over 145 Times in One Month

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The post CryptoRank Research: How the CEX Listings Landscape Shifted in 2026  appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Centralized exchanges are moving away from speculative narratives and toward tokens with demonstrated utility. An analysis of over 10,000 listings across the 10 major exchanges, Binance, Bybit, OKX, Bitget, Gate, MEXC, KuCoin, HTX, Kraken, and Crypto.com, shows blockchain infrastructure, DeFi, and tokenized real-world assets displacing meme and GameFi tokens at the top of exchange listing activity in the first half of 2026. The shift marks a break from the two prior cycles, in which listing pipelines were dominated by crypto-native, hype-driven categories. In Q2 2026, exchanges shifted listings toward blockchain infrastructure (64 listings) and DeFi (46 listings)  tokens over speculative assets, reflecting a broader move toward projects with demonstrated utility. Tokenized assets, covering equities, commodities, and real-world assets, ranked third with 42 listings as excha

MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, today released its June TradFi data. Trading volume for stock and index futures grew approximately 261% MoM, with the number of tradable underlying assets exceeding 210, up approximately 48% MoM. SPCX futures trading volume grew more than 145 times compared to May.

The post Stablecoins Power $1.1T TradFi Perpetual Trading, Binance Says appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Stablecoin-settled perpetual contracts tied to traditional financial assets topped $1.1 trillion in trading volume during the first half of 2026, according to Binance Research, underscoring the growing role of stablecoins in tokenized financial markets. According to Binance Research, stablecoins are increasingly being used to settle TradFi-linked perpetual contracts, a market that’s grown to roughly 11% of all crypto perpetual trading volume in the first five months of 2026. TradFi perpetual volume and Binance market share. Source: Binance Research Beyond derivatives trading, Binance Research said stablecoins are increasingly being used as long-term stores of value rather than temporary trading assets. It found that 30% of Binance exchange users now hold more than half of their portfolios in stablecoins, up from 4% in 2020. Related: French banking giant Crédit Agricole launches

A new Binance Research report said stablecoins are fast becoming a preferred settlement layer for tokenized TradFi markets while gaining traction in payments and savings.

The post Tokenized Stock Trading Boosts AI Infrastructure Access on MEXC appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Crypto exchanges have been racing to bring real-world assets onto their platforms, but MEXC just raised the stakes. The exchange has added nine new Ondo Finance tokenized stock trading pairs to its spot market, all going live on July 8, 2026, with a deliberate focus on one of the hottest investment themes in finance right now: AI infrastructure. Key takeaways MEXC listed nine new Ondo tokenized stock and ETF pairs on July 8, 2026, covering AI infrastructure-linked companies. Named assets include Bloom Energy, Astera Labs, Credo Technology, the Roundhill Memory ETF, Innodata, and Celestica. Each tokenized asset is backed by the underlying security held through regulated custodial brokers. MEXC serves over 40 million users across 170+ markets and offers zero-fee digital asset trading. The exchange also offers RealStocks, a separate product giving users actual share ownership and

The post MEXC Adds Nine Ondo Tokenized Stock And ETF Trading Pairs Tied To AI Infrastructure Demand appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Victoria, Seychelles, July 8, 2026 – MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, will add nine Ondo tokenized stock and ETF trading pairs to its spot market, the latest expansion of ongoing collaboration with Ondo Finance. The new pairs cover companies across the data center, semiconductor and power supply chains linked to growing AI infrastructure demand, expanding the range of tokenized U.S. equities available to users and providing on-chain exposure to a sector at the center of the current AI infrastructure buildout. The pairs include tokenized stocks and ETFs tracking Bloom Energy (BEON/USDT), Astera Labs (ALABON/USDT), Credo Technology (CRDOON/USDT), the Roundhill Memory ETF (DRAMON/USDT), Innodata (INODON/USDT), and Celestica (CLSON/USDT), among others, all listing on July 8, 2026 (UTC). Full details, including exact listing times for each p

MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, will add nine Ondo tokenized stock and ETF trading pairs to its spot market, the latest expansion of ongoing collaboration with Ondo Finance. The new pairs cover companies across the data center, semiconductor and power supply chains linked to growing AI infrastructure