BINANCE ADDS OPTIONS ON 1,000 US STOCKS/ETFS

Summary from the TLDR Crypto newsletter

Binance is launching physically settled options on 1,000+ US stocks/ETFs (not available to US users), executed via broker-dealer Nest Trading routing to Alpaca Securities for clearing/custody. This comes as TradFi perpetual futures volume on Binance hit $433.4B in August, up 15x since January, with equity-linked perps making up 79% of that ($342.9B, vs. $410.9M in January). It is part of a broader race among exchanges into equity derivatives.