SNDK contract beats BTC and ETH in perp volume on Binance

SanDisk (SNDK) perp contract on Binance has surpassed two of the largest crypto assets, Bitcoin and Ether, in trading volume. 

The TradFi asset SNDK attracted more than $7.38 billion in volume over the past 24 hours. During that period, BTC and ETH saw only $6.11 billion and $4.57 billion, respectively, according to Binance market data. 

This wasn’t a sudden move, actually. As of August 17, SNDK was the third-biggest perp on Binance, with a 24-hour trading volume of around $3.71 billion. 

As of then, the stock contract carried $1.73 billion in open interest, 1.86 times SPCX’s $928 million and 3.51 times SKHX’s $493 million.

SNDK pushed to a high of $1,693 earlier today before settling at $1,641 at the time of writing. The price has risen over 35% from the $1,213 low in less than two weeks. 

Interest in TradiFi stocks is rising on Binance

It appears that interest in stock perpetuals is beginning to overshadow that in major altcoins, at least on Binance, based on trading volume.

Of all the top 10 traded perpetual contracts on Binance in the last 24 hours, half were TradFi contracts. 

Following SNDK are SKHYNIX with $2.48 billion in volume, KORU at $1.84 billion, SOXL at $1.82 billion, and SPCX at $1.35 billion, according to Binance market data at the time of writing. 

Binance began introducing tokenized stocks in June under the bStock program, which is now the second-largest issuer of tokenized stocks by market cap, per earlier reporting by Cryptopolitan. 

On August 13, bStock recorded a market cap of up to $610.6 million, or 22.1% of the entire sector, surpassing xStocks at $601.2 million. Ondo Finance led with $951.8 million and a 34.4% share.

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