[Binance to Launch 4 U.S. Stock-Based Perpetual Contracts with Up to 20x Leverage] According to Golden Finance, Binance announced that it will launch USDT-margined perpetual contracts for 4 traditional financial assets today. These correspond to StablecoinX (Nasdaq: USDE), Viking Therapeutics (Nasdaq: VKTX), McDonald's (NYSE: MCD), and Akamai Technologies (Nasdaq: AKAM). The trading pairs USDEXUSDT, VKTXUSDT, MCDUSDT, and AKAMUSDT will open for trading at 17:00, 17:05, 17:10, and 17:15 Beijing time, respectively. All pairs support up to 20x leverage and 24/7 trading, with funding rates settled every 8 hours.