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Binance says it has reached 323 million registered users globally.
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The exchange has now nearly 43% of the world’s crypto holders now use its platform TradFi expansion includes stocks, ETFs and tokenized securities
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Company reports $156.4 trillion in cumulative trading volume and targets 3 billion users next.
Binance:- This week marks a major milestone for the web3 industry as Binance, the leading crypto exchange founded by Changpeng Zhao (CZ) and Yi He, celebrates its ninth anniversary.
Nine years after its launch, the company looks very different from where it began.
Binance now serves 323 million registered users worldwide. What started as a crypto exchange is steadily evolving into a multi-asset financial platform, reflecting the growing convergence of crypto and traditional finance.
The exchange announced the milestone on Monday as part of its ninth anniversary celebrations. It informed Block of Fame team that its user base now represents roughly 43% of the estimated 741 million people globally who own cryptocurrency.
According to Binance, cumulative trading volume across its products has surpassed $156.4 trillion, up from approximately $145 trillion at the end of 2025. The company also reported a 9% increase in institutional users during the first half of 2026, reflecting continued participation from professional investors.
Yi He, Co-CEO of Binance said, “When we launched in 2017, fewer than 6 million people owned crypto. Today, 741 million do, and 323 million of them are on Binance. That is not just growth. It is a shift in how the world accesses finance. We are only at the beginning.”
Binance Expands Beyond Crypto
In nine years, Binance has achieved many milestones, but perhaps its most significant is that it is no longer just a crypto exchange.
While Binance built its business on cryptocurrency trading, the company has now increasingly expanded into traditional financial products over the past year.
The exchange now offers stock trading, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), tokenized U.S. securities through its bStocks product. It also launched pre-IPO perpetual contracts alongside its crypto offerings.
The growth the Yi He and Richard Teng-led exchange has achieved since launching these products is reflected in its latest numbers. According to its official reports, Binance’s traditional finance products have generated more than $80 billion in monthly trading volume since March 2026.
Its recently launched direct stock trading service reached $1 billion in assets under management within 30 days as per the Pulse report. bStocks also accumulated over $100 million in assets under management within two weeks of launch.
