Binance launched gold and silver perpetual futures settled in USDT through its Abu Dhabi license on Jan. 8, offering crypto traders round-the-clock access to precious metals derivatives as gold trades near $4,400 per ounce and silver holds above $75 following steep 2025 gains.
What Happened: Precious Metals Contracts
The exchange introduced XAUUSDT and XAGUSDT contracts under regulatory approval from the ADGM framework.
These perpetual futures track gold and silver prices without expiration dates, settling gains and losses in Tether's dollar-pegged stablecoin rather than physical metal.
Gold topped $4,549 and silver touched $83 in December as investors moved toward safe-haven assets. The new contracts eliminate storage and shipping requirements that traditional commodity trading demands.
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Why It Matters: Stablecoin Settlement
Settling metal trades in a stablecoin positions USDT as infrastructure for traditional assets beyond cryptocurrency. This approach mirrors broader finance developments, including tokenized assets surpassing $1 billion in value during 2025.
Gold rose 67% and silver jumped 152% in 2025, while Bitcoin slipped about 5%.
That performance gap explains trader interest in metals as portfolio hedges.
Coinbase and Bybit already offer similar products, but Binance's regulatory framework through Abu Dhabi provides clearer compliance structure than offshore derivatives typically allow.
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