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Binance targets payments and financial services as stablecoins reshape use
Binance says stablecoins are increasingly used for payments and transfers, expanding the addressable market beyond trading alone.
Binance is shifting its growth strategy from relying mainly on crypto trading toward building a payments-focused “super app” that also offers broader financial services, according to comments from Shunyet Jan, the exchange’s head of spot trading and derivatives, in an interview with CoinDesk.
Jan said stablecoins are central to the plan because their growing role in payments and transfers is changing how people use digital assets. While trading remains core to Binance’s business, he argued the market has not leveled off, with stablecoin usage driving much of the activity.
Binance’s approach echoes the wider “super app” concept in crypto and fintech, with CoinDesk noting that Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has previously described similar ambitions. Jan framed Binance’s target as becoming a payment provider, saying the potential market size is larger when viewed through that lens than through trading alone.
Jan also pointed to Binance’s efforts over the past year to expand beyond trading services, including adding products such as tokenized stocks and exchange-traded funds, as part of a single platform intended to combine trading, payments, and access to financial products within the Binance ecosystem.