Binance weighs adding Hong Kong, Korean, Taiwanese and Brazilian stocks, says co-CEO Teng

Binance built its empire on Bitcoin and altcoins. Now it wants a piece of Samsung-and-chipmaker territory too. The exchange is considering giving users exposure to stocks from Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, and Brazil, co-CEO Richard Teng told Fortune at TOKEN2049 in Singapore. The idea is part of a broader push to turn the world’s largest crypto exchange into a platform where users can trade nearly everything. Teng framed the move as defensive as much as ambitious. He described the strategy as a way to make Binance less dependent on any single market’s mood, and he pointed squarely at customer requests. “We are weatherproofing ourselves,” Teng said. According to Teng, users have asked for exposure to the top 10 names in each of those four markets. What Binance is actually weighing The key word here is considering. No confirmed plans exist yet for trading in Hong Kong, South Korean, Taiwanese, or Brazilian equities. For now, Binance’s equity ambitions are centered on US stocks. In June 2026, the exchange rolled out direct trading for more than 7,000 US stocks and ETFs, aimed at users outside the US. That same month, Binance launched bStocks, a product offering tokenized equities a...