Cryptocurrency exchange Binance announces zero-fee trading for pairs involving XRP, ADA, and BNB, offering further financial incentives for users.
Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, has announced a significant move to provide users with enhanced trading opportunities. The exchange is opening access to zero-fee USDC trading pairs for four major cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin (BTC), Cardano (ADA), Binance Coin (BNB), Tron (TRX), and XRP.
As of the article's publication, Cardano (ADA) is trading at $0.77 with a market capitalization of $27.43 billion. XRP, the third largest cryptocurrency, is trading at $3.15 and has a market valuation of $187.05 billion. BNB, the fifth largest cryptocurrency, is trading at $801 and has a market capitalization of $111.68 million. Tron (TRX), the ninth largest cryptocurrency, trades at $0.346 and has a current market valuation of $32.84 billion.
The move by Binance is in response to a surge in retail demand for more strategic and sophisticated trading tools. The offer is applicable to spot trading pairs of BNB/USDC, ADA/USDC, TRX/USDC, and XRP/USDC. Maker fees are charged to traders who add liquidity to the order book, while taker fees are charged to traders who remove liquidity.
The significance of this move lies primarily in the cost reduction for high-volume traders and liquidity providers. By eliminating both maker and taker fees, trading on these major altcoin/USDC pairs becomes more cost-efficient. The zero-fee promotion, available for VIP 2-9 users and Spot Liquidity Providers from August 12 to October 11, 2025, aims to attract high-volume traders and liquidity providers with economic incentives.
Key impacts and implications include:
- Cost savings for VIP traders and liquidity providers: They can trade these popular altcoins against USDC with zero transaction fees during the promotion, reducing trading costs substantially for large-volume activity.
- Increased trading volume and liquidity: By removing fees, Binance incentivizes more frequent and larger trades, which could improve market depth and price stability for these pairs.
- Promotion of USDC as a stablecoin pairing: Highlighting USDC trading pairs supports Binance’s strategy to boost liquidity and attractiveness of USDC as a key stablecoin alternative on the platform.
- Exclusion from VIP tier calculations: Trading volume on these zero-fee pairs does not count toward VIP tier upgrades during the promotion, balancing the benefit of fee waivers without disproportionately affecting VIP tier benefits.
- Temporary measure: The zero-fee offer is limited to a specific timeframe and user group, signaling a targeted strategy to drive short-term liquidity and trading activity rather than a permanent fee structure change.
This initiative reflects Binance’s broader strategy to compete in the stablecoin-centric trading market by enhancing user benefits, supporting USDC liquidity, and attracting high-volume traders and liquidity providers with economic incentives.
In a separate development, Binance is also opening access to Bitcoin "options writing" for all users. However, the article does not specify the conditions for trading Bitcoin options on Binance, nor does it provide a specific date for the implementation of this feature. The article also does not mention any changes in the zero maker and taker fees for Spot Liquidity Providers and Binance's VIP 2 - 9 Users.
- Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange, has introduced zero-fee USDC trading pairs for Bitcoin (BTC), XRP, Cardano (ADA), and Tron (TRX) to provide users with enhanced trading opportunities, aimed at high-volume traders and liquidity providers.
- The trading volume for these major cryptocurrencies can increase due to the removal of fees, potentially improving market depth and price stability for the pairs BNB/USDC, ADA/USDC, TRX/USDC, and XRP/USDC.
- The initiative supports Binance’s strategy to promote USDC as a stablecoin alternative and boost liquidity on its platform by providing economic incentives for VIP 2-9 users and Spot Liquidity Providers.
- In another development, Binance is providing access to Bitcoin "options writing" to all users, although the specific conditions for trading Bitcoin options and the implementation date are not yet detailed in the article.
