KuCoin Adds USDT Perpetuals Tied To Stocks And ETFs

TL;DR: KuCoin announced five new USDT-margined perpetual contracts for October 21, including products tracking Goldman Sachs shares and the leveraged MSTU ETF. The contracts offer up to 20x leverage in supported markets. KuCoin is extending its derivatives menu further into traditional financial assets with five contracts scheduled for launch on Wednesday. The exchange’s official listing notice names URNMUSDT, GSUSDT, MSTUUSDT, FWDIUSDT and USDEXUSDT. It sets a 09:00 UTC October 21 start and advertises leverage of up to 20 times, subject to regional availability. Although KuCoin groups the products under a stock-index label, the disclosed references include individual companies and exchange-traded funds. They cover the Sprott Uranium Miners ETF, Goldman Sachs, the T-Rex 2X Long MSTR Daily Target ETF, Forward Industries and StablecoinX. Price Exposure Without Share Ownership A perpetual contract provides exposure to movements in its reference price. Buying one does not mean acquiring the underlying share or fund unit, and the economic result depends on the derivative’s own terms. That distinction becomes particularly important for MSTU. The reference fund itself targets leveraged da...