Binance's Portfolio Pruning: Delisting Aptos & Optimism, Swiping Right on PayPay Perps, and Sounding the iOS Alarm

Binance is once again playing gardener in its digital asset jungle, trimming some vines and planting new ones on its futures trading floor. First on the chopping block are the COIN‑M APTUSD and OPUSD perpetual contracts, which are scheduled for a permanent siesta on March 25 2026 at 12:00 PM. All open positions will be auto‑liquidated in a not-so-gentle nudge, followed by a final settlement before the contracts vanish into the crypto ether. The underlying assets here are Aptos and Optimism, and Binance is politely suggesting traders close their own positions to avoid letting the system do it, which in illiquid markets can be as graceful as a bull in a china shop. The usual suspects—low liquidity, dwindling volume, and a subpar user experience—are being blamed for this delisting, according to the exchange's official line.

In a move that reads more like a spy thriller, Binance has issued a stark warning about a critical iOS vulnerability cheekily dubbed the Darksword exploit chain. This zero‑click attack chain, which has been lurking in the shadows since at least November 2025, targets Apple devices running iOS 18.4‑18.7. It’s a nasty piece of work, stitching together six zero‑day vulnerabilities to give attackers full remote control, allowing them to deploy malware with names straight out of a cyberpunk novel: GHOSTBLADE, GHOSTKNIFE and GHOSTSABER. These digital ghosts can exfiltrate everything from your wallet keys to your DMs and location history, and are even polite enough to clean up after themselves by wiping logs. The clientele for this exploit is concerningly diverse, ranging from commercial spyware vendors to suspected nation-state actors, with victims identified in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Malaysia and Ukraine. Binance’s advice is simple: update your iOS now, avoid clicking on suspicious links like they're a rug pull, lock down app permissions, and for the love of Satoshi, enable 2FA and withdrawal whitelists.

Switching from doom-scrolling to degen-scrolling, Binance is also launching a new USDⓈ‑margined equity perpetual contract: the PAYPUSDT, which will track the share price of PayPay Corp. on the Nasdaq (ticker PAYP). Trading for this new toy begins on March 23 2026 at 5:30 PM, offering degens up to 10× leverage with the ever-faithful Tether (USDT) as collateral. The specs include a minimum order size of 0.01 PAYP (roughly 5 USDT worth), price increments of 0.01, and funding rates neatly caged between +2.00 % and –2.00 % (with an interest rate set at a cool 0 %). Funding fees will be settled every eight hours—perfect for those who enjoy a regular dose of volatility—and the contract will trade 24/7 with multi‑asset mode support. Binance frames this as expanding access to traditional equity markets via crypto derivatives, a trend some experts believe could one day make the bond between DeFi and legacy finance tighter than a well-written smart contract.

*This is not financial advice, but you already knew that.