BingX Launches Anthropic Pre-IPO Trading and 500,000 USDT Prize Pool

BingX has launched pre-IPO trading for Anthropic, following the AI firm’s registration filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. For fintech professionals, this move signals a deepening intersection between cryptocurrency platforms and traditional equity markets, allowing retail traders to gain exposure to high-profile artificial intelligence valuations before they officially debut on public stock exchanges.

What was announced

BingX, a cryptocurrency exchange and Web3-AI firm, has introduced Anthropic pre-IPO trading as part of its "Connect What’s Moving" initiative. This follows Anthropic’s official filing of a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a proposed initial public offering. The platform aims to provide eligible users with access to the AI investment narrative, connecting them with opportunities in technology, semiconductor suppliers, and infrastructure providers.

The offering is integrated into BingX’s broader TradFi suite, which already includes stocks, indices, forex, and commodities. To mark the launch, BingX has announced a trading event featuring a 500,000 USDT prize pool. Under this promotion, eligible new users who trade Anthropic can claim a reward equivalent to $15 in ANTHROPIC. The platform is positioning this as a way for users to engage with emerging market narratives across different asset classes through a single interface.

The "Connect What’s Moving" approach is designed to provide users with market insights and trading access alongside broader context as the AI sector evolves. By facilitating pre-IPO trading, BingX is positioning its unified platform as a bridge between traditional financial instruments and emerging technology sectors, allowing users to engage with asset classes that were previously restricted to institutional investors or private secondary markets.

"A major market development starts with a headline, but users also need the tools to gain a deeper understanding of what it means and how they can participate. With ‘Connect What’s Moving,’ we combine timely insights, broader market access, and deeper context to connect emerging opportunities with relevant trading tools."

Kevin Lee, Chief Strategy Officer at BingX

The companies involved

Anthropic is the developer behind Claude, a prominent artificial intelligence model that has become a central figure in the generative AI landscape. The company has established itself as a major competitor in the foundation model space, focusing on safety and steerability. Its move toward a public listing represents a significant milestone for the AI industry, which has seen massive private investment over the last several years from major technology conglomerates and venture capital firms.

BingX, founded in 2018, describes itself as a leading multi-asset trading platform. It currently serves more than 40 million users globally, offering a range of services including perpetual futures, spot trading, copy trading, and AI-powered innovations. The platform has increasingly moved into the traditional finance space, branding its cross-asset capabilities as BingX TradFi. Beyond its technical offerings, BingX maintains high-profile sports sponsorships; it has been the Principal Partner of Chelsea FC since 2024 and is set to become the Official Team Partner of Scuderia Ferrari HP in 2026. The exchange focuses on providing a unified environment where users can navigate both crypto and traditional global markets through one platform.

What FF News has reported before

FF News has closely followed Anthropic’s expansion into the financial services sector and its strategic partnerships. Recently, the firm announced that Anthropic Expands Claude for Financial Advisors with FINNY, Jump, and Conquest Integrations, highlighting the model's utility in professional wealth management. In the payments space, Stripe and Anthropic Launch AI Agent Payments with Link Integration for Claude Duet demonstrated how AI agents are beginning to handle financial transactions. Furthermore, Verisk Integrates Insurance Intelligence with Amazon Q, Microsoft Copilot, and Claude showed the model's growing footprint in the insurance industry. FF News also previously covered the initial launch of this initiative in BingX Launches Anthropic Pre-IPO Trading to Connect Users with Emerging AI Market Opportunities.

What this means

The launch of pre-IPO trading for a company as significant as Anthropic on a crypto-native platform illustrates the ongoing erosion of barriers between private equity and retail trading. While traditional IPOs often exclude the average investor until the initial price jump has already occurred, platforms like BingX are leveraging their multi-asset structures to capture this demand early. This puts traditional brokerages under pressure to innovate their access models for private-market assets. However, it also raises questions regarding the transparency and liquidity of pre-IPO products compared to regulated secondary markets. As AI remains the primary driver of market sentiment, the race to provide early access to these high-value technology firms will likely intensify across the fintech sector.