Binance’s latest spot listing wave is doing more than adding a few new tickers – it is quietly rewriting how liquidity flows around Cardano, Zcash and the Terra ecosystem’s most controversial survivors. By pairing these assets with the fast‑growing USD1 stablecoin and adding Trading Bots support from day one, Binance is clearly betting on deeper automation‑driven volume and a more “sticky” stablecoin base.
What exactly did Binance list?
On 24 December 2025, Binance opened spot trading for five new pairs: ADA/USD1, ASTER/USD1, ZEC/USD1, LUNA/USDC and LUNC/USDC. At the same time it switched on Spot Algo Orders (Trading Bots) for the same lineup, allowing users to run grid, DCA and other automated strategies right out of the gate.
For traders, that means:
- Fresh USD1 markets for ADA and ZEC, giving an alternative to the usual USDT/USDC rails.
- New USDC depth for both LUNA and Terra Classic (LUNC), which have historically been highly volatile and sentiment‑driven assets.
Why USD1 suddenly matters
This expansion lands just as USD1 is turning into one of the most talked‑about stablecoins of the cycle. Helped by Binance’s “Booster” Earn program, USD1’s market cap has jumped by roughly 150–300 million dollars in days, pushing it past the 3 billion mark and into the top tier of stablecoins by size.
That scale matters for spot traders:
- A multi‑billion‑dollar USD1 base can support tighter spreads and deeper books on USD1 pairs like ADA/USD1 and ZEC/USD1, especially when combined with Trading Bots market‑making.
- Yield‑hungry capital rotating into USD1 via Binance Earn can cycle back into spot pairs as traders deploy stablecoin balances into automated strategies.
Trading Bots from day one
Unlike older listings where automation arrived later, Binance is enabling Trading Bots at the same moment these pairs go live. That design choice effectively guarantees that a chunk of order‑book activity will be systematic from the start: grid bots harvesting small ranges, DCA bots building longer‑term positions, and arbitrage bots triangulating between USD1, USDT and USDC markets.
For your readers, the practical takeaways are:
- Volatility clusters: newly opened pairs with bot support tend to see sharp early range‑trading as grids compete, which can be attractive for short‑term scalpers.
- Strategy diversification: ADA and ZEC traders now have a dedicated USD1 playground, while LUNA and LUNC holders gain USDC pairs that are bot‑friendly and easier to plug into existing algo frameworks.
Terra Classic sentiment: quiet, but still alive
The inclusion of LUNC/USDC is also a sentiment signal to the Terra Classic community. Even after the 2022 collapse, LUNC has remained one of the most active retail tokens on Binance, fueled by its ongoing burn initiative, periodic network upgrades and a highly vocal holder base that treats every new listing or pair as a small victory.
Recent community posts highlight:
- Continuous LUNC burns and a completed network upgrade, which are seen as steps toward slow, grind‑style recovery rather than quick moonshots.
- A generally bullish tone around the LUNC/USDC pair, framed as “fresh liquidity” and “new on‑ramp” for traders who prefer fiat‑backed stables over pure speculative exposure.
Against that backdrop, Binance’s move can be read as cautious endorsement: not a full‑scale Terra revival plan, but a recognition that LUNC and the broader Terra Classic story still command enough volume and attention to justify better routing.
What this means for traders and the market
For active traders, the message is straightforward: liquidity is following incentives, and right now USD1 is one of the best‑incentivized stablecoins on the market. When that liquidity is wired directly into large‑caps like ADA and ZEC and into speculative narratives like LUNA and LUNC, it can create pockets of outsized volatility and opportunity—especially for automated systems tuned to stablecoin‑denominated ranges.
For the broader market, Binance’s new pairs are another sign that centralized exchanges are doubling down on three pillars at once: aggressive stablecoin promotion, deeply integrated Trading Bots, and a willingness to keep serving high‑beta communities like Terra Classic as long as the order flow is there.
