Binance Announces Launch of Sentient (SENT) Perpetual Futures and Other Services on January 22, 2026

Binance Announces Launch of Sentient (SENT) Perpetual Futures and Other Services on January 22, 2026

Binance will launch Sentient (SENT) across multiple services, including Earn, Margin, and Futures, with SENT perpetual contracts transitioning to standard versions on Jan. 22, 2026.

Fact Check
The assessment is "likely_true" with high confidence based on strong, corroborating evidence from the provided high-authority sources. One official Binance announcement directly confirms that Sentient (SENT) was listed on January 22, 2026, establishing the correct asset and date for a major listing event. Although this source specifies the listing was for spot trading, it does not preclude a simultaneous perpetual futures launch.The second official Binance announcement, dated just one day after the event, is crucial. It directly references both the listing of Sentient (SENT) and "updates to Perpetual Contracts" from the same time period. This creates a strong contextual link between the new asset and the perpetual futures market. While not a direct confirmation in a single sentence, the combination of these two official announcements makes it highly probable that the perpetual futures launch was part of the overall listing event for SENT on that date. The evidence strongly supports the statement, with only a minor degree of uncertainty because the link is inferential rather than explicit.
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Summary

Binance announced that it will launch Sentient (SENT) on several of its services, including Earn, Buy Crypto, Convert, VIP Loan, Margin, and Futures. The transition of SENT USD-M perpetual contracts to the standard version will take place on January 22, 2026, at 21:00 UTC+8, over a period of up to three hours, without affecting existing positions.

Terms & Concepts
  • Sentient (SENT): A digital asset token listed for trading, with the ticker symbol SENT.
  • Perpetual contracts: Futures contracts that do not expire, allowing for ongoing trading based on the price of an underlying asset.
  • USD-M perpetual contracts: Perpetual futures contracts denominated in USD, allowing traders to speculate on the price movements of underlying assets such as SENT.