Mutsamudu, Comoros, August 21, 2026 (Chainwire) — MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has listed the MRNAON/USDT trading pair on Spot, giving users a new route into U.S. stock markets as part of its expanding lineup of Ondo tokenized stock offerings.

The listing comes as Moderna, Inc. — a U.S.-based biotechnology company known for its mRNA vaccine platform — sees its shares rally sharply in recent trading. On August 19, 2026, Moderna and Merck announced that their investigational personalized mRNA cancer vaccine (mRNA-4157, also known as V940), used in combination with Keytruda, Merck's flagship immunotherapy and one of the world's best-selling medicines, met the primary endpoint of a late-stage melanoma trial, with the combination regimen significantly extending the time patients lived without their melanoma returning compared with Keytruda alone. Moderna's stock price soared 177% that day, delivering a substantial blow to short sellers, marking one of its largest single-session gains on record and drawing renewed market attention to the company's expanding pipeline beyond vaccines.

Trading timeline

• MRNAON/USDT went live on Spot at 09:00 on August 20, 2026 (UTC).
• Deposits are open, with withdrawals enabled from 09:00 on August 21, 2026 (UTC).

As the latest addition to MEXC's ongoing collaboration with Ondo, the listing reflects MEXC's efficiency in bringing trending assets to market, giving users timely investment exposure to one of the most closely watched biotech stocks in the current market. Ondo Stocks (formerly Ondo Global Markets) is a platform designed to bring traditional public securities on-chain through tokenized assets, enabling investors outside the United States to invest in publicly traded U.S. securities, including stocks and ETFs. The category has not been without friction: Binance discontinued its own stock tokens in 2021 after pushback from securities regulators, and tokenized stock offerings generally restrict access by user jurisdiction. These tokenized assets are freely transferable and usable in DeFi.

Tokenized stocks have taken on a growing role in MEXC's trading activity, and the exchange is far from alone in embracing the category. In 2025, Robinhood and Kraken both rolled out tokenized U.S. stock and ETF offerings for users in Europe, while BlackRock's tokenized money-market fund BUIDL underscored growing institutional interest in bringing real-world assets on-chain. In July, tokenized stocks became the largest category within MEXC's TradFi spot market, accounting for 62% of total spot trading volume. The trend underscores rising user demand for tokenized stocks, and MEXC says it will continue to expand its tokenized stock offering, empowering users to capture opportunities across global markets.

In addition, MEXC 0808: Stock Season — the platform's annual brand event running through August 28 (UTC) — is offering 0 fees across Tokenized Stocks, Stock Futures, and RealStocks, along with the opportunity to share in a $500,000 prize pool.

About MEXC

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Source: Chainwire