The U.S. arm of the world’s biggest exchange Binance on Wednesday announced that it will be removing hundreds of thousands of trading pair on June 8, 2023. This major development comes in when the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed an emergency motion in the federal court to freeze the Binance.US platform.
Binance.US reported that it has halted its over-the-counter (OTC) trading portal. The exchange hasn’t mentioned the estimated time of resuming this service. It assured that the user assets will remain safe and secure with the crypto exchange, while deposits and withdrawals will function normally.
The crypto exchange mentioned that it will remove USDT, BTC, and BUSD Advanced Trading pairs including AAVE/USDT, AXS/USDT, BCH/USDT, 1INCH/USDT, APE/USDT, ATOM/BTX, DOT/BTC, UNI/BTC, MANA/BTC, and HBAR/BUSD.
Binance’s U.S. arm in order to make its convert offering efficient, will reduce the number of supported convert trading pair to 226. The crypto exchange will be supporting crypto assets including USDT, USDT, USDC, BNB, ETH, BTC, FET, ATOM, APT, MATIC, and LTC. However, the list also includes meme coins Dogecoin (DOGE) and Shiba Inu (SHIB).
The commission moved forward in the federal court to freeze Binance.US’s assets. The freezing order includes two of Binance’s U.S. holding companies. However, the order would apply to the exchange’s accounts held in Silvergate Bank, Axos Bank, Prime Trust, and more.
Binance’s BNB price registered a major drop as US SEC filed 13 different charges on the world’s largest crypto exchange. BNB price is down by 14% in the last 7 days. It is trading at an average price of $263 as of writing.