Anyone still sitting on the fence and considering whether to jump on the runaway cryptocurrency train way wish to make a move, because another door just slammed shut, reducing the number of on-ramps. The popular Binance exchange is no longer accepting new traders.
No Binance For You
Binance Exchange Disables New User RegistrationsBinance exchange has announced today the immediate suspension of client registration. The company informed all prospective clients about an hour ago that: “Due to the overwhelming surge in popularity, Binance will have to temporarily disable new user registrations to allow for an infrastructure upgrade.”
The popular trading venue thus joins the growing list of major bitcoin exchanges no longer open for servicing new clients. As previously reported, CEX.IO, Bitfinex, and Bittrex have all announced similar difficulties with handling the massive influx of new business resulting in a halt of registrations. Other exchanges such as Kraken have also reported this situation is causing severe operational difficulties.
Binance Who?
For anyone living under a rock for the past five months, Binance is the hottest cryptocurrency exchange at the moment. It recently proclaimed to have become the largest crypto trading venue in the world by volume with $2.8 billion traded daily, according to data from Coinmarketcap. The company also recently stated it reached 2.9 million users on the platform since its launch in July of 2017.
The Hong Kong based exchange has a global offering and supports multiple languages including English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, French and German. It also offers instant exchanging between 96 different cryptocurrencies and bitcoin, ethereum, tether (USDT) and its own native BNB token.
While the team behind Binance attribute its rapid growth to its service, technology, and affiliates (members of the ‘Binance Angel Program’), the word on the street is that its relatively lax client verification procedures don’t hurt either. Whatever the case, this pace is obviously no longer sustainable for the company without an upgrade to its infrastructure.
