what's binance?
Binance is the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, founded in 2017 by Changpeng Zhao, offering spot, futures, and margin trading across hundreds of digital assets. It provides additional services like staking, NFTs, and educational resources through its ecosystem, including the Binance.US platform for regulated U.S. users. The exchange emphasizes low fees, security, and global accessibility to empower users in the decentralized finance space.
Binance records $351M BTC deposit from Garrett Jin, alongside other large inflows.
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A whale withdrew $246,000,000 in BTC from Binance on 2026-02-08.
Received 21,304 ETH ($44.69M) deposit from TrendResearch wallet on 2026-02-08, completing its full exit from ETH holdings.
Experienced net outflows of approximately $500 million on 2026-02-08, representing the largest single-day outflow among all exchanges.
TrendResearch deposited 651,757 ETH ($1.34 billion) to Binance at an average price of $2,055, completing liquidation of a leveraged long position with an estimated realized loss of $747 million.
A whale wallet purchased over 9,000 BTC worth $716 million on the Binance exchange.
Experienced extreme price manipulation on ETH trading pairs over a 15-minute period on February 7, 2026, with price swings exceeding $100 and approximately $13 billion in value changes per minute, resulting in liquidation of a large ETH long position.
Garrett Jin deposited 5,000 BTC ($351 million) on February 7, 2026.
Recovered over $12.8 million in stolen assets for users across more than 48,000 cases and blacklisted more than 36,000 malicious addresses in 2025.
Assisted in recovering $131M in illicit assets and responded to over 71,000 official requests in 2025.
Recorded $523 million in net inflows over a 24-hour period ending February 6, 2026.
Accumulated 29,344 BTC in recent hours on February 6, 2026.
A wallet withdrew 1,892 ETH ($3.75M) from the exchange on February 6, 2026, after being dormant for 1 year.
Runs a promotional campaign offering up to 6,666 DUSK tokens to first-time Binance Pay users who send at least $0.01 in cryptocurrency.
Acts as net buyer of spot BTC for the first time in days with minimal spot selling activity.
Added 3,600 Bitcoin (worth $233.37 million) to its SAFU Fund.
Processed over 106,000 BTC in spot trading volume, marking the highest volume day since the 2024 election season.
Recorded the largest single liquidation order of $12.02M on BTCUSDT pair on February 5, 2026.
Has filed lawsuits against more than 130 journalists over the past five years.
Received 127,000 ETH and sent 55,120 ETH as of 11:47am February 5, 2026.
Received 4,715 BTC and sent 2,363 BTC as of 11:47am February 5, 2026.
Sold 11,545 BTC within a 30-minute period on February 5th, 2026.
Serves as the official Gold Sponsor for Binance Alpha Night at Consensus HK, co-hosted with multiple partners including 0xmediaco, TakaraLend, and rootstock_io.
BNB is currently trading near its 2021 all-time high level of approximately $690, demonstrating relative strength compared to the broader market which is down 70%-95%.
Experienced a community-initiated withdrawal campaign, during which asset balances in Binance addresses increased rather than decreased.
Announced a 1 billion BTC purchase, after which BTC price declined 15%.
Issued a cease and desist letter to a commentator regarding public statements about the exchange.
Lists only a perpetual contract for BSV rather than spot BSV trading.
Received $949 million in net inflows over a 7-day period ending around 2026-02-04.
Purchased $102 million worth of Bitcoin on February 4, 2026.
Listed WARD token on Binance Alpha with contract address 0x6dc200b21894af4660b549b678ea8df22bf7cfac on BSC.
Holds $155.6B in total reserves as of January 2026, including $47.47B in stablecoins (30.5%) and $49.84B in Bitcoin-related assets (32.03%), ranking first among major crypto exchanges.
Launched 0% maker fees and 50% discount on taker fees for TradFi perpetual contracts (commodities and stock perpetuals) starting on February 4, 2026.
Traders are filing lawsuits against Binance claiming that traders with 1.1x leverage were liquidated on 2025-10-10 due to alleged candlestick chart manipulation, with only 1% of funds returned.
Received inflows of 3,027 BTC, 45,110 ETH, and 569,000 SOL on February 3rd, 2026.
Distributed 2,500 USDC total (250 USDC each to 10 winners) as part of the MerryBinance campaign, with distribution to occur within 2 weeks from February 4th, 2026.
Experienced a $600 million net outflow, representing 0.3% of total reserves.
Experienced net outflows of 8,640 BTC over 3 days ending February 3, 2026.
Sold 8,138 BTC within 30 minutes as part of coordinated market activity on February 3, 2026.
Exchange wallets decreased by 6,000 BTC in February 2026 due to user withdrawals.
Has leadership representatives speaking at Chainalysis Links 2026 conference in New York on March 31 - April 1, 2026.
Posted about $Penguin token on its Instagram account.
Holds 39.2% market share among centralized crypto exchanges, ranking first ahead of Bybit (8.1%) and MEXC (7.8%).
A wallet linked to HashKey Capital's portfolio manager withdrew 6,368 ETH (valued at $14.79M) from Binance on 2026-02-03.
Launched Security Center feature in Binance Wallet that automatically checks for potential risks and centralizes security tools.
Partnered with TermMaxFi for an XP giveaway campaign running until 2026-02-12 at 3:59 PM UTC+8, requiring participants to maintain minimum balances and complete 5 consecutive daily check-ins to earn up to 251,500 XPs.
Experienced technical difficulties affecting withdrawals on the platform, with services temporarily disrupted and a fix in progress.
Obtained new licenses across multiple jurisdictions globally in 2025.
Launched Gold and Silver perpetual futures trading products.
Will delist ACA, CHESS, DATA, DF, GHST, and NKN on 2026-02-13.
Will list Zama (ZAMA) token with Seed Tag applied.
Grayscale filed for a spot BNB ETF.
Six US senators challenged Deputy AG Todd Blanche over the DOJ crypto enforcement unit shutdown, questioning the decision to disband the team that led Binance investigation.
Received deposits totaling 33,589 ETH (worth $79M) from Trend Research over a 20-hour period ending on February 2, 2026.
Received a deposit of 100,000 ETH (worth $242.7M) from a Bitcoin OG whale address.
Released Multiple Charts feature on the Binance app, allowing users to view and analyze multiple futures trading pairs simultaneously in a customizable layout.
Integrated USDe as collateral on 2025-09-22, treating it like USDT/USDC and launching a campaign offering 12% APY on USDe with no limits.
CZ unfollowed Solana co-founder Toly on January 31, 2026 at 15:03 UTC+8, following Toly's repost of an article criticizing Binance earlier that day.
A whale/institution transferred 2.493 million UNI ($10.62 million) to Binance on January 31, 2026, liquidating a position held since October 2020 at an average exit price of $4.26.
Listed INX token on Binance Alpha with BSC contract address 0x45f55b46689402583073ff227b6ac20520052a24.
Achieved over $2 trillion in combined trading volume (spot and derivatives) during January 2026, leading all crypto exchanges in scale and activity.
Launches USDⓈ-Margined INXUSDT perpetual contract on Binance Futures at 19:00 UTC on January 30, 2026.
Offers $40 million in $WLFI rewards to users holding USD1 on Binance (Spot, Funding, Margin, or Futures collateral), representing approximately 10-12% annualized returns based on current balances.
Listed KIN token on Binance Alpha with BSC contract address 0xcc1b8207853662c5cfabfb028806ec06ea1f6ac6.
Launching USDⓈ-Margined MEGAUSDT Perpetual Contract Pre-Market Trading on Binance Futures on January 30, 2026.
Targets top position in South Korean market and aims for full GoFi repayment in 2026.
Launches Platinum (XPT) and Palladium (XPD) futures trading products.
Assisted with 38,648 incorrect deposit cases totaling $48 million in 2025, contributing to over $1.09 billion in total user deposits recovered to date.
Achieved Proof of Reserves totaling $162.8 billion across 45 crypto assets in 2025.
Converts approximately $1 billion of SAFU fund stablecoin reserves into Bitcoin reserves, with completion within 30 days from January 30, 2026.
Implements regular rebalancing of SAFU fund with commitment to replenish fund to $1 billion with additional Bitcoin if market value falls below $800 million due to Bitcoin price fluctuations.
Reported $200 million in liquidations over 24 hours ending January 30, 2026.
Featured by Grayscale Research as one of 5 smart contract platforms with differentiated approaches and long-term value potential.
Sold 5,929 BTC in a 2-hour period on January 29, 2026.
Has roughly $5.50 spreads on BTC perpetuals, which are wider than Hyperliquid's approximately $1 spreads according to recent data comparing order book liquidity between the two venues.
Listed RLUSD stablecoin for trading.
Partnered with ApeChain through Binance US
Binance Wallet Extension added support for TON Network.
Serves as a validator for Sei Network's blockchain infrastructure.
Ask liquidity at $90k was removed from the order book, with asks floating higher.
Order book depth for BTC is better than most centralized exchanges.
Criticized for lack of support for listed projects and accused of extraction rather than ecosystem support.
Binance Reserve Cost reached 62K, a level that has not been tested since the Bitcoin Spot ETF approval.
A newly created wallet withdrew 45M USDC from Binance to Hyperliquid to purchase HYPE tokens.
Led stablecoin transaction volume in 2025, contributing to $33 trillion in total stablecoin transactions across the market during the year.
Experienced a software glitch on October 10, 2025, that triggered a $28 billion deleveraging event in Bitcoin markets.
Offers on-chain yields for BABY token staking through Binance's platform, enabling users to stake without managing external wallets or on-chain setup.
Integrated Ethereum onchain financial data into the Binance app.
Reached 9.5 million weekly visits to the exchange platform.
Launched second round of incentive program distributing 200 BNB to reward content creators on Binance Square platform.
XAG (silver) trading volume exceeds $1.28 billion on the platform.
Received a deposit of 1.8 million PENDLE tokens (worth $3.53 million) from address 0x65f...ac9 on January 27, 2026, representing tokens that vested 3 years earlier.
Reached 1% market share for silver futures open interest on January 27, 2026.
Approximately 420,000 Binance login credentials were exposed in a leaked Infostealer dataset containing ~149 million records from malware-infected user devices, prompting Binance to monitor the dark web, notify affected users, and reset passwords.
Maintains elevated open interest levels despite recent price decline, indicating the market remains heavily leveraged without significant unwinding of leverage.
Launches USDⓈ-Margined TSLAUSDT Equity Perpetual Contract on Binance Futures on 2026-01-28 at 14:30 UTC with up to 5x leverage, marking its first equity futures contract offering.
Opens trading for BNB/U, ETH/U, KGST/U, SOL/U, TRX/USD1, and USD1/U pairs on 2026-01-27 at 08:30 UTC and enables Trading Bots service for these pairs.
Processed a withdrawal of 1,500 BTC ($131.6M) to a newly created wallet "bc1qkr" on January 26, 2026.
A Bitcoin OG withdrew 61,000 ETH (worth $174.3 million) from the platform to Aave, then borrowed 60 million USDC from Aave and sent it back to the platform.
Distributed 2,500 USDC in rewards (250 USDC each to 10 winners) for the #2025withBinance campaign, with distribution scheduled within 2 weeks from January 25, 2026.
A whale unstaked 85,300 SOL ($10.87M) and deposited them into Binance on January 24, 2026.