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 integrated LI.FI for Earn; high volumes in traditional finance futures, CRCL equities.
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Uses MarkMonitor as DNS provider for domain management.
Integrated with LI.FI protocol, which powers yield aggregation and cross-chain execution infrastructure for the platform's Earn features.
Launched traditional finance perpetual futures; gold futures daily volume scaled from $1.5M to $7.6B, and silver futures reached $6.4B daily volume.
CRCL equities trading volume reached 10-12% of NYSE volume.
Listed SUI on Binance Japan in March 2024.
Reached $72.13 billion in 24-hour open interest on April 14, 2026, ranking as the top crypto exchange by this metric.
Reached over $100 million in TVL for tokenized stocks trading, becoming the world's largest tokenized stocks exchange.
Processed over $1 billion in cumulative volume for Ondo tokenized stocks since listing them.
A whale withdrew 138.26M tokens ($49.5M, 13.83% of total supply) from Binance through 15 newly created wallets over 2 days ending April 14, 2026.
Had open interest exceed $200M for RAVE token trading pairs during the recent price movement from $0.25 to approximately $15.
Recorded less than 4% of traders holding long positions on RAVE token during the price surge period.
Launched perpetual futures trading feature in Binance Wallet app, provided by Aster_DEX, enabling Keyless Wallet mobile trading on April 14, 2026.
Offers 3 Alpha Points reward for trading $1,000+ in perpetual futures volume from April 14-28, 2026.
Withdrew 50.5 million tokens ($16.08 million) from Binance exchange to on-chain wallets through 6 addresses within a 10-minute period on April 14, 2026, with suspected controller addresses now holding 197 million tokens (19.7% of total supply, valued at $62.58 million).
30-day average funding rates in BTCUSDT perpetual futures have been negative for 46 consecutive days as of April 14, 2026, matching the streak from November 11 to December 26, 2022.
Experienced a plunge in Bitcoin open interest while Bitcoin spot price rallied.
Integrated Binance Pay as a payment method on Travala for car rental bookings, enabling crypto payments across 1,700+ suppliers and 50,000+ locations worldwide.
Listed new markets on Boros for CLUSDT, BZUSDT, WTIOIL, and BRENTOILUSDC with maturity on 2026-05-14.
Added FARM, HIGH, MLN, RESOLV, SYS, TRU, and VELODROME to the Monitoring list on 2026-04-14, indicating potential future delisting.
Removed Seed Tag for Tether Gold (XAUT) on 2026-04-14.
Will delist UTK from the exchange.
Supports UTK rebranding and airdrop plan on Binance Alpha.
Partnered with RaveDAO; distributed RaveDAO token airdrop to Binance Alpha users.
Reduced third-party custody by 25% month-over-month as of April 2026.
Released Proof of Reserves for April 2026, showing 618,951 BTC user balances, 619,136 BTC held, and a 100.03% reserve ratio.
Stablecoin supply reaches all-time high of $16.3 billion.
Whale Bitcoin inflows to Binance averaged 3,998 BTC over 30 days, a 6-year low.
Hosts RAVE futures trading with volume exceeding $13 billion over 7 days alongside OKX.
Listed GENIUS token on Binance Alpha on 2026-04-13 (launch day).
Launches zero trading fees promotion for BTC/U trading pair.
Nine newly created wallets withdrew 87.76M BNSN tokens (valued at $14.9M) from Binance in the past 24 hours ending on 2026-04-13.
Tradable supply on Binance is exceeded by WLFI collateral on Dolomite by 4x, with only 20% of total supply unlocked.
Co-CEOs Richard Teng and He Yi are scheduled to speak at the 2026 Hong Kong Web3 Festival on April 20, 2026, with He Yi speaking from 13:30-14:00 and Richard Teng speaking from 15:50-16:30.
Holdings are part of total top CEX holdings that reached $225B.
Spot trading volume reached a level where Solana DEX volume represents 50% of Binance spot volume, a record high.
Perpetuals trading volume reached a level where Hyperliquid volume represents 20% of Binance perps volume, a record high.
Expanded Spot Altcoin Liquidity Boost Program to 40 trading pairs to improve spreads, reduce slippage, and enhance trading efficiency.
Changpeng Zhao plead guilty to Bank Secrecy Act violations, preventing Binance prosecution; published 364-page memoir disclosing Binance offered Gary Gensler adviser role in 2018, reaching #4 Kindle ranking for $9.99.
Received 68.51 million FF tokens worth $8.32 million from a BitGo custodial wallet, with tokens deposited on 2026-04-11 at approximately 03:30.
Launched RWUSD subscription product on Binance Earn offering regular APR plus bonus daily CATI Boost Airdrop rewards.
Launched CATI Flexible Products on Binance Earn offering up to 20% APR with exclusive Bonus Tiered APR on top of Real-Time APR rewards.
Accounts for approximately 41% of total volume share in CEX-led TradFi perpetuals market.
Whale controlling 59% of NOM supply deposited final 278 million NOM ($1.24 million) to Binance on April 11, 2026, completing transfer of 1.72 billion NOM (59% of supply) withdrawn from Binance on April 1, 2026.
Assisted Aethir in freezing funds following a bridge exploit contained to under $90K, with the attacker attempting to move funds to Tron.
Running a campaign that will distribute 2,000 USDC total (100 USDC to each of 20 winners) ending on 2026-04-17 at 23:59 UTC.
Offers $400,000 in crypto rewards through a football-themed promotional program called "Score With Binance".
Offered approximately 1,000 UAE-based employees (one-fifth of global workforce) temporary voluntary relocation to Hong Kong, Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur, or Bangkok due to escalating Middle East regional tensions and security concerns.
Received a large deposit of $4.8 million worth of TAO tokens from a founder's wallet.
Processed $7B in withdrawals in a single day during the FTX collapse period, with every dollar backed 1:1.
Scaled to 300M+ users across hundreds of countries.
CZ stepped down as CEO as part of a $4.3B settlement with DOJ.
CZ received a Trump pardon following his prison sentence.
Launched pre-market trading for Scroll (SCR), marking the first project to be traded pre-market on the platform.
Integrated Binance Pay as a payment method in Infini's Invoice feature alongside Infini Business Pay.
Added recurring buy functionality for Ondo tokenized securities in Binance Convert feature on both app and web platforms.
Supported Operation Atlantic, led by UK's National Crime Agency, US Secret Service, and Canadian authorities, combating approval phishing scams, freezing over $12M illicit funds, and identifying 20,000+ victims in week-long operation.
Completed the DAI to USDS upgrade transition automatically for users, with USDS now live and trading on the platform.
Launched "Tip to Chat" feature on Binance Square, enabling users to unlock private messages with creators by tipping them, with creators setting their own tip thresholds.
Launched Pre-IPO section in Wallet on April 9, 2026, integrating PreStocks on Solana with 5 tokenized assets (SpaceX, OpenAI); listed 10 additional Ondo tokenized stocks and ETFs on April 11, 2026.
Hosts a live trading tournament for TREE token on Binance Spot with competitive elements.
Binance Wallet reached 94,000 weekly active traders according to Dune data.
Integrated gas-free prediction markets in-app with Predict.fun, powered by UMA protocol on BNB Smart Chain, for 240M+ users.
Conducts quarterly token burns funded by exchange revenue.
Launched Binance Capital Connect, an institutional-grade infrastructure product for trading teams and professional investors built natively within the platform.
Delists BIFI, FIO, FUN, MDT, OXT, and WAN trading pairs on 2026-04-23.
Uses an API connectivity and orchestration layer for digital assets to enable multi-chain and cross-exchange functionality.
Trading volume reached $4.3 trillion, down 48% from October 2025 peak, with perpetuals at $3.5 trillion and spot at $0.8 trillion. 30-day relative spot volume remains below 1.0 baseline in early April 2026.
Launched earn programs in collaboration with Katana in March 2026.
Listed oil futures trading.
Processed $2.7B BTC taker buy volume on derivatives within two hours on April 8, 2026, as part of a coordinated acquisition across multiple exchanges, including 8,191 BTC worth $694M purchased within 30 minutes. Received $3B in trader inflows after Bitcoin reached $72,734, following ceasefire news.
The U.S. SEC dropped its lawsuit against Binance, concluding it was based on incorrect interpretations of federal securities laws.
BTC futures order book depth reaches $284M at ±1% from mid-price, approximately 2x the nearest competitor.
Achieved weekend RWA perpetuals trading volume averaging 11% of weekday levels since December 2025, with gold RWA perpetuals leading at 37% of weekday volume.
A DeFi whale transferred 264.4 WBTC (worth $17.98 million) into Binance after repaying a $4.14 million DAI loan on Spark, with the WBTC valued at $67,990 per token at the time of transfer.
Posted $640B spot trading volume in Q1 2026, averaging $7.19B daily, with 34.3% market share.
Recorded approximately 34,000 altcoin inflow transactions in a single day, the highest volume in months.
Extended yield offerings with Morpho in March 2026 as part of Morpho's enterprise and institutional infrastructure expansion.
Received $500M USDT from Tether on Solana approximately 21 minutes before 2026-04-07 14:08 UTC.
Sent $500M USDT to Tether on Tron approximately 20 minutes before 2026-04-07 14:08 UTC.
Added PAXG to Proof of Reserves mechanism, bringing total supported cryptocurrencies to 49.
Listed PIPPIN on spot trading markets.
Listed PRL (Perle Labs) token on Binance Futures.
Binance Wallet launchpad achieved a 482.6% return on investment (ROI) in Q1 2026, leading all launchpads measured during this period.
BNB Chain led all blockchains with 251 public token sales (IDO/ICO/IEO) conducted over the past year (April 2025 to March 2026).
Deposited 300 BTC ($20.61M) from whale wallet bc1quz on April 7, 2026, realizing an $8.82M loss from holdings accumulated at average $98,190 in Jan-Mar 2025.
Launched RWA perpetuals January 9, 2026. Increased volume on TradFi-on-crypto market to 4.9% of TradFi futures over 90 days, with gold derivatives reaching $7.6B peak daily volume and silver $6.4B, representing 8.3% and 20.8% of COMEX volume respectively.
Gold RWA perpetuals on Binance reached 8.3% of TradFi futures volume at peak.
CCO Noah Perlman considers departure by 2026 or 2027 amid a DOJ Iran probe, as senior compliance staff also leave financial crime roles.
Released a report analyzing Bitcoin's effective circulating supply, stating that 3.47M BTC (17.4% of total supply) has not moved in over 10 years and estimating real inflation at approximately -0.21% annually due to dormancy rates exceeding new issuance.
Purchased $3.5 billion worth of crypto ahead of the U.S. market open on April 6, 2026, alongside Coinbase, Kraken, Wintermute, and Bybit.
Whale Concentration Indicator reaches 75%, indicating whales are positioning capital.
Integrated with Circle's USYC in November 2025 to enable institutional clients to post USYC as yield-bearing collateral for derivatives.
Hosts a live interview with Yat Siu of Animoca Brands on 2026-04-08 at 10PM SGT, broadcast on X and Binance Square.
Held $152.9B in custody assets in Q1 2026, representing 73.5% of user assets among top 10 centralized exchanges, exceeding the next four largest combined, per CoinGlass Market Share Report.
Saw $4.90 trillion Q1 2026 derivatives volume, 34.9% market share, and $1.4 trillion monthly perpetual futures volume.
Runs a promotional campaign via Binance Pay offering up to 2,000 ZBT tokens as rewards for users making their first send transaction with ZeroBase.
CZ published "Freedom of Money" on Amazon for $9.99, with all proceeds to Giggle Academy.
Purchased 29,344 BTC worth $1 billion following a market crash on October 10th.
Listed on KuCoin and Moonshot exchanges.
Suffered a hack resulting in $570M loss from BNB Bridge in October 2022.