Binance, Exchanges

How Long Is Binance Maintenance?

Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges by trading volume, is currently down for maintenance. The outage comes just days after the exchange suffered a major hack that saw $40 million in Bitcoin stolen from its hot wallets.

While it’s not yet clear how long the current maintenance will last, Binance has said that it could take up to a week to fully restore all services. In the meantime, trading on the exchange has been halted and all withdrawals are suspended.

This is not the first time that Binance has been down for extended periods of maintenance. In January 2018, the exchange was offline for more than a week due to “system upgrades”.

NOTE: WARNING: Binance maintenance periods can be unpredictable and may last anywhere from a few minutes to several hours, depending on the type of maintenance being done. Do not attempt to access Binance during these times as your account may be compromised or deleted due to security protocols. If you must access Binance during maintenance, please contact customer service to ensure that your account is safe and secure.

And in July 2019, it took Binance nearly two weeks to fully recover from a “system upgrade” that was initially only supposed to take a few hours.

The current downtime comes as a major blow to the crypto industry, which is already facing intense scrutiny from regulators around the world. The hack also raises serious questions about the security of centralized exchanges, which have become increasingly popular in recent years.

It remains to be seen how long Binance will be down for this time around, but one thing is certain: this latest incident is sure to give pause to those who have been advocating for greater adoption of cryptocurrencies.

Update: Binance has now stated that the “extended maintenance” could last up to two weeks.

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