Crypto Exchange Binance Reduces Leverage To 20x, Ceases Margin Trading On EUR...

“All of your margin balance may be liquidated in the event of extreme price movement,” Binance stated. Global cryptocurrency exchange Binance continues restricting support for some of its trading services amid an ongoing regulatory crackdown.Binance officially announced Monday that the exchange would delist margin trading pairs for three fiat currencies, including the Euro (EUR), the Australian dollar (AUD) and the British pound sterling (GBP).According to the announcement, Binance will suspend mentioned fiat trading pairs on Aug. 10 and then switch to automatic settlement and cancel all....

Discover the intricacies of short and long positions in crypto trading. These principles can be applied by both new and experienced traders. How can margin trading amplify the targets of long and short positions?Margin trading can magnify the potential results of long and short positions thanks to leverage — i.e., borrowed funds.Going long or short might be lucrative, especially when the cryptocurrency is volatile. Still, professional traders prefer margin trading, as they can amplify potential profits by several times. However, the risks also increase by the same degree, which is why....

Binance suspended withdrawals for LUNA and UST amid the UST stablecoin losing its peg to the U.S. dollar on Tuesday. Amid collapsing Terra network’s cryptocurrencies Luna (LUNA) and TerraUSD (UST), crypto exchange Binance continues deactivating related trading services.Binance’s derivatives arm Binance Futures has delisted coin-margined LUNA perpetual contracts, the firm officially announced on May 12.“Users are advised to close any open positions prior to the delisting time to avoid automatic settlement,” the statement by the platform reads.Binance Futures has also started conducting....

As Bitcoin exchanges in China halt margin trading, zero-fee trading may also be on the chopping block as the industry awaits regulation. China Halts Margin Trading Following the inspections conducted by the People’s Bank of China, the country’s ‘Big Three’ Bitcoin exchanges BTCC, OKcoin and Huobi have stopped margin trading services. Although no official statement from the PBoC has been issued regarding the legality of the margin loan services, media reports state that the platforms’ margin trading “violated rules” and resulted in abnormal price volatility. BTCC CEO Bobby Lee reacted to....

Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of surging crypto derivatives exchange, FTX, has slashed its maximum leverage in a move to promote responsible trading practices. Crypto derivatives exchange FTX has decided to curb risky trading by limiting the leverage available to its users.The exchange, founded by crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), has reduced the maximum leverage available on the platform down to 20x, a significant reduction from its previous limit of 101x.In a July 25 tweet announcing the updated leverage limits, Bankman-Fried said that the decision was made in light of the....