{"id":328803,"date":"2023-05-26T15:33:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T14:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=328803"},"modified":"2023-05-26T15:33:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T14:33:51","slug":"binance-to-halt-bitcoin-spot-trading-with-australian-dollar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/binance-to-halt-bitcoin-spot-trading-with-australian-dollar\/","title":{"rendered":"Binance to halt Bitcoin spot trading with Australian Dollar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Crypto exchange Binance announced it would stop Bitcoin (BTC) spot trading activities with the Australian Dollar (AUD) on June 1, according to a <a style=\"border-bottom: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.binance.com\/en\/support\/announcement\/notice-of-removal-of-trading-pairs-2023-06-01-bd9a8eb9e0c940278d888cb95b76ba41\">statement<\/a> on May 26.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the exchange would remove spot trading activities for other top cryptocurrencies like Cardano (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/cardano\/\">ADA<\/a>), Ethereum (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/ethereum\/\">ETH<\/a>), Dogecoin (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/dogecoin\/\">DOGE<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/xrp\/\">XRP<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/bnb\/\">BNB<\/a>, Solana (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cryptoslate.com\/coins\/solana\">SOL<\/a>), and Polygon (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cryptoslate.com\/coins\/polygon\">MATIC<\/a>) paired with AUD on the same day.<\/p>\n<p>Binance said its users can still trade the affected assets on other trading pairs within its platform. However, it would terminate its Trading Bots services for the mentioned pairings.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the week, Binance\u00a0<a style=\"border-bottom: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/binance-axes-8-australian-dollar-trading-pairs\/\">ended support<\/a> for spot trading activities of eight digital assets paired with the AUD.<\/p>\n<h2>Binance facing regulatory heat in Australia<\/h2>\n<p>This drawback is coming when Binance's operation in Australia faces much regulatory scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>In April, the exchange <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/binance-australia-cant-process-australian-dollar-fiat-deposits\/\">canceled<\/a> its derivatives license with the \u00a0Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). At the time, the financial regulator said it was investigating the platform's compliance with local laws.<\/p>\n<p>On May 18, Binance <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/binance-australia-cant-process-australian-dollar-fiat-deposits\/\">said<\/a> it could no longer process Australian Dollar deposits for users because its third-party payment service provider Cuscal stopped providing its services to the firm. On the same day, Australia's oldest bank, Westpac, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/australias-oldest-bank-bans-payments-to-binance\/\">banned<\/a> crypto transactions to unnamed exchanges.<\/p>\n<h2>Binance's declining BTC volume<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, Binance's market share for BTC spot trading activities dropped to around 40% from 85% recorded in February 2023, <em>CryptoSlate<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/binances-share-of-bitcoin-spot-market-falls-more-than-half-since-february-peak-of-85\/\">reported<\/a>, citing data from CoinShares.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, the decline coincided with a period where Binance faced increased regulatory troubles from multiple fronts.<\/p>\n<p>In March, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/cftc-sues-binance-over-alleged-breaking-of-trading-and-derivatives-rules\/\">sued<\/a> Binance and its CEO, Changpeng &#8216;CZ' Zhao, over violations of the commodities law. The regulator alleged that the exchange illegally facilitated the trading of derivative orders on commodities for U.S. citizens.<\/p>\n<p>On May 12, the exchange <a style=\"border-bottom: 0px;\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/binance-halts-operations-in-canada\/\">exited<\/a> the Canadian market, citing the country's regulatory guidance as a hindrance to its operations.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Binance has struggled to find new banking partners as it <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/binance-suspended-british-pound-deposit-and-withdrawals-for-new-users-on-march-13\/\">suspended<\/a> USD-denominated bank transfers and GBP services for new users earlier this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crypto exchange Binance announced it would stop Bitcoin (BTC) spot trading activities with the Australian Dollar (AUD) on June 1, according to a statement on May 26. Additionally, the exchange would remove spot trading activities for other top cryptocurrencies like Cardano (ADA), Ethereum (ETH), Dogecoin (DOGE), XRP, BNB, Solana (SOL), and Polygon (MATIC) paired with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":720,"featured_media":328863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,77968],"tags":[76769],"post_folder":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.9 (Yoast SEO v21.9.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Binance to halt Bitcoin spot trading with Australian Dollar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Binance said it would remove its BTC\/AUD trading pair amid a growing decline in its Bitcoin spot trading market share.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/binance-to-halt-bitcoin-spot-trading-with-australian-dollar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Binance to halt Bitcoin spot trading with Australian Dollar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Binance said it would remove its BTC\/AUD trading pair amid a growing decline in its Bitcoin spot trading market share.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/binance-to-halt-bitcoin-spot-trading-with-australian-dollar\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CryptoSlate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-26T14:33:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/aud-btc-binance-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Oluwapelumi Adejumo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cryptoslate\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cryptoslate\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Oluwapelumi Adejumo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/binance-to-halt-bitcoin-spot-trading-with-australian-dollar\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/binance-to-halt-bitcoin-spot-trading-with-australian-dollar\/\"},\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/oluwapelumi-adejumo\/#person\",\"name\":\"Oluwapelumi Adejumo\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/oluwapelumi-adejumo\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/oluwapelumi-adejumo\/\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/oluwapelumi-adejumo\/#authorimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/profile-oluwapelumi-adejumo-1-300x300.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/profile-oluwapelumi-adejumo-1-300x300.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Oluwapelumi Adejumo\"},\"jobTitle\":\"Senior Reporter\",\"description\":\"Oluwapelumi values Bitcoin's potential. 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