Alternate large Binance announced that it’ll take away HNT/BUSD and HNT/USDT cross & remoted margin pairs and HNT/BTC, HNT/USDT, and OOKI/BNB spot pairs subsequent week. The cross & remoted pairs HNT/BUSD and HNT/USDT will likely be eliminated on Oct. 12, whereas the remaining will likely be eliminated two days later, on Oct 14.
HNT/BUSD and HNT/USDT cross remoted margin borrowings will likely be suspended on Oct. 7 at 03:00 UTC. The announcement strongly suggested traders to shut their positions. Those that aren’t closed till Oct. 12, 03:00 UTC, will likely be closed with an computerized settlement, and all pending orders will likely be canceled.
Newly added pairs
Whereas the elimination of the above-mentioned buying and selling pairs will begin subsequent week, the trade already added 18 new pairs to its platform. These 18 pairs primarily encompass GMX and SNM, as they’re added as borrowable belongings on cross margin and remoted margins.
There are 15 new cross-margin pairs, that are BUSD AND USDT pairs of ATA, DGO, ERN, GMX, HIGH, LIT, and RSR. The SNM, however, is barely paired with BUSD. The remaining three new pairs, GMX/BUSD, GMX/USDT, and SNM/BUSD, have been added as remoted margin pairs.
Re-arranging assist checklist
Binance has been re-arranging its checklist of supported tokens not too long ago. On Sept. 29, the trade introduced that it’ll cease supporting USD Coin(USDC), TrueUSD (TUSD), and Paxos Standart (USDP) stablecoins.
Binance stated that this resolution was made to extend the platform’s liquidity and capital effectivity. Regardless of the choice, Binance customers are capable of withdraw and deposit USDCs to their Binance wallets.
One month later, on Oct. 5, Binance introduced that it added GMX as a brand new asset. The choice was made after the GMX token gained appreciable reputation throughout September and elevated its quantity above the $50 mark in the course of the coldest winter in crypto historical past.
FTX additionally joined Binance’s resolution so as to add GMX on the identical day. This resulted in a 35% spike within the GMX worth in 24 hours.