[Update: Feb. 6] Binanace down or not working? The service is under maintenance

This story is being continuously updated…

Original story (from June 22) follows:

Just in case you’re trying to get your head around why Binance isn’t working for you, find solace in the fact that you aren’t the only one facing issues lately.

A quick look at the micro-blogging site Twitter conveys there are many others affected by the same issue. As per reports, looks like the service is down due to maintenance.

For a quick glance, here’s how some of the complainants word the problem:

Already are. Binance US has been “down for maintenance “ for hours now as everything dips…
source

>best crypto buying opportunity of the last several years
>binance down for maintenance
source

Down detector – a popular service that gives information about live outages – also conveys that Binance is indeed going through a glitch in the US, as can be seen in the image below:

What’s good is that Binance US announced an 8-hour maintenance a few days back, and a few hours back confirmed it as well. Here’s what they said:

Binance US will undergo scheduled maintenance for upgrading our API for performance, stability, and reliability on Monday, June 21, 2021. The estimated time for this maintenance is approximately 8 hours.
https://support.binance.us/hc/en-us/articles/4402893803415

Scheduled API Maintenance Tonight
9:30 pm EST / 6:30 pm PST
Approximately 8 hours (estimate)
https://support.binance.us/hc/en-us/articles/4402893803415

For the complete maintenance announcement, you may head here. It conveys, there are still a few hours (4 hours to be precise) left for the service to get back online.

Rest assured, we’re keeping a continuous tab on all related developments, and will update this page with relevant info as and when we come across any. So in case, you’re encountering the problem discussed here, stay hooked for updates.

Incoming is the latest status update on the matter.

Thank you for being patient as we continue system maintenance. We will now open a 30-minute window to cancel any open orders. Please note that trading, deposits, and withdrawals are not available at this time.

The maintenance is over now.

Maintenance is now complete!

We have resumed crypto and fiat deposits and withdrawals, as well as trading and One-Click Buy/Sell. Thank you for your patience during the maintenance period.

In case you aren’t able to deposit or withdraw Etherium and Binance Smart Chain, you should know that the company is currently performing wallet maintenance for the two. This maintenance period will go on for a couple of hours according to an official announcement.

08:39 am (IST): A fresh flood of reports on Twitter indicate that Binance is once again down and not working as users aren’t able to sell or purchase on the app.

Is Binance down? I can’t cancel my orders or see graphs, my internet is fine (Source)

binance is down and my wallet is at zero we lost everyting (Source)

Binance is down nobody responding . Maybe something to do with the maintenance (Source)

01:13 pm (IST): Fresh reports on Twitter suggest that Binance is currently down and not working for many. Fortunately, this seems to be a planned maintainance as confirmed by Binance on Twitter.

The system upgrade has started and will last for approximately 2 hours.

Note that the following are now suspended:
– Withdrawals
– Spot and margin trading
– P2P trading
– Fiat deposits & withdrawals (Source)

01:30 pm (IST): Binance has officially announced that the trading system upgrade is completed and all the trading activities are resumed once again.

The following services are now available

– Trade in the P2P marketplace
– Trade on the Convert & OTC Portal
– Purchase crypto with a card
– Make fiat deposits & withdrawals
– Subscribe to or redeem funds from Leveraged Tokens
– Borrow or repay loans on Crypto Loans
– Use other account-related functions (Source)

12:02 pm (IST): Binance support has informed users that the service will be under maintenance for 6 hours.

Binance.US is currently performing a system upgrade and is currently offline. Account access is currently unavailable. Maintenance is expected to last 6 hours. Rest assured your funds are secure! (Source)

As a result, some users are reporting that the servers are currently down or not working for them.

06:27 pm (IST): Binance support has now confirmed that all deposits and withdrawals have resumed, meaning the recent maintenance has been completed.

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