Binance’s Global Dominance Under Threat, Barclays Blocks Payments to Binance
Binance, the worlds largest crypto exchange by trading volumes, is now at the risk of losing its global dominance. The recent regulatory crackdown from some of the top regulators worldwide is putting Binance in a bad light. Institutional-grade crypto market data provider Kaiko notes that the recent “onslaught” of regulatory action is putting pressure on Binances overwhelming global dominance. The crypto exchange is facing restrictions at multiple locations like the U.K, Thailand, Cayman Islands, Canada, and even Singapore. As a result of this several banking and payment partners of Binance have started cutting ties with the exchange. The recent one is from British banking Barclays which has blocked its customers from transferring funds to Binance. The thing with Binance is that it has been constantly changing base over the last few years. The crypto exchanges lack of global headquarters has been the major reason behind the scrutiny. Originally started in Asia, Binance moved out of China following the 2017 crackdown. Based on the trading volumes of the BTC/USDT trading pairs, Binance relies heavily on the European and the North American market. Courtesy: Kaiko As we can see in the above chart, Binance still dominates the market in terms of the hourly trading volume. But it looks