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• Binance to Suspend British Pound Deposits, Withdrawals Skrill Limited, which facilitated GBP transfers for the crypto exchange, will no longer support the currency.
• Unless it can find another service provider, crypto exchange Binance will suspend British pound sterling deposits and withdrawals starting on May 22, according to an email shared with Decrypt. The email, which was sent to customers on Monday, explained that customers won’t be able to use GBP as their account on- or off-ramps because Skrill Limited...
• As of Monday afternoon, new Binance users will be unable to open accounts on the exchange with GBP deposits, a spokesperson told Decrypt in an email. But they said existing users can still access their GBP balances.
• “This change affects less than 1% of Binance users,” the spokesperson said in an email. “However, we know that these services are valued by our users and our team is working hard to find an alternative solution for them. We will share updates on this as and when we are able.” Binance has had an on, off, on, and now off-again relationship with GBP.
• The company first added GBP trading pairs in 2020, ahead of launching its U.K.-based trading platform. At the time, UK citizens could convert fiat to crypto on Binance through Binance Jersey, an exchange based on an island between England and France that has low tax rates.

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