Cryptocurrency exchanges Binance, KuCoin alerted users about temporary interruptions that may result in partial execution of trading orders.

Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, said it had temporarily paused withdrawals due to technical issues linked to its cloud service provider. In an X post on Tuesday, the trading platform said it’s “aware of an issue impacting some services on the Binance platform due to a temporary network interruption in the AWS data center.”

The company suggested that the outage may not be affecting all users as the interruption may only affect trading activity for some users. “Some orders are still successful, but some are failing. If users failed, they may keep retrying,” the exchange said.

While the nature of the outage wasn’t disclosed, Binance said its team is working with Amazon Web Services to fix the problem. To limit risk during the outage, the exchange said had it decided to suspend withdrawals “to keep safe.”

It’s not clear how many users are affected. As of press time, Binance said that “all services are starting to recover and resume,” adding that withdrawals “have also reopened.”

“We will continue to monitor to ensure that all operations run smoothly. Thank you for your patience and understanding.”

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Another crypto exchange KuCoin took to X to say that it is also experiencing disruptions due to the same AWS issue. In a notice to users, KuCoin said that due to a “large-scale network outage with AWS services, our platform is currently experiencing temporary disruptions.” The exchange added that its technical team is “working on a fix,” reassuring users that their assets “remain secure and all data is intact.”

Executives at Binance reportedly sat down with Treasury Department officials in March to discuss the possibility of relaxing the US government’s regulatory scrutiny of the world’s largest crypto exchange.

Citing people familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal reports that Binance wants the Treasury Department to remove one of the two monitors that oversee the exchange.

The US government is keeping a close eye on Binance after it pleaded guilty to having engaged in anti-money laundering (AML), unlicensed money transmitting and sanctions violations.

The Treasury Department appointed a monitor to ensure that Binance complies with anti-money laundering laws, but a spokesperson for the exchange says that monitors led to “inefficient and costly burdens.” 

The report says that during last month’s meeting, Binance chief executive Richard Teng and Chief Legal Officer Eleanor Hughes asked Treasury officials to remove the monitorship, or reduce its duration and scope. 

Binance’s executives are said to be optimistic that the Trump administration will greenlight the request. 

According to WSJ, the meeting took place after Binance and representatives from the Trump family-backed crypto venture World Liberty Financial held discussions to list the project’s dollar-pegged stablecoin, USD1, on the crypto trading platform.

A spokesperson for World Liberty Financial says that the company is aiming for USD1 to be “accessible for millions globally.” 

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Attorneys for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Binance asked a federal judge on Friday to continue a pause in the regulator’s case against the crypto exchange for another two months, citing “productive discussions.”

The SEC sued Binance in 2023, alleging the exchange — alongside its U.S. affiliate and executives such as former CEO Changpeng Zhao — violated federal securities laws by operating as an unlicensed clearing agency, broker and exchange. The SEC also alleged commingling and that Binance.US’s trading volume was manipulated. In February, after U.S. President Donald Trump retook office and appointed Commissioner Mark Uyeda as acting agency chair, the regulator asked for a 60-day pause in the case, which was set to expire on Monday. The SEC pointed to a newly created crypto task force aiming to draft clearer guidance around how securities law might apply to digital assets as part of its explanation for the requested pause.

In Friday’s filing, the attorneys involved said the discussions included “how the efforts of the crypto task force may impact the SEC’s claims,” and requested another 60 days’ pause.

“In light of these continued discussions and the time required for the staff to seek authorization from the Commission as necessary to approve any resolution or changes to the scope of this litigation, the SEC requested that the Defendants agree to continue the current stay for an additional 60 days, and the Defendants agreed that continuing the stay is appropriate and in the interest of judicial economy,” the filing said.