Binance has updated its fiat trading market maker program by adding a new EUR market tier with a 1% minimum maker volume percentage.

According to a recent notice, the crypto exchange platform has introduced a second tier to its EUR markets in Binance’s Fiat Liquidity Provider Program. The EUR market will have two trading tiers instead of one starting from March 24, 2025 at 00:00 UTC.

The first tier will require Binance users to meet a weekly maker volume percentage of 0.5%. Meanwhile, the second tier will require users to meet a maker volume of 1%.

The maker volume percentage is the percentage of a user’s weekly trading volume of maker orders in a specific fiat market compared to the total maker trading volume in that market across the platform. This metric determines eligibility for various tiers within the program, each offering different fee rebates.

Based on the notice, liquidity providers will be reviewed on a weekly basis in accordance with the new program mechanism.

In addition to the new tier, the platform will also update its maker fee rebate rate for EUR markets. EUR tier 1 users will receive a maker fee rebate of -0.005%, while EUR tier 2 users will be subjected to a maker fee rebate of -0.010%.

Similar to the liquidity providers, maker fee rebates will be updated weekly, starting from April 1, 2025 at 00:00 UTC. Maker fee rebates will be distributed to liquidity providers based on spot trading performance during the previous week across the selected fiat markets.

With the new update, the EUR markets becomes the sixth fiat currency to receive a second trading tier. The other fiat markets with two tiers include BRL, ARS, MXN, COP, and JPY.

Earlier today, the Australian authorities have warned crypto traders of an ongoing fraud tactic where scammers would impersonate Binance representatives and contact victims with fake warnings, such as claims that their Binance accounts have been breached.

Binance’s USDT/TRY trading pair saw its highest volatility since April 2024 after Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a key rival to President Tayyip Erdogan, was arrested.

Turkey’s arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, a key political figure, and potential 2028 presidential candidate, sent shockwaves through the country’s markets — sparking a sharp drop in the lira and a rush into crypto.

Shortly after the news broke, the lira took a quick nosedive, hitting a new all-time low in one of its worst intraday moves ever. Binance‘s USDT/TRY trading pair also saw wild price swings, spiking 6.4% in volatilityl what appears to be the highest volatility level since April 2024.

BtcTurk and Paribu, two of Turkey‘s biggest crypto exchanges, also saw an influx of activity, with daily volumes jumping 23.4% and 18.8%, respectively, per CoinGecko data, as a lot of traders seemingly rushed to hedge against the lira’s instability, a trend that’s played out before during economic uncertainty in Turkey.

Meanwhile, Borsa Istanbul, the sole exchange entity of Turkey, got hammered. The BIST 100 index dropped nearly 6%, its worst day since 2023, while the banking sub-index plunged almost 10%, forcing a temporary trading halt.

Turkish central bank offloads billions to save lira

In response to the lira’s rapid depreciation, Turkish authorities intervened in the foreign exchange market. Bankers reportedly estimate that the central bank may have sold between $5 billion and $10 billion in FX reserves to stabilize the currency. Such interventions, while potentially calming short-term volatility, raise concerns about the sustainability of Turkey’s foreign reserves.

On Wednesday morning, March 19, Turkish authorities arrested İmamoğlu on allegations of terrorism links, a move the opposition Republican People’s Party decried as a “coup attempt.” İmamoğlu was poised to become the party’s presidential candidate in the upcoming president elections in 2028, making his arrest particularly consequential.

The state-run Anadolu Agency reported that prosecutors issued warrants for Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and around 100 others, including his close aide Murat Ongun. Authorities also sealed off several roads in Istanbul and imposed a four-day ban on demonstrations, seemingly to deter protests.

In a statement to Reuters, Emma Sinclair-Webb, the Turkey director for Human Rights Watch, called the arrest a “blatant misuse of the justice system” and part of a “pattern of politically driven investigations” meant to weaken the opposition.

Social networks face outages

Following the arrest, users across Turkey reportedly experienced widespread access issues on major social media platforms, including X, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.

Later on, NetBlocks, a watchdog organization that monitors cybersecurity and the governance of the Internet, confirmed in an X post that Turkey restricted access to multiple social media platforms.

Shortly after the news broke, the Turkish lira experienced a sharp decline, plummeting to an all-time low of 42 to the U.S. dollar, registering a staggering 12.7% drop.

International reactions to İmamoğlu’s detention came quickly. Germany’s government reportedly described the move as a “serious setback for democracy” in Turkey, with Foreign Ministry spokesperson Sebastian Fischer stating that the arrest was part of a broader pattern of “intensified legal measures to put pressure” on İmamoğlu, Deutsche Welle reports.

The central bank recently made a step toward more traditional monetary policies, which many saw as a good way to help stabilize the economy and bring in foreign investment. But now, with all the political unpredictability going on, there seems to be a real concern that these efforts might fall apart, potentially making it harder to attract the foreign capital Turkey desperately needs for its economic recovery.

Bubblemaps’ token, BMT crypto, has gone up by nearly 30% following its debut on Binance. Just a day prior, the token reached a new all-time high.

According to data from CoinGecko, the BubbleMaps token has gone up by 28.8% only a day after it was listed on Binance. Less than 24 hours ago, the token reached new heights when it bounded up by nearly 45% to a new all-time high of $0.3173.

At press time, the token is trading hands at $0.24 with a market cap of $62 million. Meanwhile, BMT crypto’s fully diluted valuation stands at $242 million.

According to the official announcement, Binance listed BMT crypto on its platform on March 18 at 15:00 UTC and opened trading for BMT paired with major tokens including USDT (USDT), USDC (USDC), BNB (BNB), FDUSD (FDUSD), and TRY. However, the crypto exchange warned users that it will applying the seed tag, considering the token is still fairly new to the market.

Despite having just listed on the crypto exchange yesterday, Binance has already claimed the top spot on Bubblemaps’ trading markets, contributing the largest share of the token’s trading volume at 23.47%. In the past 24 hours, as much as $131 million worth of BMT crypto has been processed on Binance.

In fact, Bubblemaps trading volume skyrocketed by 442.8% to a total of $562 million in the past 24 hours. This means that the token has experienced a significant rise in market activity since its Binance listing.

Launched on March 11, BMT is the native token for Bubblemaps. Bubblemaps is an on-chain analytics platform that provides users with blockchain data visualization for token analytics and NFT owenrship. BMT serves as its governance utility token, granting holders access to advanced analytical features on the platform.

During Bubblemaps’ token generation event for BMT, it received an overwhelming number of subscriptions, around 202,990 BNB, which is13,500% more than the project’s initial target.