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Binance.US Struggles to Find Bank to Take Its Customers’ Cash

As a stopgap, the exchange is using at least one middleman to store user funds on its behalf

The crackdown on crypto banking is squeezing digital-asset businesses. Photo: DADO RUVIC/REUTERS

The U.S. affiliate of global crypto exchange Binance has struggled to find a bank for its customers’ cash after the failure of Signature Bank left it without a key banking partner, people familiar with the matter said. 

Users’ dollar deposits were previously sent to either Signature Bank or Silvergate Capital Corp., according to Binance.US’s website. The failures of Signature and Silvergate, both seen as friendly to crypto companies, left many crypto firms rushing to find new banking partners

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