reducing its daily withdrawal limit from 2BTC to 0.06BTC for non verified accounts.
I'm surprised this surprises people! If anything, I'm surprised it took this long. 2
BTC is a lot of money at current prices, and even at 0.06
BTC per day it's possible to exchange $800,000 per year
unverified (plus $8000 per year in Bitcoin withdrawal fees)! That's a lot of money, and that's still only per account. Since it's unverified, it shouldn't be too hard to create a few more.
Authorities are cracking down on exchanges. I'm pretty sure Binance couldn't care less who you are, as long as they earn from you. But to be able to continue their services in many countries, they'll have to follow regulations. And again: $2000 or more per day is a lot of money to exchange anonymously!
this is obviously killing the anonymous thing Bitcoin and cryptocurrency should stand for.
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Will BNB take the hit and crash while this is on?
BNB is a centrally controlled shitcoin, it's the opposite of what cryptocurrency stands for. I wouldn't touch it, even better: let it die!
Bitcoin is still as (pseudo) anonymous as it always was: if someone knows some of your transactions, they can make educated guesses from there.
From the very start people started to move onto Binance only because of their enhanced withdrawal limit. A big drawdown from 2 BTC to 0.06 BTC which isn't even 2500$ based on current rates.
For most people, $2500 is a lot of money, and I don't know many who exchange those amounts
daily. My reason to use Binance was the good reviews I've seen, while many other exchanges have reports of (selective) scamming or other problems.
As an alternative, there are many anonymous instant exchanges, but I wouldn't trust them with a substantial amount.