I Logged Into My Binance Account After A Few Years of Inactivity and Saw This...

[ContentWriter]

I've not used Binance for years due to the challenge I had in verifying my account. So today I dcided to log in and checked my assets and saw an unexpected value. On a closer scrutiny. I noticed that I now have dozens of assets that I never bought before, even the recently launched Notcoin, PEPE and others. Am I missing something? Does Binance drop bounty for all newly listed coins for its users?

[Oshosondy]

I am using Binance but I was not given NOT or PEPE. The only coin that I remember that I was given on Binance was TWT which is known as Trustwallet token but the coin was given before KYC become mandatory on the exchange.

It would be good if you contact the Binance customer care and ask them the reason why you got the coins. You do not need to do KYC before you contact the exchange customer care.

[OmegaStarScream]

I've not used Binance for years due to the challenge I had in verifying my account. So today I dcided to log in and checked my assets and saw an unexpected value. On a closer scrutiny. I noticed that I now have dozens of assets that I never bought before, even the recently launched Notcoin, PEPE and others. Am I missing something? Does Binance drop bounty for all newly listed coins for its users?

Not as far as I know, unless you were eligible for some airdrop by holding certain assets but I don't believe that's the case here, not for PEPE at least.

You should be able to find where the funds came from regardless though. Make sure to check your different "history" pages to see.

[Barikui1]

I've not used Binance for years due to the challenge I had in verifying my account. So today I dcided to log in and checked my assets and saw an unexpected value. On a closer scrutiny. I noticed that I now have dozens of assets that I never bought before, even the recently launched Notcoin, PEPE and others. Am I missing something? Does Binance drop bounty for all newly listed coins for its users?

I actually have a binance account as well, nothing was airdroped into my account of recent , though they did some giveaway when dogs was launched, and for you to qualify, you have to make a deposit of dogs into your binance account, before the launching, but since you said that you haven't done any transactions in that your binance account of recent, then I would suggest that you check if it's not a demo account that you are talking off, because sometimes you might see the balance of your demo account and think it's your main balance .

And lastly, if I may ask, do you have a little bit of asset there before? Because if you have an asset there before, the automatic earn might have been activated and your asset might have been staked for some rewards, which you might be rewarded in new crypto or that same crypto that your asset is being staked in.

[ContentWriter]

I've not used Binance for years due to the challenge I had in verifying my account. So today I dcided to log in and checked my assets and saw an unexpected value. On a closer scrutiny. I noticed that I now have dozens of assets that I never bought before, even the recently launched Notcoin, PEPE and others. Am I missing something? Does Binance drop bounty for all newly listed coins for its users?

Not as far as I know, unless you were eligible for some airdrop by holding certain assets but I don't believe that's the case here, not for PEPE at least.

You should be able to find where the funds came from regardless though. Make sure to check your different "history" pages to see.

I saw $57 in BNB. I can't even recall how the sum came about. May have made a small BNB transaction years ago. I'm trying to see if a withrawal is possible. That'll show me this is real. Interestingly, my account now shows the verified check mark. I think I wrote them about the difficulty I was having then but never bothered to check back.

[tbct_mt2]

I saw $57 in BNB.

It is $57 in BNB token but not 57 BNB token.

I'm trying to see if a withrawal is possible. That'll show me this is real. Interestingly, my account now shows the verified check mark.

It sounds very unreal, because years ago Binance did not require KYC mandatory. And years ago, how long is it in details 2, 3 or 4, 5 years ago?

I think I wrote them about the difficulty I was having then but never bothered to check back.

What difficulty they got after your account were verified successfully by Binance?

I only saw people complained about difficulty in KYC process or they failed with it, you're different as you felt difficult after verifying it completely.

I remember and this document they started KYC in 2021
​What Is KYC or Identity Verification, and How Is It Increasingly Important for Crypto?. It was written on 2021-06-04

[ContentWriter]

Looks like 2FA is needed to withdraw

[armanda90]

Usually for meme coins, Binance make some airdrop reward for active user but you must trader or join their airdrop campaign for receiving some coins landed to your Binance wallet. You can check the history receiving or transfer in your wallet and there are have note about coins landed from which one promotion or campaign site, last several years ago when meme coins listing on Binance they launched many airdrop way to earn coins maybe you get all coins from learn to earn and have many allocation for the participants.

Better verifying your account to get ability for trading, withdrawing and sell your meme coins landed in your wallet, I think if your document have rejected better contact the costumer service and find the right way how to solve with your account problem. Binance always friendly for their user and you can try again for verifying your account and approved it.

[tbct_mt2]

Looks like 2FA is needed to withdraw

The screenshot does not show that 2FA is mandatory for your withdrawal.

But if it is mandatory, it's easy to set up 2FA for your account, withdraw your BNB and you can even abandon that account forever. 2FA with an activation code does not relate to your identity documents like KYC, so it's not big problem for you.

How to use Binance Authenticator for two-factor authentication using your account and the Binance app

[OmegaStarScream]

The screenshot does not show that 2FA is mandatory for your withdrawal.

It does say "required" so it should be mandatory. This is understandable though, and almost every exchange out there is now following the same footsteps. No one wants to deal with users complaining about their accounts getting hacked.

[BABY SHOES]

I'm a Binance user but not from the beginning just a few years ago maybe list a range in 2021, but never got any coins like what you experienced.

I would like to know where the coin came from was it from a campaign? You can probably look from the history and see if it was in the “distribution” sender?

Binance does not provide rewards for coins listed for all users.

Looks like 2FA is needed to withdraw

Most exchanges require withdrawals to enable 2FA that I know of.

[$weetne$$]

I've not used Binance for years due to the challenge I had in verifying my account. So today I dcided to log in and checked my assets and saw an unexpected value. On a closer scrutiny. I noticed that I now have dozens of assets that I never bought before, even the recently launched Notcoin, PEPE and others. Am I missing something? Does Binance drop bounty for all newly listed coins for its users?

I have noticed this too but if does not just happen without holding some coins on the exchange. I remember holding some few BNB as I love transfering any small value that I have left in my account to BNB after I am done trading for the week or months. It is not much but free dollars as I know the risk of holding large amounts of money on centralized exchanges. I had BNB and received some tokens but they are not always worth that much, at times I do not bother trading or holding them but just covert all back to BNB. If you also own some other coins that the airdrop tokens are operating on their blockchain especially the new layer 1 coins that are beginning to become popular, you get the new airdrop coin launching. Example holding TON could get you some airdrop on the ton blockchain. 

[shield132]

I've not used Binance for years due to the challenge I had in verifying my account. So today I dcided to log in and checked my assets and saw an unexpected value. On a closer scrutiny. I noticed that I now have dozens of assets that I never bought before, even the recently launched Notcoin, PEPE and others. Am I missing something? Does Binance drop bounty for all newly listed coins for its users?

I trade since 2020 on Binance and I am very active, trading with thousands of dollars and have never received any airdrop or reward other than 0.01 USDT or Binance's 100 USDT Fee voucher. Are you sure that you are really using a Binance and that's not a phishing website? Did you check the activity log of how you got those coins and if someone was logging in on your account? Binance lets you to check every detail and please do that because those coins don't get magically deposited on your balance and Binance doesn't give away such rewards, especially on non-active accounts.

[bigmanik]

I've not used Binance for years due to the challenge I had in verifying my account. So today I dcided to log in and checked my assets and saw an unexpected value. On a closer scrutiny. I noticed that I now have dozens of assets that I never bought before, even the recently launched Notcoin, PEPE and others. Am I missing something? Does Binance drop bounty for all newly listed coins for its users?

Well i cant blame you for being a bit surprised to see random assets like Notcoin and PEPE in your Binance account. Its actually uncommon Binance doesn’t usually just drop coins into accounts for no reason, so here are a few things that might explain it:

Airdrops: Sometimes projects send out free tokens (called airdrops) to users, which could be why these coins appeared.

New Listings: Binance often adds new coins to the platform, and you might have received some as part of a promotion or incentive.

Account Updates: If it’s been a while since you used your account, Binance may have updated its policies or given out new assets as part of a verification process.


To figure this out, you could:

Check Binance Announcements: They might have posted about any recent airdrops, listings, or promos.

Look Through Your Account History: There could be some transactions or deposits you’re not familiar with.

Contact Binance Support: They should be able to tell you exactly why these coins are in your account.


That should help you understand how these assets got there and what your next steps are!

[milewilda]

I've not used Binance for years due to the challenge I had in verifying my account. So today I dcided to log in and checked my assets and saw an unexpected value. On a closer scrutiny. I noticed that I now have dozens of assets that I never bought before, even the recently launched Notcoin, PEPE and others. Am I missing something? Does Binance drop bounty for all newly listed coins for its users?

Not as far as I know, unless you were eligible for some airdrop by holding certain assets but I don't believe that's the case here, not for PEPE at least.

You should be able to find where the funds came from regardless though. Make sure to check your different "history" pages to see.

This is what i do have in mind too on which they wouldnt really be giving out any assets not unless if you have stake a particular coin for you to be eligible on getting some coins or simply with having those BNB's
that you would be tending to put it on and this is the moment or time that you will be getting those tokens/coins on whatever they are really that offering or available. If you do have that account that
hadnt been logged in for so long and recieving those tokens without doing something then that would really be that odd. Just like been said that they wont really be giving out something for free without
doing something. So just like been said that there might be someone who passes up those tokens externally. You could be able to trace it up easily.

[ContentWriter]

I've not used Binance for years due to the challenge I had in verifying my account. So today I dcided to log in and checked my assets and saw an unexpected value. On a closer scrutiny. I noticed that I now have dozens of assets that I never bought before, even the recently launched Notcoin, PEPE and others. Am I missing something? Does Binance drop bounty for all newly listed coins for its users?

I trade since 2020 on Binance and I am very active, trading with thousands of dollars and have never received any airdrop or reward other than 0.01 USDT or Binance's 100 USDT Fee voucher. Are you sure that you are really using a Binance and that's not a phishing website? Did you check the activity log of how you got those coins and if someone was logging in on your account? Binance lets you to check every detail and please do that because those coins don't get magically deposited on your balance and Binance doesn't give away such rewards, especially on non-active accounts.

I already made a BNB withdrawal so it's not a phishing site. I'm trying to figure out where to find the activity log. Any idea where to find it? I don't want to contact their support because I want these tokens to keep dropping in.

[slaman29]

I've not used Binance for years due to the challenge I had in verifying my account. So today I dcided to log in and checked my assets and saw an unexpected value. On a closer scrutiny. I noticed that I now have dozens of assets that I never bought before, even the recently launched Notcoin, PEPE and others. Am I missing something? Does Binance drop bounty for all newly listed coins for its users?

They do drop, but not to active users in my understanding. And if you log in after years, you should be getting a notification about expired verification. Notcoin and PEPE drops should not even be a big value, and I doubt you got them without any activity. I know, cause I didn't get any Not

In fact, non-verified accounts are withdrawal only... so I guess you were verified after all?

Very odd.

[FortuneFollower]

I've not used Binance for years due to the challenge I had in verifying my account. So today I dcided to log in and checked my assets and saw an unexpected value. On a closer scrutiny. I noticed that I now have dozens of assets that I never bought before, even the recently launched Notcoin, PEPE and others. Am I missing something? Does Binance drop bounty for all newly listed coins for its users?

They do drop, but not to active users in my understanding. And if you log in after years, you should be getting a notification about expired verification. Notcoin and PEPE drops should not even be a big value, and I doubt you got them without any activity. I know, cause I didn't get any Not

In fact, non-verified accounts are withdrawal only... so I guess you were verified after all?

Very odd.

Yeah, there won't be a life change even if they would drop from time to time.
Though, the situation itself is interesting and odd, as you said.

[FinneysTrueVision]

If it was just one or two different coins that you received, it might have possibly been an internal transfer that somebody sent, either by mistake or on purpose. Dozens of assets is much harder to explain. A possible theory is that an airdrop sybil attacker misconfigured a script and is sending some of their rewards to your deposit address. As long as Binance hasn’t frozen your account or asked for provenance of these tokens there is no harm in selling them and withdrawing the profits.

[FortuneFollower]

If it was just one or two different coins that you received, it might have possibly been an internal transfer that somebody sent, either by mistake or on purpose. Dozens of assets is much harder to explain. A possible theory is that an airdrop sybil attacker misconfigured a script and is sending some of their rewards to your deposit address. As long as Binance hasn’t frozen your account or asked for provenance of these tokens there is no harm in selling them and withdrawing your profits.

That sybil is either too smart or too dumb for his own good
Nevertheless, it does seem like somebody did a whoopsie, and I think it would be alright to do what you said.