Binance Starts Moving Crypto Out Of Funding Accounts Ahead Of Stocks Rename

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure TL;DR Binance has begun migrating non-stock crypto assets from Funding Accounts into Spot Accounts. The migration starts September 29 and is expected to continue in stages through January 2027. Funding Accounts will eventually be renamed Stocks Accounts and used primarily for stock and stock-option settlement. Binance has started reorganizing how user balances are stored as it separates ordinary crypto activity from its growing stock-trading infrastructure. Beginning September 29, non-stock crypto assets held in Funding Accounts are being migrated into Spot Accounts. The process will happen gradually rather than all at once. Funding Accounts Are Becoming Stocks Accounts The biggest change comes at the end of the migration. Binance plans to rename Funding Accounts as Stocks Accounts in January 2027. Those accounts will then be dedicated primarily to settlement for stocks and stock options, together with a limited set of supported settlement assets. Binance lists USD, USDC, USDT, USD1, U and BNB among those settlement assets. Bitcoin, Ether and other ordinary crypto holdings currently ...