Binance France customers were notified by email in early November that their accounts would close on Dec. 31, 2026, according to media reports cited by Cointelegraph. The notices also set an earlier withdrawal deadline to avoid monthly maintenance fees.
Original report published Nov. 8, 2026, at 20:57:51 UTC+8. The dates below reflect that report, not a new announcement.
Two deadlines for affected users
Cryptoast, Crypto Briefing and other outlets reported on Saturday, citing Binance emails, that:
- Nov. 29: Accounts retaining assets would begin incurring a monthly maintenance fee of 0.025% of the balance, with a minimum of 10 USDC, a stablecoin tracking the US dollar. Binance said withdrawals must be completed by Nov. 29 to avoid fees.
- Dec. 31, 2026: Binance France accounts would close.
An email quoted by Cryptoast described an “orderly cessation of activities.” It said users who had not withdrawn their crypto-assets by Dec. 31 would be notified of Binance’s intention to treat their accounts as inactive under its terms of use. That could result in the conversion, transfer or other processing of those assets; the quoted notice did not specify which outcome would apply.
The regulatory backdrop
Cointelegraph had reported in late June that Binance notified European Union users of restrictions on key services after failing to secure Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) authorization from a member state before a July 1 deadline.
Responding to Cointelegraph on Sunday, a Binance spokesperson said:
“Following the end of the MiCA transition period, Binance is progressively restricting certain services for affected users, in line with the schedule previously communicated to them.”
That statement addressed service restrictions generally. Although Cointelegraph also asked about reports of similar emails reaching users in Spain and Belgium, the spokesperson did not address those countries.
What the evidence establishes
The specific French closure dates and fees were reported from customer emails cited by other media outlets. Binance’s quoted response confirmed progressive restrictions for affected users, but did not separately confirm every detail of those notices or clarify the reported situation in Spain and Belgium.
Media reports put Binance’s global customer base at at least 300 million, with more than 4 million EU app downloads in the year preceding the report. Those figures provide scale, not a count of customers affected by the French account closures.