<p><strong>UPDATE (12:52 p.m. EST): </strong>Trading services, deposits and withdrawals have resumed, according to <a href="https://twitter.com/cz_binance" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">tweets</a> from Zhao.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Crypto exchange Binance has paused trading on its platform since 6:08 am ET today.</p> <p>Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao <a href="https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1230089939854987266">tweeted</a> a thread, saying that the exchange is going under “unscheduled” system maintenance. </p> <p>Binance’s peer-to-peer (P2P) and most other trading services have been paused, while its futures trading platform is still working using a separate order matching engine, said CZ. <br /> <br /> In a separate statement, Binance <a href="https://www.binance.com/en/support/articles/360039975131">said</a> it has suspended deposits, withdrawals, spot trading, margin trading, lending, redemption, as well as asset transfers from sub-accounts, margin accounts, futures accounts, and fiat wallets.</p> <p>CZ in his tweets said unplanned maintenance is due to issues with one of Binance’s market data pushers and that there has been "no data loss or corruption (other than market data)."</p> <p>"Funds are #SAFU. No need to panic," he said, reassuring traders that the exchange is working to resolve the issues and that it should be fixed “soon.”</p> <p>"Roughly 5/8 of the way there. But estimates are not 1:1 accurate to time. Balances etc are all intact. The only affected part is the market data," CZ added. </p>