Binance to Suspend Ethereum Network Deposits and Withdrawals for Wallet Maintenance

What happened

Binance will suspend Ethereum Network deposits and withdrawals starting 2026-10-28 05:55 (UTC) for wallet maintenance scheduled at 06:00 (UTC). Binance estimates the work will take about one hour, and services will resume when maintenance is complete.

Confirmed

Global impact / market context

Users who need to move ETH onto or off Binance during this roughly one-hour window cannot do so, which may delay trades or transfers timed around the maintenance. This is a temporary operational pause on one network, not a change to the asset itself.

Analyst inference

Exchange maintenance pauses are routine operational events and typically affect only users moving coins through that specific network during the window. Trading of ETH itself is not described as halted, so the disruption is limited to deposit and withdrawal flows.

Analyst inference

What to watch

1. Binance says deposits and withdrawals on the Ethereum Network will be suspended from 2026-10-28 05:55 (UTC) to support wallet maintenance scheduled to begin at 06:00 (UTC). Confirmed
2. Users planning ETH transfers should complete deposits or withdrawals before the suspension begins or wait until Binance announces that maintenance is complete and services have reopened. Proposed
3. Because Binance gives only an estimated one-hour duration and no exact reopening time, transfers planned right after the window may face delay until the wallet work is finished. Analyst inference

Affected assets

• ETH — Ethereum

Evidence

• binance.com