The short version
- Binance France will close every customer account on December 31, 2026, after missing the EU’s MiCA licence; deposits are already blocked and withdrawals still work.
- Accounts still holding crypto on November 29 pay 0.025% a month with a 10 USDC minimum, so any balance under $40,000 pays the flat 10 USDC.
- Next: the first fee is taken within three days of November 29 and a second one after December 24, so empty the account completely before then.
10 USDC: that’s the least Binance France will charge each account still holding crypto on November 29. A month later, on December 31, 2026, it closes every customer account. The reason is MiCA, the EU’s licence for crypto firms, which Binance France never got. Deposits are already blocked. Withdrawals still work.
The fee is small in percentage terms and steep for small accounts:
1. Rate: 0.025% of the balance per month. 2. Minimum: 10 USDC, so every account under $40,000 pays the flat 10 USDC. 3. Who’s exempt: only accounts emptied before November 29. A partial withdrawal doesn’t count.
The news spread overnight after French users shared the email:
Binance France to Close Customer Accounts on December 31, Introduce Monthly Fees From November 29
According to Cryptoast, Binance France will close its customer accounts on December 31, 2026, after failing to obtain authorization under the EU's MiCA framework. Deposits have
What Does the Binance France Fee Mean for Your Account?
If you still hold crypto there on November 29, the Binance France fee is at least 10 USDC, taken within three days, and again after December 24. That’s how Binance’s email, titled “Rappel important” (important reminder), sets it out, as quoted by Paris law firm Kohen Avocats.
The fee comes out of USDC first. No USDC? Binance takes it from other coins in the account. Balances smaller than the fee are taken in full, so a forgotten $6 of dust simply disappears.
Then there’s December 31. Anything left after that date can be treated as an inactive account under Binance’s terms. The email says those assets may be converted, transferred or otherwise processed. It doesn’t say into what, at which price, or to whom.
So the real deadline is November 29, not New Year’s Eve. Three weeks.
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Why Is Binance Leaving France?
Because its French registration ran out on July 2, and no MiCA licence replaced it. The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), France’s markets regulator, lists Binance France on its register of struck-off firms: registered May 4, 2022, removed July 2, 2026 by “automatic lapse” at the end of the transition period.
That transition gave France’s old-style registered firms until July 1 to get a MiCA licence. In its July 6 statement, the AMF said 31 firms were authorised in France and 283 across the EU. Firms without one have to run an orderly wind-down, and the AMF said it would watch those plans “with the greatest attention”.
Binance’s wind-down has come in steps:
Binance pulled its MiCA application in Greece in June and has reportedly looked at applying again through France. Until a licence comes through, French customers have to leave.
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What Should French Binance Users Do Now?
Move everything out before November 29. There are three ways: send the coins to an exchange licensed under MiCA, move them to a wallet you control (self-custody), or sell and withdraw to a bank account in your own name.
Sending crypto out is where people lose money. Check the network, copy the address with care, and send a small test amount first. Then empty the account completely, dust included, because one leftover cent still triggers the 10 USDC fee.
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How Is BNB Trading?
Flat. BNB, the token of Binance’s own chain, trades at $695 at the time of writing, unchanged on the day and down 10% in a month. France matters to Binance, but the exit has been public since July.
BNB sits under its 50-day average at $745 and above its 200-day average at $658. Holding $680 keeps the range intact; a daily close below it opens the way to $634.
Satoshi Flipper has more than 20 years of trading experience, starting in stocks before moving into crypto in 2017, and holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management. The edge is reading the economic data: rate decisions, inflation, jobs numbers, earnings and the US markets that move Bitcoin.
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