binance.com and binance.us are not the same thing. The former is the global main site, with its operating entity in the Cayman Islands; the latter is an independent company called BAM Trading Services Inc. targeting US users. Between the two, accounts aren't shared, assets aren't shared, and supported coins aren't shared. Non-US users should use binance.com — just open the Binance Official Site directly; the Binance Official App is recommended for mobile, and iOS users can refer to the iOS Install Guide. This article breaks down the specific differences between the two.
On July 14, 2017, Binance launched binance.com, with headquarters initially in Shanghai, later moved to Japan, Malta, and currently the global business HQ is in Dubai. This main site serves 180+ countries and regions worldwide, with the largest user coverage in the global crypto market.
In June 2019, Binance launched binance.us for the US regulatory environment. This is an independent company entity (BAM Trading Services Inc.), registered in the US, holding MSB licenses in multiple states, with services limited to users within the US. binance.us's system and user data are completely separate from binance.com.
US crypto regulation is jointly managed by the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission), CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission), and FinCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network), with compliance requirements far higher than other countries. To avoid regulatory conflicts in the US, binance.com split off the US business to operate independently.
Many coins tradable on binance.com simply cannot be found on binance.us, such as XRP (Ripple, which was once delisted due to the SEC lawsuit), some small-cap DeFi coins, and tokens of some new Layer2 projects.
| Product Type | binance.com | binance.us |
|---|---|---|
| Spot Trading | Supported | Supported |
| Perpetual Futures | Supported (125x leverage) | Not supported |
| Delivery Futures | Supported | Not supported |
| Options | Supported | Not supported |
| Margin Trading | Supported (3-10x) | Supported (3x) |
| Earn Products | Supported (Flexible + Fixed + Dual Investment) | Staking only |
| NFT Marketplace | Supported | Not supported |
| Launchpad | Supported | Not supported |
| P2P Fiat | Supports 100+ fiat currencies | USD only |
| Card Purchase | Supports Visa/Mastercard | Supports ACH transfer |
US users on binance.us can only do the most basic spot trading, which is why many US crypto users try to find ways to use binance.com.
Base fees are the same, but binance.us has discount tiers for small trades (below $10,000), while large users actually enjoy lower fees on binance.com (users at higher VIP tiers can have fees as low as 0.02%).
If you register an account on binance.com, that account doesn't exist on binance.us. To use binance.us, you need to re-register, and the KYC during registration will require you to prove you're in the US.
Even if you have accounts on both platforms, transferring assets from binance.com to binance.us must go through on-chain withdrawal:
This incurs a withdrawal fee — about 3 USDT for ERC-20 USDT, and about 0.8 USDT for BSC chain USDT.
Order history, deposit/withdrawal records, and asset snapshots are stored separately. If you need to file taxes or do trading reviews, you have to download reports from the two platforms separately.
For users in mainland China, Southeast Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and other regions, the answer is very clear: use binance.com. The reasons:
Only in one situation: you're a US permanent resident or citizen and live in the US long-term. The compliance of binance.us keeps your crypto trading records cleaner for US tax filing.
Don't try using a VPN to a US IP to register binance.us and then funding with a Chinese bank card — this directly triggers risk controls. binance.us's KYC system integrates with the IRS database, and if identity info and address don't match, the account will be frozen.
Technically you can access binance.us, but registration requires US SSN and US address proof — non-US residents essentially cannot pass KYC. Even if you register with fake info, once platform risk control detects anomalies, the account will be frozen, assets returned — a process that takes time and may result in permanent freezing. Just use binance.com honestly.
Short-term trips are generally fine. binance.com judges your region based on IP and will show "You are currently in the US, some features may be restricted." You can continue spot trading, but features like futures and Launchpad will be temporarily restricted. After returning home, these restrictions are automatically lifted.
No. On Apple App Store and Google Play, they are two completely different APPs:
The two APP icons are similar but have different color schemes — Binance's main color is black-gold, Binance US's main color is blue-white. Check the developer name carefully when downloading.
BNB tokens themselves are universal on-chain assets, and can be deposited, withdrawn, and traded on both binance.com and binance.us. But BNB's utility differs between the two platforms:
Both have passed mainstream security audits, and fund storage uses cold wallets + multi-signature. The differences are:
Overall, binance.com's capital scale and security investment are larger — fund security for regular users is within the acceptable range on both.