Binance will remove eight USDC-denominated cross margin pairs and three overlapping isolated margin pairs at 06:00 UTC on Aug. 21, while a separate spot market review will see seven spot pairs cease trading at 03:00 UTC the same day. The affected spot pairs are F/USDC, HIVE/USDC, ILV/USDC, LTC/BNB, NMR/USDC, STEEM/USDC and SUI/BNB, and Spot Trading Bots services for those markets will end when trading stops. On the margin side, borrowing for the isolated pairs HUMA/USDC, LAYER/USDC and NXPC/USDC will halt on Aug. 18, and Binance will close positions, conduct automatic settlement and cancel pending orders before removing the affected margin pairs. Binance said the spot removals followed periodic reviews that consider factors such as liquidity and trading volume, though the underlying tokens will remain available through other listed pairs, and it separately plans to pause BNB Smart Chain deposits and withdrawals from 05:55 UTC on Aug. 20 for about one hour for wallet maintenance.