Hello everybody.
A friend of mine has a problem and unfortunately they need to exchange BTC for FIAT and then withdraw the money to their bank account.
My friend has an account in Binance, but he asked me if I thought it was safe? Binance in my opinion is, like every exchange, a piece of sh... So, is there any other way to go about doing what he needs? I even thought of sending him FIAT and letting him send me BTC, because I don't plan to sell my BTC soon.
Notes:
1. When I say safe, I mean regarding the fact that exchanges are unpredictable and suddenly they decide to halt transactions. I don't mean anything about taxation etc.
2. He may have to trust an exchange after all, I know and he knows that...
There is no big deal here. Here should register on Binance, get his or herself verified using any provided means of identification verification in Binance. It does not take longer time to complete verification if the information provided are accurate. After successfully passed the verification, click on P2P service and choose available vendors to trade with. Make sure you attached your banking information first thou. To be on a safer side, select among the verified vendors. If you have the money up to the quantity of btc he wants to exchange, then you can send him the money and collect the btc in return so you can save him or her of time wasting.
Assuming we were dealing with a little number of funds here I would have asked you to just go ahead with using Binance, I guess you're already aware of the fact that you'll be asked to complete your KYC but since you mentioned a large amount then I'll ask that you look for a decentralized exchange like
https://bisq.network,
not suitable for large volume trade, for example that the way you won't have to worry about your coin being seized by any central body.
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I even thought of sending him FIAT and letting him send me BTC, b,ecause I don't plan to sell my BTC soon.
This will be the safest and most trusted option all you have to do now is to compare the price that he was supposed to sell in an exchange and them send him the money once you've confirm that he has sent you the coins, at least this way none of you will be able to scam each other unlike online p2p tht's been flooded by scammer looking for newbies to dupe.
He already has a verified account in Binance. No unfortunately I don't have the cash equivalent. It is not a huge amount, but it is definetely more than I can afford...
My friend has an account in Binance, but he asked me if I thought it was safe? Binance in my opinion is, like every exchange, a piece of sh... So, is there any other way to go about doing what he needs?
Why you're saying Binance is a piece of shit? there's no problem to use Binance as long as you're fine to submit your KYC, it's currently the biggest exchange so huge amount transaction isn't really common on there. Just use Binance to trade, not for holding your coins.
If your friend can wait and doesn't really need the money in hurry, you can suggest him to use Bisq or hodlhodl since it's P2P exchange and there's no way they will halt your withdrawal.
Hello, I didn't want to be rude
Binance must be totally organised for a massive crypto withdrawal to external wallets. It is everyone's right to choose self-custody over cex. However, they stated liquidity issues, which is unacceptable and a little scary.
In principle, he shouldn't have a problem, as he has an account at Binance and the bitcoins there. There is a certain risk in leaving them in centralised entities such as Binance, but I don't see any more risk in changing bitcoin to fiat or simply having the bitcoin there, it's the same risk. Another thing is when he withdraws to his bank account, his bank could stop the transaction and ask him about the origin of the funds if he is not clear.
In any case, if everything has a legal origin and he can prove it, the most he faces is a delay.
thanks. As I said, our only anxiety has to do with their liquidity.
My friend has an account in Binance, but he asked me if I thought it was safe? Binance in my opinion is, like every exchange, a piece of sh... So, is there any other way to go about doing what he needs? I even thought of sending him FIAT and letting him send me BTC, because I don't plan to sell my BTC soon.
Even though I have Binance account, went though KYC (had to do it to unlock account due lost 2FA), using their debit card for 2 years and never had any issues with them, I honestly still wouldn't trust them with larger amounts and would find some other way, most likely directly P2P.
There are some like Bisq that are very good decentralized exchange, but I do not know about their trading volume.
Well, since he mentioned that his friend wants to exchange large amounts Bisq is probably not the best way to do it if you wanna do it fast due their low volume so may end up losing a lot of money. Then again, if his friend is not in a hurry and has time, he can do it gradually little by little.
That's exactly my point my friend. I also have a Binance account, but I don't use it at all. I use hodl hodl, but I can't tell him to use hodl hodl too, since I don't recommend it for large amounts.