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Binance is often the lip of many not because it is secure, I think it is good in marketing itself and also making a lot of convenience and good services that could convince people to use the exchange.
I got on Binance in 2017 based on the recommendation of the dude who kind of directed me on buying BNB. At the time, Binance was the only exchange offering it. I knew virtually next to nothing then. As time went on, I started trading there and realising I could do that more often than on Poloniex and Coinexchange that I previously held accounts with. For me, I discovered it was easier to navigate the Binance platform than others. Later I realized it was even more secured than others because of CZ's SAFU. The assurance was soul lifting and we've seen it fulfilled whenever there's an issue on the Binance exchange. Depositors don't suffer hacks whenever they happen unlike in other exchanges. Invariably, I think the trust and safety of funds have given Binance that edge on others.
We should not compare crypto with anything related to fiat which can easily be tracked online.
I wouldn't want to go into that debate now. Let's leave it for another day.
There are still ways to leave just little amount on exchanges that you can trade with. If traders can not withdraw all their money because of trading, they can still reduce the trading amount and leverage the remaining as I have explained in my previous post.
How small is small? What makes for small to another may mean so much to you. If $2,000 is small funds to me, is that to another? I've come across traders who've over $10,000 on different exchanges and they felt it wasn't a big deal even if they lost it due to hacks. For me, that's a huge sum of cash to be left on an exchange.