Some major cryprocurrency exchanges, including Bittrex, Bitfinex and Binance have temporarily stopped registering new users, CoinTelegraph reported.
Bittrex was one of the first exchange platforms that put a halt on onboarding new users. Back in December 2017, an alert from this US-based exchange reads:
“We have received an enormous number of new account registrations over the past few week.”
New signups to Bitfinex will be welcomed by a window stating that new account creation has been paused.
Part of the message reads:
“Thank you for your interest in opening a Bitfinex account. However, due to extraordinary demand, new account creation has been temporarily paused.
“Bitfinex focuses on serving professional traders. The reason we have decided to temporarily stop accepting new accounts is that we cannot undermine the quality of our services for our existing traders by flooding the system with new, small accounts,” the message reads.
Binance has said it halts registrations as it’s undergoing an infrastructure update.
While Bittrex and Binance have not given a timeline for reopening new account registrations, Bitfinex intends to allow signups starting January 15, 2018.