BNB Faces Sell Pressure Amid Binance Sanctions Case
BNB (BNB)
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Eugene Serbin
finance.yahoo.com reports that Binance Coin (BNB) remains a sell despite being the fourth-largest cryptocurrency and up 240% over three years. The asset is tied to Binance, which processed $11.4 trillion in trading volume in the first half of 2026 and serves 323 million users. On September 14, the U.S. Department of Justice moved to seize approximately $61 million in crypto funds linked to Iranian oil sales.
The DOJ alleges two China-based companies laundered these proceeds through Binance trading accounts. Although Binance is not a defendant, a Senate subcommittee noted in February that the exchange appeared to ignore warnings about these money laundering schemes. This follows a 2023 guilty plea by Binance for anti-money laundering violations, resulting in a $4.3 billion penalty.
While BNB’s quarterly Auto-Burn mechanism operates independently of the exchange, the coin’s value remains closely linked to Binance’s reputation. Institutional investors may view the association with Binance’s legal issues as a barrier to entry. Consequently, the source suggests that investors holding BNB should sell the coin. The Motley Fool analyst team did not include BNB in their latest list of top ten stocks for long-term growth.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for BNB, measured when this story was written up on 21 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
BNB is trading at $772.56 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 65.0%, indicating strong immediate buying interest compared to the 24-hour ratio of 50.7%. This 1-hour volume delta is positive at $3,671,012, showing that buyers are currently outpacing sellers in the short term. However, the 4-hour buy ratio has dropped to 54.4%, suggesting that this buying momentum is fading over a slightly longer timeframe. The 24-hour volume delta is also positive at $1,283,677, but the cumulative CVD for the day closed negative at -$1,714,412. This divergence suggests that while recent trades show net buying, the overall daily flow has been net selling. Spot volume for the period reached $91,406,304 across 659,579 trades.
The latest daily buy ratio of 46.4% sits at the 18th percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 49.2% - weaker buying than most days.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for BNB, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the average buy ratio was 48.0%, making the current 24-hour ratio of 50.7% a modest increase of 2.7 points. Daily volume was measured at 0.92x the average, indicating slightly lower activity than usual. Despite the positive ratio shift, the coin saw net selling pressure with an 8-day volume delta of -$27,094,190. There were zero days of net buying in the past week, contrasting with the current 11 hours of net buying today. The price rose 7.8% over eight days, but the overall weekly trend remains dominated by net outflows.