Users started experiencing problems logging onto the platform on Thursday and now cannot do so without using VPN services.
China has included Binance, the largest cryptocurrency trading platform, on its blacklist of web pages that cannot be accessed from the country's territory. The blockade of the crypto exchange was confirmed through the portal chinafirewalltest.com, which tracks all banned sites to which the Chinese 'Great Firewall' cuts access.
Binance users noticed the crash on Thursday and had to use VPN to access the platform. For their part, Binance rivals such as Huobi and OKEx were still available in the Asian country, but currently it is most likely that they are not accessible from mainland China either.
Binance is also having trouble operating in the UK, where it abandoned its efforts to gain approval from the British financial regulator that oversees compliance with anti-money laundering and terrorist financing laws.
In May, China banned financial institutions and payment companies from providing services related to cryptocurrency transactions, while warning investors against speculative operations with digital currencies.
According to the new rules, the entities of the Asian giant must not provide savings, trust or pledge services of 'tokens', nor issue financial products related to them. At the same time, although exchanges and initial crypto offerings were banned, Beijing did not restrict individuals from owning them