The landing side: where it goes, and what to set up once it arrives
Where the coins should land, and what to switch on once they have. This stretch is about the new-platform end, from choosing the destination to locking the account down.
- Opening a Binance account, step by step
From sign-up to your first withdrawal: where the referral code goes, why identity checks fail, and which settings to fix on day one.
- How Binance fees work, and what stacks
Maker versus taker, the BNB discount and the referral reduction: whether they combine, and why withdrawal fees are a separate thing entirely.
- Exchange Security: 2FA, Whitelist, Anti-Phishing
Two-factor, a withdrawal address whitelist, clearing old API keys, and an anti-phishing code. None are hard; missing any of them can cost you.
- Your own wallet, or another exchange?
The two destinations solve different problems. Choose by what you plan to do next, not by which one sounds safer.
- Moved off an exchange: keep the old Binance account or close it?
Once your coins are out, an old exchange account left open falls under dormancy rules, and closing it can't be undone. Using Binance's close-account help page and Terms of Use: the five things to clear first, the records to download, and when keeping it is fine.
The other two stages