Just half an hour ago Binance announced temporary maintenance and halting of almost all operations:
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As this is completely announced, one can only speculate if there isn't some more serious thing going on. Usually when trading is halted abruptly like this, there is something going on.

Interestingly enough, wallet deposits and withdrawals are stopped.

Stay safe.

_Later edit:_

On Twitter, CZ announced there was a technical problem, apparently only hardware related, and that funds are, and I quote: SAFU.
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