Binance to add support for Bitcoin Ordinals on its NFT marketplace

Crypto exchange Binance анонсировала интеграцию Bitcoin Ordinals со своим NFT-маркетплейсом в конце мая.

Currently the невзаимозаменяемых токенов trading platform supports three networks — BNB Chain, Ethereum and Polygon.

According to the company, the Bitcoin-based solution ‘offers unique and innovative opportunities for creating NFTs’.

Alongside Ordinals, the exchange will also add a feature to purchase tokens directly through a Binance account, removing the need for a separate wallet.

For creators, the platform has proposed a royalty programme, and company representatives announced a search for ‘high‑quality NFT projects’ for collaboration.

The exchange opened pre-registration for users, guaranteeing a spot on the whitelist for the initial sale of tokens and offering the chance to receive a thematic airdrop. Applications can be submitted from May 9 to May 15.

According to the dashboard data from @dgtl_assets on Dune Analytics, at the time of writing 5,010,014 Bitcoin-NFTs had been issued. 996 BTC (about $27.6 million) had been spent on their issuance in fees.

In early May, amid a surge in Ordinals activity, the daily number of transactions on the Bitcoin network reached a historic high at 685,711.

Later, Binance twice halted Bitcoin withdrawals due to network congestion. Some in the community speculated the situation could have been caused by Bitcoin-NFTs. Following the incident, the platform pledged to integrate the Lightning Network to speed up transactions.

Earlier ForkLog reported the suspension of the UniSat wallet for Ordinals.