Viction

Across Protocol

PIVX

Hashflow

Vanar Chain

<a href="https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/detail/64cf7544b98e4f2ca7f54ba11fd72d9d" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Binance is removing six tokens from its spot market</a> in a single sweep. Across Protocol (ACX), Hashflow (HFT), PIVX, Vulcan Forged (PYR), Vanar (VANRY) and Viction (VIC) all stop trading at 03:00 UTC on August 17, the latest casualties of the exchange’s periodic asset review. The August 3 notice announcing the cut leaned on one blanket explanation for all six, citing liquidity, development activity, tokenomics and regulatory factors without pinning a specific fault on any individual token. That wording papers over the fact that each one reached the chopping block for its own reason, and in several cases the projects had already set the outcome in motion themselves.
Every token in this batch wore a Monitoring Tag before the axe fell, some since April, and the round is Binance’s fourth purge of 2026. It brings the year’s delisted count to 21.
<h2 id="strong-across-protocol-a-token-its-own-team-is-winding-down-strong">Across Protocol: a token its own team is winding down</h2>
ACX carries the clearest cause of the six. Earlier this year the team proposed converting the Across DAO into a U.S. C-Corporation, and the plan involves shutting the ACX token down through an equity swap and a USDC buyout of holders. A token that its own creators have scheduled for retirement gives an exchange very little reason to keep the market open, which is why Coinbase suspended ACX trading in late July on the same logic.
The timing made things worse. On July 17<a href="https://twitter.com/PeckShieldAlert/status/2082034098458214567" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> an attacker exploited the protocol’s off-chain relay software on Solana</a>, using forged deposit events to drain roughly $3.6 million from relayer reserves. User funds stayed intact and the team patched the flaw, but the incident exposed how much the bridge leans on off-chain infrastructure.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
 <a href="https://x.com/hashtag/PeckShieldAlert?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">#PeckShieldAlert</a> The Across Protocol exploiter’s labeled address refunded 331.8 <a href="https://x.com/search?q=%24ETH&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$ETH</a> (~$623.9K) to the Across Protocol Hub Pool Owner Multisig.<a href="https://x.com/AcrossProtocol?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">@AcrossProtocol</a> was attacked on <a href="https://x.com/hashtag/Solana?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">#Solana</a>, resulting in ~$3.6M worth of cryptos being drained. <a href="https://t.co/aVdWUlusYA" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/aVdWUlusYA</a>
 — PeckShield <a href="https://x.com/PeckShieldAlert/status/2082034098458214567?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">July 28, 2026</a>
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ACX now changes hands near $0.04 after topping out at $1.74, a drop of roughly 98% from its all-time high, and its value on Binance’s books sits around $38 million, the largest market cap in the group.
<figure style="width: 100%" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://ethnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/ACXUSD_2026-08-03_16-29-30.png" alt="ACXUSD chart from TradingView (03.08.2026). Shows major price drop from ATH." width="2379" height="611">
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<h2 id="strong-hashflow-s-tokenomics-did-the-damage-strong">Hashflow’s tokenomics did the damage</h2>
Hashflow’s product works. Its request-for-quote engine routes trades through professional market makers and has cleared billions in volume with zero slippage, connecting platforms like 1inch and Jupiter to institutional pricing.
The token is where it fell apart. HFT runs on heavy daily vesting that keeps expanding the circulating supply, and that steady dilution outran any real demand to hold it. Early backers and market makers unlocked and sold into a shrinking market, dragging the price to an all-time low around $0.007 on the day of the announcement, roughly 99.5% below its February 2023 peak. With a market cap near $7.7 million and liquidity thinning for months, HFT crossed the low-volume thresholds Binance uses to flag spot pairs.
<figure style="width: 100%" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://ethnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/HFTUSD_2026-08-03_16-37-56.png" alt="HFTUSD Chart from TradingView (03.08.2026) showing major price crash from ATH" width="2379" height="611">
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 Source: <a href="https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/HFTUSD/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">HFTUSD</a> from TradingView
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<h2 id="strong-pivx-and-the-squeeze-on-privacy-coins-strong">PIVX and the squeeze on privacy coins</h2>
PIVX did not get hacked and did not restructure. It got caught in a regulatory current that has been pulling privacy coins off major exchanges for years. Under Europe’s MiCA framework and rising AML pressure elsewhere, exchanges that want to protect their operating licenses have been quietly dropping tokens that let users obscure transaction data. PIVX, built around shielded transactions, sat squarely in that category. Binance tightened the screws in stages:
<ul>
 <li>In April 2026 it stripped PIVX from margin, leverage and lending products, cutting off the traders who supplied most of its depth.</li>
 <li>A Monitoring Tag followed on June 18, flagging the token as volatile and thin.</li>
 <li>With leverage gone, spot volume collapsed to the point where it tripped the automated removal line.</li>
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<a href="https://medium.com/pivx/pivx-weekly-ecosystem-update-3efb02cdd46c" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">PIVX still runs an active masternode network</a> paying around 15% annually and recently shipped a BTCPay Server plugin for transparent and shielded payments. None of that answers the question a compliance-focused exchange was actually asking, which is why a shielded-transaction asset belongs on its books at all.
PIVX trades around $0.035, more than 99% below the all-time high above $13 it set in late 2017.
<figure style="width: 100%" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://ethnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/PIVXUSD_2026-08-03_16-38-48.png" alt="PIVXUSD Chart from TradingView (03.08.2026) shows major price crash from ATH" width="2379" height="611">
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 Source: <a href="https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/PIVXUSD/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">PIVXUSD</a> from TradingView
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<h2 id="strong-vulcan-forged-is-rebuilding-from-scratch-strong">Vulcan Forged is rebuilding from scratch</h2>
PYR’s problem is that the project holding it is mid-collapse. In July the studio opened emergency unstaking for all users and said it was weighing a full relaunch with a new management team, fresh funding and a leaner system. With the ecosystem fracturing ahead of an uncertain rebuild, holding the token started to look like an open-ended risk for any venue.
Binance had already begun pulling infrastructure before the delisting, ending PYR deposits and withdrawals on Polygon on July 14 and tagging the token on July 3. The gaming asset peaked above $10.70 and now trades near $0.07, with a market cap under $4 million. No exchange wants custody of a token whose issuer is dismantling the ecosystem beneath it.
<figure style="width: 100%" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://ethnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/PYRUSD_2026-08-03_16-50-20.png" alt="PYRUSD chart from TradingView (03.08.2026). Shows major price drop from ATH." width="2379" height="611">
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 Source: <a href="https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/PYRUSD/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">PYRUSD</a> from TradingView
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<h2 id="strong-vanar-s-enterprise-story-never-showed-up-on-chain-strong">Vanar’s enterprise story never showed up on-chain</h2>
VANRY marketed itself on brand partnerships with names like Legendary Entertainment, Paramount and Hero MotoCorp, yet the network stayed quiet. Total value locked and daily DeFi activity barely registered, and the deals never converted into steady on-chain fees.
The structural warning came on July 16, when Binance suspended VANRY deposits and withdrawals on its native Vanar Chain and confined the token to its Ethereum wrapper. Forcing a Layer-1 token off its own network is an unusual step, and it signals the exchange no longer trusted that chain for custody. VANRY sits down roughly 98% from its December 2024 peak.
<figure style="width: 100%" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://ethnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/VANRYUSD_2026-08-03_16-51-17.png" alt="VANRYUSD Chart from TradingView (03.08.2026) - price chart from ATH until 2026." width="2379" height="611">
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 Source: <a href="https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/VANRYUSD/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">VANRYUSD</a> from TradingView
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Vanar is now migrating to Base, and Binance has confirmed it will not support that migration, leaving holders to move their tokens through Vanar’s own portal. <a href="https://twitter.com/Vanarchain/status/2084230600303493340" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Responding to the delisting</a>, the team framed it as Binance’s review cycle rather than a judgment on the project, and said the Base rollout runs on its own timeline.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
 To our Vanar community,
 As you have probably seen, Binance is delisting VANRY on 17 August as part of its own review cycle. That's Binance's call, not a verdict on what we have built or where Vanar is heading.
 We've spent the last year building the stack this space needed and… <a href="https://t.co/khEbsKeTIk" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/khEbsKeTIk</a>
 — Vanar (@Vanarchain) <a href="https://x.com/Vanarchain/status/2084230600303493340?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">August 3, 2026</a>
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<h2 id="strong-viction-printed-its-way-onto-the-list-strong">Viction printed its way onto the list</h2>
Viction stayed technically active, shipping a hard fork as recently as June 30, which makes it the odd one out. Its trouble came from governance. The VIP#1 proposal doubled the token’s maximum supply, minting 110 million new VIC, with 80 million earmarked for ecosystem development and 30 million for masternode rewards. Holders read the dilution for what it was and sold.
Binance had already tagged VIC on April 30 over delayed mainnet upgrades and decaying liquidity, and the supply expansion pushed volume lower instead of repairing it. The token now trades near $0.03, roughly 98% below the high it reached in November 2024.
<figure style="width: 100%" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://ethnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/VICUSDT_2026-08-03_16-56-44.png" alt="VICUSDT Chart from TradingView (03.08.2026) - more than 90% down from 2024 ATH" width="2379" height="611">
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 Source: <a href="https://www.tradingview.com/symbols/VICUSDT/?timeframe=ALL" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">VICUSDT</a> from TradingView
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The Viction Foundation pushed back on the news, arguing that exchanges are distribution channels and that eight years of uptime, not a listing, <a href="https://twitter.com/VictionFND/status/2084131716546052554" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">define the protocol</a>.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
 To the Viction community,
 We want to address the recent update regarding VIC's listing on Binance.
 As part of Binance's routine review cycle, VIC's listing will be wound down based on their internal criteria. This decision does not reflect any change in the project's…
 — Viction Foundation (@VictionFND) <a href="https://x.com/VictionFND/status/2084131716546052554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">August 3, 2026</a>
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<h2 id="strong-what-holders-need-to-watch-now-strong">What holders need to watch now</h2>
The exit windows are fixed and worth noting one by one. Binance Futures stops new positions at 08:30 UTC on August 7 and settles remaining contracts at 09:00. Spot trading closes at 03:00 UTC on August 17, deposits stop crediting after August 18, and the hard withdrawal deadline lands on October 17. VANRY holders face an extra step, since Binance will not process the Base migration: they need to withdraw over Ethereum or Polygon before the cutoff and complete the swap through Vanar’s portal on their own. Anyone still holding any of the six after October 17 keeps only what sits in a self-custodied wallet.
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