Binance will remove Epic Chain (EPIC) and QuickSwap (QUICK) from spot trading on October 28, extending the exchange’s periodic review process to two tokens serving different parts of the crypto market. All Binance spot trading pairs involving EPIC and QUICK will cease trading at 03:00 UTC, after which outstanding spot orders will be automatically cancelled.
According to Binance’s official delisting announcement, published October 14, the decision followed its latest review of listed digital assets. Binance evaluates factors including development activity, trading volume and liquidity, network security, team commitment, transparency, regulatory requirements, tokenomics and responsiveness to due-diligence requests. The exchange did not disclose which specific criterion or combination of criteria led to the removal of either EPIC or QUICK.
The spot deadline is only one part of a broader wind-down. Binance Futures will settle and delist affected contracts on October 20 at 09:00 UTC, while Margin support ends one hour later. Binance Pay will also remove the assets that day, followed by Spot Copy Trading and Simple Earn on October 21. The practical exit from Binance therefore begins more than a week before spot trading formally ends.
Binance Sets Separate Deadlines for Trading and Withdrawals
Binance Convert will remove EPIC and QUICK at 02:00 UTC on October 28, one hour before their spot markets close. Deposits made after October 29 at 03:00 UTC will no longer be credited, while withdrawals remain supported until December 28 at 03:00 UTC. The extended withdrawal window means the spot delisting does not require holders to remove their tokens from Binance by October 28.
After December 29, Binance said remaining balances may be converted into stablecoins on behalf of users, although it explicitly stated that such conversion is not guaranteed. Where conversion is not feasible, withdrawals could remain available depending on network conditions.
The process resembles Binance’s recent phaseout of Pax Dollar across multiple exchange products, where service-specific deadlines preceded the final spot removal. A Binance delisting therefore represents a staged reduction in exchange access rather than a single event occurring at one timestamp.
Delisting Narrows Access Without Ending Either Project
EPIC and QUICK have different underlying roles. Epic Chain evolved from Ethernity and operates around the EPIC token, while QuickSwap remains a decentralized exchange deployed across multiple blockchain networks. QuickSwap’s current documentation lists deployments including Polygon PoS, Base, Polygon zkEVM, Soneium and other networks. Removing QUICK from Binance does not disable QuickSwap’s decentralized exchange infrastructure or its independently operated liquidity pools.
The same distinction applies more broadly to token markets. Centralized exchange access can affect execution, visibility and available liquidity, but listing status does not determine whether an underlying blockchain or protocol continues operating. Conversely, gaining exchange access does not itself demonstrate durable demand, a distinction also visible when new tokens enter centralized spot markets.
That makes the post-delisting liquidity structure more relevant than the announcement alone. Trading can migrate to other centralized or decentralized venues, but the impact will depend on how much EPIC and QUICK liquidity currently relies on Binance and how effectively that activity redistributes after October 28. The delisting confirms the loss of one major access point; it does not, by itself, establish the longer-term market outcome for either token.