the real surprise came as I bought my Steem with my Bitcoin on my Binance account as in earlier cases. Withdrawals were suspended, due “wallet maintenance”, allegedly.

That's the message I've been getting for a while now. Thing is they suspended both deposit and withdrawal a while back. One day I checked and I noticed I could deposit. I didn't even bother to check withdrawals as I assumed they worked together.

Now, I've got a tiny amount of Steem out in the open cold. Terrible!

I don't understand but I just have to click it anyway. So annoying

About blocktrades, I stopped using it a while back. Rates are overly high. For someone who makes roughly $100/month, I need all the cents I can get.

I don't know any alternative though.

Steem on brother

Blessings