May 7 (Reuters) - Crypto exchange Binance said on Sunday that it has temporarily closed Bitcoin withdrawals as the network is experiencing a congestion issue.

"Our team is currently working on a fix until the network is stabilized and will reopen $BTC withdrawals as soon as possible," Binance said in a tweet.

(Reporting by Yana Gaur in Bengaluru, editing by Deepa Babington)