Glad you followed up on this thread, because usually people who start ones like this never do--and I'm also happy you got your funds back.  This is a case of better late than never, and it could have ended up much worse than it did.  It sucks that Hotbit froze your BNB for so long, but unless I'm mistaken you're actually in a better position owning them now than you were when they were frozen.  At least that's some comfort, right?