BNB’s surge above $1,100 has drawn investor attention to native protocols on the BNB Chain, with capital rotating into projects that generate fees and capture on-chain activity. The momentum has been amplified by recent endorsements from Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, bringing renewed focus to the fifth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.
Market participants typically allocate capital within an ecosystem when its base asset rallies, with liquidity remaining concentrated in that sector. Fee-collecting protocols and order routing platforms usually lead these moves, followed by memecoins and lesser-known fundamental projects.
PancakeSwap’s CAKE token jumped nearly 30% in the past 24 hours, a move that typically coincides with deeper liquidity in core pools and tighter spreads across major trading pairs. Newer tokens like ASTER also gained momentum, rising approximately 18% as traders sought higher-beta exposure alongside BNB’s advance.
However, meme tokens including FLOKI and Simon’s Cat have not yet responded meaningfully, suggesting traders are prioritizing utility and cash-flow narratives over sentiment-driven speculative bets. BNB successfully reclaimed the $1,100 level after multiple attempts and maintained it through U.S. trading hours, indicating spot demand rather than leverage is driving the rally.
Despite the strong performance, BNB-linked futures generated over $97 million in liquidations over 24 hours according to Coinglass data, ranking second only to ethereum-related positions.
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