BNB Chain Soars to $686—CZ Hype Sparks Rally Toward $800

BNB’s latest surge isn’t just another crypto pump—it’s a CZ-fueled rocket ride. The chain’s native token smashed past $686, eyeing $800 as traders pile into the ’founder effect.’

The CZ Factor: Hype or Legit Momentum?

Binance’s ex-CEO might be laying low legally, but his shadow still moves markets. BNB’s 20% weekly gain suggests traders still bet on his Midas touch—or just love a good meme narrative.

Technical Breakout or Overleveraged Gamblers?

The charts scream bullish, but let’s not pretend this isn’t crypto: where ’fundamentals’ often mean ’whose Twitter fingers are stickiest.’ Either way, shorts are getting wrecked.

Another day, another crypto asset defying gravity—until it doesn’t. Wall Street’s still waiting for that ’regulated’ blockchain ETF, by the way.

BNB Chain Activity Rises as CZ’s Posts Draw Market Attention

Since Changpeng Zhao (CZ) stepped down from his role at Binance in late 2024 as part of a legal settlement, his social media activity has occasionally coincided with increased attention on the BNB Chain.

While CZ no longer holds an official position at Binance, some market participants have interpreted his posts as influencing trading activity.

One instance occurred in February when CZ shared a post mentioning his dog’s name, “Broccoli.” Shortly after, multiple memecoins referencing the name were launched on the BNB Chain, including one called “CZ’s Dog (BROCCOLI),” which briefly reached a market capitalization of $300 million.

Since then, liquidity on the BNB Chain has risen, with daily transactions reaching a six-month high of $11.03 million. The chain’s market cap has also crossed the $10 billion mark, just a billion shy of Solana’s and bigger than those of Base, Arbitrum, Sui, and Aptos combined.

Data from DeFiLlama also shows that the BNB Chain is currently the most dominant chain in DEX activities, with its DEX volume averaging $7 billion on a daily basis.

Trump-Linked USD1 Stablecoin Adds Fuel to BNB Chain Growth

One of the protocols leading the growth of the BNB chain is $USD1, a token deployed by the Trump-affiliated company, World Liberty Financial (WLFI), which chose the BNB chain as its launchpad.

Also, the massive reduction in gas fees has supported increased transactions and active wallet addresses on the BNB chain.

On May 8, the BNB chain transaction fee dropped to 0.11 Gwei, less than $0.11 to carry out any transaction on the blockchain.

This is 100 times cheaper than ethereum gas fees. Now, on most centralized crypto exchanges, the BNB chain has been the preferred network for stablecoin transfers, as most exchanges charge zero fees for transfers on the network.

These factors have prompted one crypto chart expert to assert that although $BNB hardly gets the attention it deserves, it should see a price breakout above $800.

According to him, $BNB has been in a four-year consolidation and won’t be rewarded with a three-month bull market. He believes the current price rally should extend for a bit longer.

Binance Coin Price Prediction: Can $BNB Break $740 or Pull Back?

Looking at the $BNB/$USD daily chart, the price is at $673.4, up 1.81%, and has broken above key resistance at $686.

The chart shows $BNB completing a corrective pattern from $720 down to $520 lows and now appears to be in recovery mode.

The orange Elliott Wave labels suggest this upward MOVE could target the $740 area.

Key levels to watch are the major resistance zone at $720-$740 (red box) above and support at $686 (now broken resistance) and $561 (blue box) below.

The breakout above $686 with decent volume suggests genuine buying momentum, but the real test will be whether BNB can push through the $720-$740 resistance zone. A failure there could lead to consolidation, while a break above WOULD likely accelerate the uptrend.