‘Chinese’ Memecoins Raffle on BNB Chain Ecosystem as CZ’s Push Mints Millionaires

The $BNB Chain has become the new playground for memecoins and this week’s action shows just how fast capital is rotating between plays as the network’s $BNB token keeps breaking records.

Whenever the base asset rallies, liquidity tends to stay inside the ecosystem — just as Solana experienced with WIF and other dog-themed tokens last year.

Freshly launched “Chinese”-themed tokens like 币安人生 (“Binance Life”), 客户小何 (“Customer Xiaohe”) and 空气币 (“Air Coin”) have surged thousands of percent in hours, pushing daily volumes into the tens of millions within 24-hour periods.

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Bubblemaps data shows more than 100,000 new on-chain traders have piled into the $BNB meme wave in the past 48 hours, with 70% already sitting on paper profits. A handful of whales minted fortunes almost overnight, with 40 wallets now showing more than $1 million in gains, and at least one cracked $10 million.

But what sets this run apart is the explicitly Binance- and founder Changpeng Zhao-linked branding. Tokens like 4ever (built on the “4” meme from Zhao’s 2023 new year resolution to “ignore FUD”), and spin-offs of his dog Broccoli, tie speculation directly to Binance’s founder and its culture. The effect is recursive as every time Zhao posts or reacts on X, $BNB-linked memes pump harder.

In the past 24 hours, the $BNB Chain network shows over $82 million in trading volume among the top ten memecoins issued this week, per DEXTools.

But beneath the euphoria lies familiar fragility. Older $BNB memes like BROCCOLI and MUBARAK still trade more than 90% below their peaks, reminders of how fast hype fades once inflows dry up.

$BNB Chain now accounts for 11.4% of global meme coin activity, nearly catching Ethereum’s 12%. Solana, long the dominant meme venue, has slowed, with daily volumes for Trump (TRUMP), DOOD$0.01078, and Cards (CARDS) sit far below the $BNB-based newcomers.

$BNB itself is the quiet giant in this story. Year-to-date, it’s the top-performing large-cap, outpacing both bitcoin BTC$122,713.29 and ether ETH$4,483.30 and flipping XRP$2.8788 on Tuesday to become the world's third-largest token by market cap.

Its breakout above $1,200 coincided directly with the meme frenzy, suggesting a feedback loop as higher $BNB prices fund meme speculation, which in turn drives more volumes, fees, and visibility back to the chain.