2025 Roadmap Revealed, With Binance Coin (BNB) Price Surging, What Other Potential Targets Are There in the BNB Chain Ecosystem Spring?

On February 9, the number of unique addresses on the BNB Chain's network surpassed 5 billion and continues to grow. According to DUNE data, BNB Chain has now become the top EVM-compatible chain in terms of transaction volume in the last 30 days.

Following closely on February 11, BNB Chain released its 2025 technical roadmap, revealing that BNB Chain will undergo multiple network upgrades. The most anticipated upgrade by investors is the gas fee upgrade, which will support multiple token payments for gas and introduce a feature allowing project teams to sponsor user gas fees. This means that the entire ecosystem is gradually taking on a different shape, with CZ's focus helping to drive this momentum.

Over the past two days, BNB ecosystem tokens have seen across-the-board increases, leading the exchange gainers list, with meme tokens also taking the top spot on DexScreener. This article compiles high-quality assets worth noting in different tracks or sectors of the BNB Chain ecosystem. Perhaps in the current uncertain market environment, BNB Chain can provide some opportunities, offering investors some references and inspiration.

AI

BNB Chain currently has a complete AI ecosystem, ranging from data infrastructure and tools to AI-driven applications, from upstream AI hackathons to consumer-facing transaction frontends. The entire ecosystem has already deployed more than 60 projects, demonstrating a certain level of development resilience. Pay attention to ecosystem project launches or upcoming token opportunities, which may experience a boom along with the thriving BNB ecosystem.

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For example, the following are representative AI projects in various tracks:

AI Agent Platform and Launchpad: Myshell, Eliza, Revox;

AI Games: World of Dypians, Xterio, SERAPH: In the Darkness;

AI Social: Tako, Jam.AI; AI DeFi: Termix, Anon;

Data Labeling: DIN, GATA, Alaya

On February 9, the leading issuance platform on the BNB Chain, Four.meme, and the AI project MyShell, supported by Dragonfly and YZI Labs, announced a strategic partnership. According to the partnership plan, Four.meme and MyShell will jointly invest in BNB Chain's AI ecosystem, incubating and supporting promising AI projects while providing comprehensive technical, funding, and marketing resource support.

Today, MyShell conducted an IDO, and the token generation event (TGE) conducted in partnership with Binance Wallet and PancakeSwap has received 27,959 BNB in subscriptions. The project aimed to raise 1,270 BNB and has now been oversubscribed 20 times.

TSA

On February 10, the AI project Holoworld AI announced that its first agent launch platform and market, Agent Market, had gone live on Solana and BNB Chain. Agent Market is a comprehensive platform that integrates the publication, interaction, and trading of multimodal agents, introducing several innovative features to bring more use cases to the BNB Chain ecosystem.

On the same day, Holoworld AI deployed its first test agent on the BNB Chain, and its native token TSA is currently valued at $6.9 million.

AICELL

AICell aims to build a decentralized "agent civilization" ecosystem focused on creating standalone or collaboratively operating intelligent agents or "units." It has introduced the concept of an "agent cluster," where multiple agents can dynamically form a network or cluster to handle complex tasks and has been included in Binance Alpha.

COOKIE

On February 10, the South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb announced the launch of COOKIE. Previously, it had been listed on exchanges such as Binance and OKX. COOKIE is one of the most famous AI applications with practical use cases in the BNB Chain ecosystem, and the token has real utility. Users need to hold a certain amount of COOKIE tokens to access its data services.

CGPT

ChainGPT is an advanced AI model designed for the blockchain and crypto field, providing tools for knowledge access, development, and business solutions supported by the CGPT token. On January 10, CGPT was listed on Binance spot trading together with COOKIE.

Infrastructure

BNX

BNX is the native token of BinaryX, a Web3 gaming platform in the BNB Chain ecosystem. The Four.Meme platform was essentially an incubation of the BinaryX team. In September 2024, BinaryX announced a rebranding to Four, which has not been implemented yet. Additionally, the Four.Meme platform does not have a platform token, so BNX is considered a concept token and has been hyped. At the time of writing, BNX's current circulating market capitalization is $5.57 billion, with a price of $0.98 and a 30% price increase in the last 24 hours.

On February 11th, the meme project CaptainBNB, launched on the Four.Meme platform, surpassed a market cap of over $10 million in less than 6 hours, reaching as high as $15 million with an intraday surge of over 13,000%. It is evident that Four.Meme, as a meme launchpad on the BNB Chain ecosystem, has a sustained asset wealth effect.

CAKE

CAKE is the native token of the PancakeSwap platform. PancakeSwap is one of the most popular AMM protocols on the BNB Chain and a widely used DEX in the entire DeFi industry. PancakeSwap has attracted a large number of users due to its low transaction fees (0.2% fee) and rich features such as farming, lotteries, an NFT marketplace, among others. At the time of writing, Pancake has become the DEX with the highest 7-day trading volume. CAKE has a circulating market cap of around $9.1 billion and has experienced a 24-hour increase of 58%.

Thena

Thena is a decentralized trading and liquidity protocol on the BNB Chain and was the first project launched on Binance after CZ's release. Leveraging the technical support of the BNB Chain, Thena's advantages lie in its low fees and high performance. The platform also supports liquidity pools for various token pairs and attracts user participation through a dynamically adjusted yield strategy.

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Thena aims to become a benchmark project for liquidity optimization in the BNB Chain ecosystem. On its first day of listing on Binance, $THE's trading volume exceeded $1 billion, surpassing mainstream crypto assets such as Dogecoin, Solana, and XRP in volume. Currently, DEX trading volume on the BNB Chain is second only to PancakeSwap, ranking second in the ecosystem. Its circulating market cap is $200 million, with a 24-hour increase of 73%.

LISTA

Lista DAO is a CDP stablecoin and LSDfi provider in the BNB Chain ecosystem, dedicated to maximizing BNB's returns. As of the time of writing, LISTA has a current market value of $330 million with a 24-hour increase of 18%.

At the end of January, Lista DAO announced that slisBNB and clisBNB are now available on Pendle, unlocking new BNB yield opportunities. The YT-clisBNB and SY Pendle LP will provide Binance Launchpool APR and BNB staking APR; the PT-clisBNB will offer a stable 45.21% APR.

BAKE

BakerySwap is a decentralized automated market maker (AMM) protocol and also the first NFT trading platform on the BNB Chain. It also has a token Launchpad section where users can earn BAKE tokens by staking or providing liquidity to pools. At the time of writing, BAKE has a current market cap of $84.7 million with a 91% increase in the last 24 hours.

meme

Since 2021, the BNB Chain has been a hub for meme culture, and its support and commitment to memes are widely recognized. In addition to Binance Alpha curating memes in the BNB Chain ecosystem, the official team has been holding multiple meme contests since the second half of last year, providing rewards and liquidity support. This approach aims to bring more long-lasting and liquid meme assets to the community.

The criteria for selecting high-quality meme coins are based on their trading volume, market cap, and price performance in the last 24 hours. The selected tokens follow a no-repeat principle each day, and the BNBChain community will make purchases after announcing the daily projects. Users can track real-time data of meme projects through the event's "leaderboard."

Previously, memes from the BNB Chain such as Cheems, CAT, Koma, and others have been listed on Binance. Both Binance Alpha and four.meme have incubated a group of meme assets from the BNB Chain ecosystem, including CaptainBNB, BOB, and more. Against the backdrop of supporting their own ecosystem, these projects are poised to become the next targets for Binance.

In addition, for meme players, the most distressing issue is undoubtedly MEV attack. At the peak of the market frenzy, the BNB Chain team officially released a countermeasure proposal against malicious MEV on February 7th, encouraging the community to vote and calling for more participation, including but not limited to block builders, RPC nodes, validators, and DApps, to detect and prevent malicious MEV, collectively taking responsibility to protect users from "sandwich" attacks.

Simultaneously, BNB Chain has recently collaborated with multiple wallet platforms (such as TrustWallet, Binance Wallet, TokenPocket, OKX Wallet, Safepal, etc.) to launch MEV protection features, effectively combating "sandwich attacks" and other MEV exploits.

This protection measure works by routing transactions through a private channel rather than the public mempool, preventing bots from manipulating prices before a transaction. Additionally, meme players can ensure transaction security by using wallets that support MEV protection, switching to private RPC, or opting for decentralized exchanges that support MEV protection. In the roadmap released yesterday, BNB Chain aims to eliminate malicious MEV from the ecosystem by 2025, creating a more equitable on-chain transaction environment.

CaptainBNB

Originally intended to be the mascot of the BNB Chain, CaptainBNB adopted a tokenomics model where holders receive a 7% BNB reflection reward, creating a passive income mechanism. Additionally, the token is designed with an Anti-Whale and Anti-Dump mechanism to prevent large sell-offs that could cause significant market fluctuations.

KOMA

As the "SHIB offspring" of the BNB Chain ecosystem, KOMA has always had a strong community bond, with a current circulating market cap of $40.6 million.

BOB

The Binance official Twitter account frequently mentions "Build On Bnb," giving rise to the concept of a Meme token, with a current circulating market cap of $8.8 million.

CAKEDOG

The first Meme token on the PancakeSwap SpringBoard pump platform launched by Pancake, with a current circulating market cap of $562,000.

FOUR

FOUR initially gained attention due to a point system launched by the Four.Meme platform, and the number 4 is also associated with a widely circulated photo of CZ, making it one of the cultural genes of the BNB Chain ecosystem, with a current circulating market cap of $4.7 million.

WHY

Issued by the Four.Meme platform, WHY revolves around the question "Why participate in meme culture?" Continuing the narrative centered around community-driven initiatives, users can earn points through various activities on the platform, with a current circulating market cap of $3.32 million.

CZ Public Support, Promising Future Ahead

On February 6, the number of active BNB addresses reached a new high, and on February 11, CZ stated, "BNB Chain has been constrained for too long, it's time to break free," hinting at a significant transformation in the BNB Chain ecosystem.

In the 2025 technical roadmap released last night, BNB Chain revealed a series of new plans, with a focus on optimizing developer tools. This includes enhancing SDKs and APIs to make blockchain development resources more transparent and user-friendly, enhancing development efficiency. They will also introduce AI-driven development tools to help developers write code and debug programs more quickly, focusing on building innovative products.

There is also the mentioned more flexible gas fee payment method at the beginning of the article, allowing users to pay gas fees using stablecoins or other BEP-20 tokens, no longer limited to BNB. The above initiatives are beneficial in forming a virtuous cycle foundation of developers, users, funds, and attention from the infrastructure end.

Currently, meme coin speculation is still the mainstream hype in the crypto market. As one of the primary issuance platforms for meme coins, BNB Chain is expected to further solidify its market position through optimizing the listing process and liquidity management. CZ's return and proactive statements have injected new vitality into the BNB Chain. His vision and strategic adjustments may drive BNB Chain to a new round of explosive growth in 2025. Whether it's technological upgrades or ecosystem expansion, BNB Chain is worth continuous attention.

With CZ's deep involvement, the BNB Chain ecosystem is facing unprecedented development opportunities—from opBNB's technological breakthrough to optimizing the listing process, BNB Chain is experimenting with asset issuance in the crypto industry at a crossroads. Currently, funds and attention have also been allocated, and in the future, whether BNB Chain can continue to stand out in the intense liquidity competition remains to be seen.