24 Over the past week, small memecoins on the BNB Chain have made huge profits for early investors, creating new millionaires as onchain trading activity surged. One of the most impressive cases is trader “0xd0a2,” who turned a $3,500 investment into $7.9 million in just three days, according to blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain. Another investor, “hexiecs,” turned $360,000 into over $5.5 million by investing in the newly launched “4” memecoin, which jumped in value after a post on X by Binance co-founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao. Other traders also made big gains. “brc20niubi” turned a $730,000 investment into $5.4 million, a 1,200 times return. Earlier in the week, the wallet “0x872” earned nearly $2 million by investing just $3,000 in the same token, benefiting from a reshared post by Zhao to his 8.9 million followers. The “4” token has an unusual story. It came from a phishing incident on the BNB Chain. The hacker made only $4,000, but the community turned it into a viral meme, which helped the token’s value rise quickly. BNB Chain Gains Spotlight The recent surge in memecoin trading has caught the attention of the crypto community. Changpeng Zhao, co-founder of Binance, called it “BNB meme season” and admitted he did not expect such a phenomenon. Experts say this trend shows how important the BNB Chain has become for digital asset trading. Marwan Kawadri, DeFi lead at BNB Chain, explained that while the chain has always been strong in decentralized finance, it is now becoming a center for onchain trading. The huge interest in memecoins demonstrates that the market is starting to see BNB Chain as a key platform for traders. Kawadri also highlighted that the community on BNB Chain is built around trading culture. This makes it easier for new cryptocurrency trends to grow quickly and gain popularity compared to other blockchains. The combination of active traders, social engagement, and strong infrastructure is helping BNB Chain become a leading ecosystem in the crypto world. Smart Money Follows the Memecoins Top cryptocurrency traders, often called smart money, have been focusing on BNB-native memecoins. Data from Nansen, a blockchain analytics platform, shows that the three most purchased cryptocurrencies by these traders were all BNB tokens. Leading up to Tuesday, over 100,000 onchain traders had invested in these new memecoins. About 70 percent of them were already making profits, according to blockchain data from Bubblemaps. Among these traders, one address earned more than ten million dollars. Forty other addresses made over one million dollars each, and nine hundred traders earned more than one hundred thousand dollars. The popularity of BNB memecoins shows how quickly new digital tokens can gain attention and profits, especially when experienced traders are involved. However, memecoins are highly risky.
