Week in BNB Chain: Fear, Buybacks & New Infra
BTC dominance slips as alts bounce! BNB Chain mcap -6.3% while WLFI pops 13%! Small caps and new infra still shine as Orbs– THENA tools ship and VanEck eyes a BNB ETF.
Let’s dig in. 🧵
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📈 Market Overview
BNB Chain sector sheds ~$13.9B (-6.3%) this week, retracing ~3 months of gains as Fear & Greed sits at 15 and BTC dominance slips to 57.9%. BNB falls 7.3%, still holding up better than many alt sectors.
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🏆 Small-Cap Standouts
🔹 Audiera (BEAT) +75.8% – new CEX/futures listings
🔹 Pieverse (PIEVERSE) +52.8% – x402/AI integrations
🔹 Folks Finance (FOLKS) +45.9% – listings & incentives
🔹 RealLink (REAL) +44% – BingX BNB Chain integration
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📊 On-Chain Pulse
Like most L1s, BNB Chain saw softer usage: DEX volume -58.6% WoW, DAUs -2.1%, TVL -5%. Yet still leads all chains by daily active users, users haven’t vanished, they’re just trading less.
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⚡ Orbs dSLTP Goes Live on BNB
@orbs_network deployed its dSLTP module to BNB Chain, bringing CEX-style stop-loss and take-profit logic fully on-chain. Thena is the first DEX to integrate it, showcasing L3 automation for more sophisticated LPs and traders.
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⚠️ Risks, ETFs & Infra
🔹 GANA PayFi was exploited for ~$3.1M after its PancakeSwap liquidity was drained.
🔹 @vaneck_us updated its S-1 for a spot BNB ETF (VBNB) without staking rewards.
🔹 BNB Chain will drop Erigon by Dec 31, 2025, pushing nodes toward Reth-BSC.
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