The 2025 roadmap is announced, the golden dog continues, what other potential targets are there for the BNB Chain ecosystem spring?

On February 9, the number of independent addresses on the BNB Chain network surpassed 500 million and continues to grow. According to DUNE data, BNB Chain has now become the top EVM-compatible chain in terms of transaction volume over the past 30 days.

Following this, on February 11, BNB Chain released its 2025 technical roadmap, which disclosed that BNB Chain will undergo multiple network upgrades. The most anticipated upgrade for investors is the gas fee upgrade, which will support gas payments in various tokens and introduce features that allow project teams to sponsor users' gas fees. This indicates that the entire ecosystem is gradually presenting a different appearance, and CZ's focus is further boosting this momentum.

In recent days, BNB ecosystem tokens have risen across the board, occupying the top spots on exchange gainers lists, with meme tokens also leading on DexScreener. This article organizes high-quality assets worth paying attention to in different tracks or sectors of the current BNB Chain ecosystem, which may bring some opportunities for investors and provide references and inspiration amid the unclear market direction.

AI

BNB Chain currently has a complete AI ecosystem loop, from data infrastructure and tools to AI-driven applications, from upstream AI hackathons to consumer-facing transaction front-ends. The entire ecosystem has deployed over 60 projects, all demonstrating a certain level of developmental resilience. Opportunities for token issuance or upcoming tokens in the ecological landscape may emerge as the BNB ecosystem flourishes.

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For example, several representative AI projects in the following tracks:

AI Agent platforms and Launchpads: Myshell, Eliza, Revox;

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

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

Data Labelling: DIN, GATA, Alaya

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

Today, MyShell conducted its IDO, and the token generation event (TGE) in collaboration with Binance Wallet and PancakeSwap has currently received subscriptions of 27,959 BNB, with the project planning to raise 1,270 BNB, already oversubscribed by 20 times.

TSA

On February 10, the digital scene AI project Holoworld AI announced that its first agent launch platform and marketplace, Agent Market, has gone live on Solana and BNB Chain. Agent Market is a comprehensive platform that integrates the publishing, interaction, and trading of multimodal agents, featuring several innovative functions that bring more application scenarios to the BNB Chain ecosystem.

That evening, Holoworld AI deployed its first test agent on BNB Chain, and its native token TSA currently has a market capitalization of $6.9 million.

AICELL

AICell aims to build a decentralized "agent civilization" ecosystem, focusing on creating independent or collaboratively operating intelligent agents or "units." It introduces the concept of "agent groups," where multiple agents can dynamically form networks or groups 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, which had previously been listed on exchanges such as Binance and OKX. COOKIE is also one of the most well-known AI applications in the BNB Chain ecosystem with practical application scenarios, and the token has real utility, requiring users to hold a certain amount of COOKIE tokens to access its data services.

CGPT

ChainGPT is an advanced AI model designed specifically for the blockchain and cryptocurrency space, providing tools for knowledge access, development, and business solutions supported by the CGPT token. On January 10, CGPT launched alongside COOKIE on Binance Spot.

Infrastructure

BNX

BNX is the native token of BinaryX, a Web3 gaming platform within the BNB Chain ecosystem, and the Four.Meme platform is essentially incubated by the BinaryX team. In September 2024, BinaryX announced a rebranding to Four, but this has yet to be implemented, and the Four.Meme platform does not have a platform token, so BNX is considered a platform token concept and has been speculated upon. As of the time of writing, BNX has a current circulating market cap of $557 million, with a price of $0.98, and a 24-hour increase of 30%.

On February 11, the meme project CaptainBNB, launched from the Four.Meme platform, saw its market cap exceed $10 million in less than 6 hours, peaking at $15 million, with a daily increase of over 13,000%. It is evident that Four.Meme, as the meme launch platform of the BNB Chain ecosystem, has a sustained asset wealth effect.

CAKE

CAKE is the native token of the PancakeSwap platform, which is one of the most popular AMM protocols on the BNB Chain and widely used in the entire DeFi industry. PancakeSwap attracts a large number of users through low trading fees (0.2% transaction fee) and a rich set of features (such as farming, lottery, NFT marketplace, etc.). As of the time of writing, Pancake has become the DEX with the highest trading volume over the past 7 days. CAKE's circulating market cap is approximately $910 million, with 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. Thanks to the technical support of the BNB Chain, Thena benefits from low fees and high performance, and the platform supports liquidity pools for various token pairs, attracting users to participate through dynamically adjusted yield strategies.

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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 like Dogecoin, Solana, and XRP in trading volume. Currently, the DEX on the BNB Chain has a 24-hour trading volume 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 yield. As of the time of writing, LISTA has a current market cap of $330 million, with a 24-hour increase of 18%.

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

BAKE

BakerySwap is a decentralized automated market maker (AMM) protocol and 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. As of the time of writing, BAKE has a current market cap of $84.7 million, with a 24-hour increase of 91%.

Meme

Since 2021, BNB Chain has been the hub of meme culture, and its support and construction of memes are well recognized. In addition to Binance Alpha selecting memes from the BNB Chain ecosystem, the official has also held multiple meme competitions since the second half of last year, providing prizes and liquidity support, which can bring more long-lived, liquid meme assets to the community.

The selection criteria for quality meme coins are based on their trading volume, market cap, and price performance over the past 24 hours, with selected tokens adhering to a daily non-repetition principle. The BNBChain community will purchase the projects after daily announcements, and users can track meme project data in real-time through the activity's " leaderboard ."

Previous memes on BNB Chain, such as Cheems, CAT, and Koma, have already been listed on Binance. Whether it is Binance Alpha or Four.meme, both have accumulated a batch of meme targets from the BNB Chain ecosystem, such as CaptainBNB and BOB, which are expected to become the next Binance targets under the backdrop of supporting their own ecosystem.

Moreover, for meme players, the most frustrating issue is MEV attacks. During the market's hottest moments, the BNB Chain official released a proposal on February 7 to counter malicious MEV, encouraging the community to vote and calling for more participants, including but not limited to block builders, RPC nodes, validators, and DApps, to detect and prevent malicious MEV, collectively taking responsibility for protecting users from "sandwich" attacks.

At the same time, BNB Chain has recently partnered with several wallet platforms (such as TrustWallet, Binance Wallet, TokenPocket, OKX Wallet, Safepal, etc.) to launch MEV protection features, effectively combating "sandwich attacks" and other MEV attacks.

This protection measure prevents bots from manipulating prices before transactions by routing transactions through private channels instead of public mempools. Additionally, meme players can ensure the security of their transactions by using wallets that support MEV protection, switching to private RPCs, or choosing decentralized trading platforms that support MEV protection. In the roadmap released yesterday, BNB Chain is committed to eliminating malicious MEV in collaboration with the ecosystem by 2025, building a fairer on-chain trading environment.

CaptainBNB

CaptainBNB was initially intended to become the mascot of the BNB Chain, adopting a token-holding income model, where holders can earn 7% BNB reflection rewards, forming a passive income mechanism. Additionally, the token is designed with anti-whale and anti-dump mechanisms to prevent large sell-offs from causing severe market fluctuations.

KOMA

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

BOB

Binance's official Twitter often mentions "Build On Bnb," leading to the emergence of this conceptual meme token, which currently has a circulating market cap of $8.8 million.

CAKEDOG

The first meme token on Pancake's pump platform PancakeSwap SpringBoard, with a current circulating market cap of $562,000.

FOUR

FOUR initially gained attention due to the points activity launched by the Four.Meme platform, and the number 4 is also related to 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, it revolves around the question "Why participate in meme culture?" continuing the narrative centered on community-driven initiatives, where users can earn points through various activities on the platform, with a current circulating market cap of $3.32 million.

Zhao Changpeng's Clear Support, Future Still Worth Expecting

On February 6, the number of active BNB addresses reached a new high. On February 11, Zhao Changpeng stated, "BNB Chain has been imprisoned for too long; it's time to break the shackles," hinting that the BNB Chain ecosystem will undergo significant changes.

In the technical roadmap released last night for 2025, BNB Chain revealed a series of new plans, focusing on optimizing developer tools. For example, optimizing SDKs and APIs to make blockchain development resources clearer and easier to use, improving development efficiency. It will also launch AI-driven development tools that can help developers write code and debug programs faster, allowing them to focus on creating innovative products.

Additionally, the more flexible gas fee payment methods mentioned at the beginning of the article will allow users to pay gas fees using stablecoins or other BEP-20 tokens, no longer limited to BNB. These measures are conducive to forming a virtuous cycle foundation of developers, users, funds, and attention from the infrastructure side.

Currently, meme coin speculation remains the mainstream trading strategy in the cryptocurrency market. As one of the main issuance platforms for meme coins, BNB Chain is expected to further consolidate its market position by optimizing the listing process and liquidity management. Zhao Changpeng's return and active voice have injected new vitality into BNB Chain. His vision and strategic adjustments may drive BNB Chain to experience a new round of explosive growth in 2025. Whether through technological upgrades or ecosystem expansion, BNB Chain is worth continuous attention.

With Zhao Changpeng's deep involvement, the BNB Chain ecosystem is ushering in unprecedented development opportunities—from the technological breakthroughs of opBNB to the optimization of the listing process, BNB Chain is bringing experiments on asset issuance to the cryptocurrency industry at a crossroads. Currently, funds and attention have made their choices, and in the future, whether BNB Chain can continue to stand out in the fierce liquidity competition remains to be seen.