Key Takeaways
BNB breaks above $700 but continues to lag majors. While other top alts attract fresh capital and post double-digit gains, Binance Coin risks being left behind at resistance.
Zooming out, altcoins are catching a strong bid. Nearly $140 billion in fresh capital pushed the market to $1.47 trillion this week. That’s about 37% of the total crypto market cap ex-Bitcoin [BTC].
However, zooming in, Binance Coin [BNB] saw nearly $4 billion in capital inflow, making it the weakest performer among the top five majors.
In fact, this relative weakness dragged BNB’s dominance to a five-month low of 2.60%, down from its mid-March peak of 3.40%, with a consistent structure of lower lows reinforcing a slow bleed in market positioning.
Source: TradingView (BNB.D)
That divergence is now spilling into price action too.
BNB finally broke above the $700 mark after two failed Q2 rejections, notching a 10% move on the month. But in context, that’s still soft, with top majors having rallied 20%+ over the same stretch.
That said, is BNB falling out of favor, or is capital just rotating into higher-beta plays? According to AMBCrypto, that call could define BNB’s role in the altcoin structure heading into H2.
Can BNB still win the long game?
As flagged by AMBCrypto, BNB’s recent move has been underpinned by strong DEX flows and solid token economics. That on-chain momentum is now drawing institutional interest.
Windtree Therapeutics [NASDAQ:WINT] is set to raise $200 million to build a BNB treasury, potentially marking Binance Coin’s first step into Wall Street exposure.
Does that set the stage for a clean run to $800? Not quiet. Data shows wallets holding > 10k BNB just hit a near three-month low, hinting at some large holders lightening up into strength.
Source: Glassnode
Meanwhile, whale cohorts across the top majors are pressing new highs.
Even Solana [SOL] has seen a pickup in large wallet activity, with address counts back to early-Q1 levels and price ripping 20% alongside.
All said, BNB continues to lag, both structurally and on-chain. If this divergence persists, it risks getting sidelined at resistance while higher-beta alts lead the next leg up.
