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There's lots of Hate for Binance...
but people seem to forget the BNB coin is in the top 4 of all crypto currency.
With Binance exchange being banned/denied licenses you would think their crypto currency would be in the gutter right now.
so why is BNB token still so popular?

I'm so upset that I chose CDC/CRO over Binance/BNB in late 2020/early 2021. I could retire with my earnings if I had chose BNB back then.

Honestly your current approach already sounds closer to “responsible long-term allocation” than most people in crypto.
The main thing I’d be careful about is changing it just for “tidying it up” rather than because your thesis on any of those assets has changed.
A few thoughts:
* BTC heavy + ETH + some privacy exposure (XMR/ZEC) already gives you diversification across different narratives
* SOL/BNB are more ecosystem / platform bets, so swapping into them is less about simplification and more about shifting conviction
* “Set and forget” only works if you’re actually comfortable holding through full cycles without reacting to short-term sentiment
If anything, the bigger question is not “should I condense” but “do I still believe each of these has a reason to exist in my portfolio 5–10 years from now?”
If yes, there’s not a strong need to optimize it further.

Building on BSC seems to be more convenient given the speed and cost of the network but what do developers leverage their builds by using BSC?
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Building on a chain requires incorporating that chain's native token (i.e BNB) into the project for initiating a smart contract and processing orders. Does Binance offer algorithmic guidance for such projects?

Aster launches bStocks perpetual contracts on BNB Chain, enabling both “holding as earning” dual features | Bitget News

Except exchange tokens like BNB and HYPE which can be viewed as shares in a company

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"Neo invested in Binance in 2017; despite receiving zero dividends or BNB distributions to date, it remains a substantial financial asset for NF and NGD. This is a community asset - it cannot be managed as a personal dictatorship.
One of my goals is to resolve and realize the value of this investment within the next two years"
https://x.com/dahongfei/status/2015665669954834670
NEO project could be sitting on a goldmine, "investment in Binance in 2017"

I’ve been a hodler for about ten years. My main assets are about 68% BTC 14% XMR AND 9% ETH. The remaining 9ish% are SOL, BNB, and ZEC.
I was thinking about just converting the BNB and ZEC into SOL ( the staking is a nice bonus) or just converting all three into XMR.
I don’t mess around with trading and trying to edge out the market. I’ve truly just been a set it and forget “investor”.
How responsible or how ignorant is my thinking on the situation?

Except BNB and TRX.

HUH? What? Everyone knows BNB; what is hype? Why compare your project against BNB which is one of the most unique tokens in the cryptosphere? There are thousands of projects and you chose BNB? HUH?

HYPE will outperform BNB in ​​the long term..

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I understand your survivorship bias point, but that is not the only valid way to look at it.
Your method asks: “How did the top coins from 5 years ago perform until now?” That is a valid historical analysis.
My post asks: “How has ETH performed over 5 years compared to major assets that still exist, are still highly ranked, and are still relevant today?” That is also a valid analysis.
And by that metric, ETH looks terrible. BTC, BNB, XRP, SOL, TRX, ZEC, and XMR are all green over 5 years, while ETH is substantially in the red. These are not random dead coins I cherry-picked. They existed 5 years ago and are still near the top today.
Yes, adding DOT, UNI, BCH, LTC, and LINK would create a different analysis. But it does not erase my point: ETH has massively underperformed several major crypto assets that survived the same market conditions and are still highly ranked.
For an asset with Ethereum’s importance, adoption, staking, developer base, and mindshare, that is a serious problem.

Why is ETH below $2k, regardless of the mess in the Middle East or anywhere else?
That is the whole point. ETH should never have gone this low in the first place. If ETH had simply performed on par with BTC, it would be around $4,656 right now. Instead, it is sitting at a pathetic $1,721. If ETH had performed like BNB, it would be around $4,295.
The current price is unacceptable. ETH’s performance over the past few years has been horrendous, and the chart looks alarmingly volatile.
I am not a trader. I chose to hold and stake ETH long term. This is not what I expected, and I think a lot of long-term ETH holders feel like fools for having so much conviction in this asset.

Da Hongfei (Co-founder of NEO project) said on X:
"...Neo invested in Binance in 2017; despite receiving zero dividends or BNB distributions to date, it remains a substantial financial asset for NF and NGD. This is a community asset...
...One of my goals is to resolve and realize the value of this investment within the next two years, putting that capital to work for the Neo ecosystem...."

If you think my doge is not going to pump next run your a retard …. It pumped 2018 ,2021 , 2024…. It will pump some level with every bull run . I just gotta remember to take profits and not screenshots 🫠 fml . Only coins I buy are Doge , Sol , BNB .

With the market currently flushing out leverage and testing absolute macro patience, the focus has drastically shifted away from pure hype. A lot of people are quietly DCA-ing into solid Layer-1s like Solana and BNB that are actually holding up structural volume, while the risk-on capital is heavily rotating into Real-World Assets (RWA) and AI utility protocols. Honestly, the best move right now isn't chasing whatever is pumping on Twitter, but grabbing the boring infrastructure plays with actual fee generation while everything else is bleeding. What sectors are you leaning toward?

SOL, LinK, BNB