‘BNB Isn’t Crumbling’: CZ Slams Critics Stirring Fear And Doubt

According to reports, BNB showed unusual strength during a recent market tumble that wiped out nearly $20 billion in liquidations at the ￰1￱ token barely budged at first — slipping roughly 2-3% during the early shock — and later traded above $1,130, gaining over 10% in 24 hours as buyers ￰2￱ Reading: A 5% Bitcoin Drop In October? History Shows That’s Rare CZ Pushes Back At Doubters Changpeng Zhao, the former Binance chief, answered critics on social media who suggested BNB’s steady price action deserved closer ￰3￱ mocked those raising alarm, using a laugh emoji and urging people to share more examples of BNB’s ￰4￱ also said he was unaware of any affiliated entities buying or selling BNB in recent days and highlighted the community and infrastructure behind the chain as reasons for ￰5￱ to CoinMarketCap data, BNB’s limited drop put it in the same group as Bitcoin among the top-five coins that recorded minimal daily losses during the liquidation ￰6￱ put BNB in a small set of assets that outperformed peers while the market ￰7￱ even try to make this sound like a bad thing? 😂🤷‍♂️ Please post more of this about #BNB. 🙏 ￰0￱ — CZ 🔶 BNB (@cz_binance) October 12, 2025 Community And Utility Provide Support Reports have disclosed several practical reasons why BNB held ￰8￱ token offers trading fee discounts, which become more valuable when volatility spikes and trading volume ￰9￱ revenue also climbed with the surge in activity, giving the token real transactional demand beyond speculation.

BNB’s deflationary token design was mentioned as another factor that can support price under ￰10￱ how BNB was barely affected at ￰11￱ — Jason Appleton (Crypto Crow) (@jasonappleton) October 12, 2025 Some observers have pointed out an additional feature: a lack of market maker ￰12￱ reiterated that claim, saying the project does not rely on affiliated trading entities to prop up price, and that the chain’s community and core functions help absorb ￰13￱ Views And Market Moves Prominent trader Altcoin Sherpa described the token as “insanely strong,” noting that its outperformance was surprising even during a broad market ￰14￱ participants took notice when BNB’s intraday loss turned out to be deeper than its modest seven-day decline, suggesting buying interest reappeared at key levels after the worst of the sell-off passed. $BNB is insanely strong, this surprised me a bit seeing the move ￰15￱ majors are bouncing a bit but BNB outperformance still confirms that BSC/BNB ecosystem is the place to play for ￰16￱ — Altcoin Sherpa (@AltcoinSherpa) October 12, 2025 Some figures in the crypto space reported that certain meme-focused tokens plunged as much as 80% during the same ￰17￱ contrast, BNB’s deeper dip at one point reached about 17% before it recovered — a pattern that left traders debating whether the move was driven by genuine demand or by the particular structure of the Binance ￰18￱ Reading: XRP Traders Face Fresh Selling Pressure As Large Holders Move Out Featured image from Getty Images, chart from TradingView