Market Cap of Exchange-Issued Tokens Surpasses $43 Billion, Binance’s BNB Tok...

Market Cap of Exchange-Issued Tokens Surpasses $43 Billion, Binance’s BNB Tok...

Buoyed by bitcoin’s recent spike, altcoins including exchange-issued tokens recently made significant gains, while several of these crypto-assets went on to set new all-time highs (ATH). According to Messari data, Binance is leading the pack in this category, after its token went up by more than 150% from $47 on February 1 to an ATH of $148 on February 10. Nevertheless, at the time of writing, the token had retreated and was trading at $123. Centralized Exchange Tokens Lead the Way As a result of this surge, the market capitalization of the BNB token stood at just over $19 billion....


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