BNB

Over the past 24 hours, BNB climbed 1% to near $870, defying broader market weakness. The token is up 23% year to date and earlier this year set a record high at $1,360 before a 36% pullback. Traders highlight a key trend line and watch $900–$1,000 on a breakout, with scenarios pointing to $950 on strength or $700 if support fails.

Bitcoin moved near $90,000 while Ethereum reclaimed $3,000 amid a broader uptick in majors. BNB stayed above $860; NIGHT jumped 13% to $0.10 and HYPE rose 4%, whereas AAVE slid 11% and CC fell 21%. The total crypto market cap added $30 billion to $3.120 trillion on CG.

BNB's daily trend remains fragile, with price below the 9- and 20-day EMAs and consolidating under dynamic resistance. Momentum shows a negative MACD with a shrinking histogram and an RSI under neutral, while bid walls in the low-$830s to mid-$840s counter overhead supply around $860 and toward $900.

On December 19, BNB rose 0.55% from the prior day and was near $851.08 at press time. CoinStats characterizes the market as neutral, while TradingView highlights local resistance at $850.22 with scope to $860; broader action is likely to consolidate between $840–$870, with possible sideways trade in the $800–$900 band through month's end.

On December 18, 2025, BNB Chain said AWS customers can settle cloud invoices in BNB through the Better Payment Network, offering near‑instant and low‑cost settlement. The rollout includes integration into AWS billing workflows and, according to the announcement, could reduce fees by up to 70%. Separately, AWS GuardDuty reported a crypto‑mining campaign abusing EC2/ECS credentials.

World Liberty Financial (WLFI) said its USD1 stablecoin has expanded to the Canton Network, targeting a regulated, interoperable environment for institutions. Binance recently added USD1 spot pairs for BNB, ETH and SOL and outlined a 1:1 conversion of Binance-Peg BUSD collateral to USD1, while USD1 circulation stands at about $2.8 billion.

Audiera [BEAT] on BNB Chain surged more than 84% at press time, roughly a month after launch, lifting 30-day gains above 480%. Futures activity exceeded $20 million on DEXs, buyers outnumbered sellers, and tight circulating supply plus AI-driven burns supported a run toward its ~$3 all-time high.

Heading into 2026, BNB has held firm through a weak Q4 2025, rising 27% year over year and trading about 30% above its Q3 open. After crossing $120 billion in market value, BNB overtook XRP to become the third-largest crypto asset. The XRP/BNB ratio dropped roughly 8.5% in the past month, while BSC’s TVL fell 9% versus XRP’s 30% decline.

On Dec. 13, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao said in an X post that BNB Chain is seeing about 2.4 million daily users. Community commentators highlighted the network's efficiency and cited BscScan data showing cumulative addresses have climbed since 2020 and are nearing 700 million by December 2025. Commentators also noted high transaction throughput, low fees, and fast execution across DeFi and NFT activity.

On December 12, 2025, the front-end of the ZEROBASE zero-knowledge proving network was hijacked, leading to more than 270 users losing over $240,000 in USDT via a phishing smart contract on BNB Chain. One victim alone lost 123,597 USDT, while security teams later identified the malicious contract, blocked related domains and blacklisted approvals to limit further damage.