Key Takeaways:
- Former Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao unintentionally sparked a BNB memecoin boom with a casual tweet: “#BNB meme szn!”
- Over 100,000 on-chain traders have jumped into new BNB memecoins, with about 70% in profit, according to Bubblemaps data.
- Some traders earned $10 million+ within days, as tokens like $PALU, $PUP, and 币安人生 (Binance Life) surged.
A simple emoji-filled post from CZ has triggered one of crypto’s wildest speculative waves of 2025. Within hours of his “BNB meme szn” tweet, traders flooded the BNB Chain, launching dozens of new memecoins and minting millions in profits overnight.
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BNB Chain Erupts After CZ’s Tweet
On his X (formerly Twitter) account, CZ posted:
“#BNB meme szn! I didn’t expect this at all. And people keep asking me to predict the future… Keep building!”
That single line sent the BNB ecosystem into overdrive.
Within hours, Bubblemaps – a blockchain analytics firm known for mapping token-holder relationships confirmed that over 100,000 traders had jumped into the memecoin wave.
Their data showed:
- 1 trader made over $10 million,
- 40 traders earned more than $1 million,
- 900 traders crossed the $100K mark,
- And more than 21,000 traders pocketed over $1,000.
It’s the latest example of how a single social post from CZ, even after stepping down as Binance CEO, can still reshape the crypto landscape overnight.
Bubblemaps Data Reveals a Gold Rush on BNB Chain
According to Bubblemaps, the rally isn’t isolated to one token. Multiple BNB-based memecoins are seeing massive profit distributions:
Winners by the Numbers
$PALU
- 2 traders made $1M+
- 100 made $100K+
- 1,000 made $10K+
- 5,000 made $1K+
币安人生 (Binance Life)
- 14 made $1M+
- 200 made $100K+
- 1,500 made $10K+
- 6,000 made $1K+
$PUP
- 1 made $1M+
- 20 made $100K+
- 300 made $10K+
- 2,000 made $1K+
Even a lesser-known token simply named “4”, referencing CZ’s iconic slogan for discipline and focus, reportedly climbed over 470% in a single week, reaching a market cap of around $245 million.
From “Keep Building” to “Keep Minting”, How CZ’s Words Move Markets
This isn’t the first time CZ’s online activity has driven traders into a frenzy.
Since late 2023, his posts have repeatedly acted as market catalysts, intentionally or not. When he casually used “4” in a tweet last year, dozens of new tokens named “4” appeared within hours.
But this time, the scale is different.
CZ’s meme-season remark has coincided with a broader shift in memecoin momentum from Solana to BNB Chain, long seen as the “home turf” for retail speculation.
Recent analytics confirm it:
- BNB Chain’s 24-hour network revenue has surpassed Ethereum and Solana, a rare milestone.
- Its launchpad Four.meme briefly overtook Solana’s Pump.fun in daily volume, signaling a deep appetite for new token launches.
- The number of active memecoin contracts on BNB has quadrupled in less than a week.
“BNB Chain has become the new playground for degens,” one analyst from Nansen commented. “It’s fast, cheap, and CZ’s presence still fuels an emotional connection that other chains lack.”
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The New “Meme Chain Wars”, BNB vs. Solana
Solana controlled the meme scene with Pump.fun running record-breaking launches of $WIF and $BOME months.
However, BNB has suddenly gone up, which is a possible turning point now.
Market trackers also indicate that the number of unique traders in memecoins on BNB each day has doubled that on Solana since CZ tweeted about it, and the total volume of trading across BNB’s decentralized exchanges (DEXs) like PancakeSwap and Biswap recorded multi-month highs.
Industry observers call it the start of “Meme Chain Wars 2.0” where communities compete not just on technology but on viral momentum.
“Solana has the developers, but BNB has the narrative,” noted crypto researcher Jamie Guo. “CZ’s aura still drives FOMO like no other founder in the space.”
Speculation or Strategy?
Although most people rejoice over the gains, analysts caution of the nature of volatility that memecoin ecosystems present.
The majority of BNB memecoins such as on Solana have no underlying utility or sustainable liquidity. The prices are darting in all directions within a few minutes, and whale manipulation is also a critical issue.
This uncertainty CZ even did admit in a subsequent post, which states:
“Didn’t expect this at all. The market does what it wants. Just build.”