BNB trades at around 670 today, a figure that can sound impressive or irrelevant, depending less on the number itself and more on how far back one's memory reaches, how clearly one recalls the structure it belongs to, and how closely one observed the choices made around it, not just when, but why.
It was never just another token. Even in its quieter periods, BNB remained a functional part of an ever-expanding system that did not rely on daily headlines to justify its presence. It reduced trading fees, opened doors to token launches, became the default fuel for one of the more active blockchains, and gradually embedded itself in mechanisms that rewarded both activity and stillness, depending on the season.
The dates below are not declarations of discovery. They are merely waypoints, pulled from charts that can be verified by anyone with a TradingView tab open and five minutes to spare. A few cents may be off, the cursor may have drifted, but the idea is not to be exact. It is to remember.
December 2018, price at $4.06
Post-collapse, post-enthusiasm, post-most-things. There was little to say and less to expect. A 200 dollar buy here brought 49 BNB. That position today would be worth over 33,000 dollars, without staking, without leverage, without anything particularly clever. Just holding something that already had a purpose, even if nobody felt like discussing it at the time.
March 2020, price at $6.66
Markets everywhere were in retreat, risk was broadly unwelcome, and the safest strategy seemed to be to wait things out. A 200 dollar buy meant 30 BNB. That, too, became over 20,000. Not because of a contrarian thesis or secret knowledge, but simply because one held a token that kept being used while the noise was elsewhere.
June 2022, price at $188.71
The LUNA collapse had left scorched ground in its wake. Liquidations were ongoing, and retail participation had shrunk to a kind of passive watchfulness. A 200 dollar purchase yielded just over one BNB. That single unit now stands at roughly 710. Modest, but intact. No hype, no drama, just position.
October 2023, price at $200
By then, BNB was not new, not misunderstood, and not particularly cheap. But it was stable, integrated, and still evolving. That same 200 dollars, held through today, would have grown to 670. A quieter return, but in line with the token’s nature: measured, incremental, and supported by infrastructure.
In the periods between these entries, the system kept working. Launchpads continued, Earn products ran their cycles, on-chain volume rose and fell. Some holders staked, others did not. Airdrops happened, sometimes based on snapshots, sometimes by counting balances day after day. Either way, the pattern was consistent: those who benefited were not necessarily loud, or early, or bold. They were simply there.
Everyone talks about conviction, but often only in hindsight. In reality, most outcomes come from a combination of structure and time, or in this case, from being part of something that continued to function, and having the patience to let it.
A personal note
When I first encountered BNB, it was already a token with history. I arrived in 2024, long after the early chapters had been written. The price was no longer symbolic, the entry no longer casual. With a modest buy, I acquired less than two BNB, just enough to participate, just enough to notice how different it feels to step into a house that is already built, furnished, and inhabited.
This piece was not written out of envy for those who came before, nor as a complaint about the price of entry. On the contrary, it is a gesture of respect toward those who recognised value before it was obvious, and who accumulated not because the world told them to, but because the system made sense to them.
Today, buying BNB is not easier. In fact, it is harder in every way: economically, psychologically, emotionally. You buy less, and it costs more. But you still buy into the same thing, a structure that continues to function. If there is solidarity in this, let it be with those arriving now, not to speculate, but simply to belong.
