TLDR:
Sentiment: BTC above $90K; Fear & Greed turns neutral-bullish.
BNB Chain: sector +6.9% WoW; most large caps green.
Drivers: smaller caps led; Venus inflows lifted TVL.
Things are heating up in the crypto space once again.
Bitcoin (BTC) has broken confidently above $90K and most altcoin sectors are seeing dramatic recoveries.
Many sentiment indicators, including the CMC Crypto Fear and Greed Index, have now moved from slightly bearish to neutral/slightly bullish—early signs that the worst is now behind us.
Known for its relative stability, the BNB Chain sector also saw modest gains this week.
BNB Chain Market Recap
The BNB Chain sector saw a surge this week, as macroeconomic and broader crypto industry tailwinds whetted the risk appetite of crypto natives.
In the last seven days alone, the BNB Chain sector added $4.5 billion to its market capitalization (mcap)—equivalent to a 6.9% week-over-week (WoW) improvement. The sector has now erased all of its December losses and is up 5.1% month-over-month (MoM).
Source: BNB Chain Ecosystem
Trading volume for the sector is now up 15.8% WoW and 50.7% MoM, suggesting speculators are beginning to switch “risk-on.”
As it stands, 83 of the 100 largest BNB Chain tokens (by mcap) are in the green, including all of the top five.
BNB (BNB) reclaimed the $900 threshold after gaining 4.6% WoW, but lagged behind smaller players. Some notable outperformers and their catalysts include:
Chintai (CHEX): +116.9% (Technical double-bottom breakout + RWA narrative momentum)
River (RIVER): +95.4% (Arthur Hayes’ Maelstrom investment disclosed)
币安人生 (币安人生): +58.1% (BNB meme momentum revival)
BUILDon (B): +57.5% (WLFI treasury boost into USD1 ecosystem)
Shiba Inu (SHIB): +27.2% (Burn rate spiked ~10,700%, 172M burned)
The weekly trending list also highlighted some of this week's best-performing small caps, including CZ's Dog (BROCCOLI) and PAAL AI (PAAL), which gained 169.7% and 102.5% WoW, respectively.
The recent trading momentum hasn't yet manifested in increased on-chain activity on the BNB Chain L1. Daily transactions are down 6.6%, while DEX trading volume saw only a modest uptick.
The total value locked (TVL) on BNB Chain improved 8% WoW, largely driven by increased deposits to the Venus Protocol.
BNB Chain News Roundup
Another week, another wave of developments in the BNB Chain space. Below, we’ve summarized some of the most significant to bring you up to speed.
2026 Tech Roadmap Goes Live: BNB Chain published its 2026 tech roadmap, outlining upgrades aimed at higher throughput, sub-second finality, and better execution quality. The plan highlights parallel execution, client improvements, and tooling to keep “production-ready” performance the default.
Source: BNB Chain
Fermi Hard Fork Scheduled for Jan. 14: BNB Chain Developers confirmed the Fermi hard fork is slated for Jan. 14, 2026 (2:30 a.m. UTC), with BEP-619 reducing BSC’s block interval to ~0.45s. Validators and builders were urged to upgrade clients ahead of activation.
Source: BNB Chain Developers
BEP-592 ‘Block Access List’ Enabled on BSC: BSC activated BEP-592 (Block Access List), designed to reduce execution latency, improve parallel processing, and speed up reorg recovery as the chain scales.
Source: BNB Chain Developers
>> That’s all for this week’s recap. Check out what’s next for BNB Chain in 2026 and beyond!
Source: Binance News / Bitdegree / #CoinMarketCap
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