What to know:
- CAKE has risen by 35% in the past 24 hours and 107% in the past week alongside a spike in trading volume.
- BNB has also experienced upside, surging by 9.3% after a series of tweets from Binance founder Changpeng Zhao.
- Bitcoin trades at $96,200 having remained in a tight range since Feb. 8.
BNB Chain’s BNB token and PancakeSwap’s CAKE bucked low-volatility market conditions to rally 9.3% and 35% respectively even as Bitcoin (BTC), the largest cryptocurrency, remained rangebound at $96,200.
CAKE has more than doubled over the past seven days, a move coinciding with a spike in trading volume, with $1.1 billion being notched in the past 24 hours, according to CoinMarketCap data.
The move in BNB and CAKE is correlated because CAKE is the native token of decentralized exchange PancakeSwap, the largest protocol on BNB Chain.
The increase in activity comes as Bitcoin experiences a lull. BTC has traded between $95,000 and $98,000 since Feb. 8.
Rangebound price action for BTC typically leads to a rise in activity in alternative cryptocurrencies, or altcoins, because traders tend to look for more speculative bets. In the past 24 hours, LIDO, INJ, JTO, and HYPE have all gained between 7% and 9%.
