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BNB all-time high and real returns
BNB. The native token of the BNB Chain, closely tied to the Binance exchange.
Key numbers
- 1-month change
- +3.4%
- Volatility (30-day, annualised)
- 34.6%
- Market value
- $98.7bn
- 24h trading volume
- $746.2m
BNB all-time highs and real returns
In dollars and pounds, before and after inflation, since Nov 2017.
+28,191%BNB after US inflation since Nov 201788.3% a year
Up 38,319% in dollars since Nov 2017. After US inflation, up 28,191%. Against money printing, up 22,694%.
In pounds, up 39,109%, or up 28,460% after UK inflation.
- $ nominal
- +38,319%94.9% a year
- £ nominal
- +39,109%95.4% a year
- Real $ (US CPI)
- +28,191%88.3% a year
- Real £ (UK CPI)
- +28,460%88.5% a year
- vs US M2
- +22,694%83.8% a year
- Measured from
- Nov 2017to Oct 2026, 8 years 11 months
- BNB, Real $ (US CPI)$749.20
- $ nominal$749.20
- Oct 2026, latest
Loading the chart. Every figure is also in the table below.
| Period | $ nominal | £ nominal | Real $ (US CPI) | Real £ (UK CPI) | vs US M2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Past year from Oct 2025 | −31.2% | −31.7% | –a (see note a) | −33.5% | −34.4% |
| 5 years from Oct 2021 | +42.8% 7.4% a year | +47.7% 8.1% a year | +17.9% 3.4% a year | +16.8% 3.2% a year | +29.5% 5.3% a year |
| Since 2020 from Dec 2019 | +5,362% 79.6% a year | +5,376% 79.6% a year | +4,090% 72.7% a year | +4,038% 72.4% a year | +3,492% 68.9% a year |
| Since Nov 2017 first month in our data | +38,319% 94.9% a year | +39,109% 95.4% a year | +28,191% 88.3% a year | +28,460% 88.5% a year | +22,694% 83.8% a year |
- a US CPI was not published for Oct 2025.
On month-end closes, BNB's highest price was $1,088.90 in Oct 2025. Measured in today's money the highest close came earlier, $1,040.12 in Sep 2025. The latest close of $749.17 is 28.0% below the real high.
Cycle peaks, falls and recoveries
Month-end highs followed by a fall of 50% or more, and the high that stands today, in Oct 2026 money.
| Peak | $ then | Today's $ (US CPI) | £ then | Today's £ (UK CPI) | vs M2 today | Fall after | Back above, $ | Back above, real $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2018 Cycle peak | $14.69 | $19.52 | £11.13 | £15.10 | $24.25 | −65.2% low Nov 2018 | 9 months | 9 months |
| May 2019 Cycle peak | $32.89 | $43.02 | £26.06 | £34.68 | $52.21 | −61.9% low Mar 2020 | 1 year 7 months | 1 year 7 months |
| Apr 2021 Cycle peak | $622.65 | $781.02 | £449.96 | £586.86 | $720.45 | −65.5% low Sep 2023 | 3 years 7 months | 4 years 3 months |
| Oct 2025 All-time high | $1,088.90 | – | £828.63 | £851.15 | $1,142.39 | −49.8% low Jun 2026 | Not yet | – |
Return since our first month and since each cycle low
From the month-end close in the first column to Oct 2026.
| From | $ then | $ nominal | Real $ (US CPI) | Real £ (UK CPI) | vs US M2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2017 First month in our data | $1.950 | +38,319% 94.9% a year | +28,191% 88.3% a year | +28,460% 88.5% a year | +22,694% 83.8% a year |
| Nov 2018 Cycle low | $5.115 | +14,547% 87.7% a year | +10,920% 81.1% a year | +10,433% 80.1% a year | +8,865% 76.5% a year |
| Mar 2020 Cycle low | $12.55 | +5,872% 86.1% a year | +4,502% 78.9% a year | +4,150% 76.7% a year | +4,002% 75.8% a year |
| Sep 2023 Cycle low | $214.60 | +249% 50.0% a year | +221% 45.9% a year | +196% 42.2% a year | +210% 44.4% a year |
| Jun 2026 Lowest since the high | $546.52 | +37.1% | +36.7% | +36.3% | +35.7% |
BNB cycle highs and lows on record (intraday)
3 hand-checked dates, some before our monthly data starts
| Date | Event | $ then | Today's $ (US CPI) | £ then | Today's £ (UK CPI) | vs M2 today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | Peak | $690.00 | $858.62 | £486.33 | £630.29 | $787.32 |
| Jun 2022 | Bottom | $183.00 | $206.88 | £150.47 | £177.40 | $197.34 |
| Jun 2024 | ATH | $720.00 | $767.68 | £569.62 | £609.97 | $797.64 |
Every month BNB closed at a new high
19 month-end closes above every earlier one
| Month | Close, $ | Today's $ (US CPI) |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2025 | $1,088.90 | – |
| Sep 2025 | $1,008.51 | $1,040.12 |
| Aug 2025 | $857.65 | $886.78 |
| Jul 2025 | $783.14 | $812.07 |
| Dec 2024 | $702.30 | $745.41 |
| Nov 2024 | $653.43 | $693.79 |
| Apr 2021 | $622.65 | $781.02 |
| Mar 2021 | $302.37 | $382.40 |
| Feb 2021 | $210.21 | $267.73 |
| Jan 2021 | $44.33 | $56.77 |
| Dec 2020 | $37.36 | $48.04 |
| May 2019 | $32.89 | $43.02 |
| Apr 2019 | $22.04 | $28.89 |
| Mar 2019 | $17.54 | $23.11 |
| Jun 2018 | $14.69 | $19.52 |
| Apr 2018 | $14.33 | $19.16 |
| Jan 2018 | $11.31 | $15.29 |
| Dec 2017 | $8.530 | $11.59 |
| Nov 2017 | $1.950 | $2.648 |
How these figures are worked out
Sources, inflation measures and what is left out
- Month-end closes from Binance, Nov 2017 to Oct 2026. Oct 2026 is still in progress, so its figure is the latest close rather than a month-end. Our history for BNB starts in Nov 2017, so longer windows are left out.
- Real figures divide by US CPI (BLS, via FRED) or UK CPI (ONS, joined to the ONS long-run RPI before Jan 1988) and are stated in Oct 2026 money. The M2 lens divides by the US M2 money supply (Federal Reserve, via FRED). Pounds convert at each month's GBP/USD rate.
- US CPI is published with a lag: Oct 2026 uses the Aug 2026 figure.
- UK CPI is published with a lag: Oct 2026 uses the Aug 2026 figure.
- US M2 is published with a lag: Oct 2026 uses the Aug 2026 figure.
- A return of 12 months or more also shows its yearly rate. Gaps in a source are left as gaps and never filled in.
BNB price history, past year
Daily closes from Kraken. Last refreshed .
Where BNB stands today
52-week range
- Below the high
- 42.7%
- Above the low
- 35.8%
BNB sits in the middle part of its range, 35.8% above the $545.61 low from 30 Jun 2026 and 42.7% below the $1,293.46 high from 13 Oct 2025. About 62% of the year's daily closes were lower than today's price.
Moving averages
- 50-day$743.19 -0.3%
- 200-day$643.53 +15.2%
Price compared with each average. Bars to the right mean the price is above it.
BNB has slipped 0.3% below its 50-day average but is still 15.2% above the 200-day, which tells us the recent dip hasn't yet broken the longer uptrend. The 50-day line last crossed above the 200-day on 3 Sept 2026, the pattern traders call a golden cross.
Trend score
- Trend70
- Momentum59
- RSI score64
- Drawdown23
- Uptrend
- 65 or more
- Sideways
- 36 to 64
- Downtrend
- 35 or less
Rules-based, from 400 daily prices. It describes the trend so far and does not predict the next move. How it works.
BNB performance and biggest moves
Returns over time
| Period | BNB | BTC | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 week | -4.9% | -2.7% | −2.2 pts |
| 1 month | +3.4% | +8.3% | −4.9 pts |
| 3 months | +27.7% | +28.6% | −0.9 pts |
| Year to date | -14.1% | -4.9% | −9.2 pts |
| 1 year | -42.7% | -27.8% | −14.9 pts |
BNB is down 42.7% over the past year, against −27.8% for Bitcoin, so it has trailed that comparison by 14.9 percentage points.
Best and worst days in the past year
- Days that closed higher
- 51%
- Moves of 5% or more
- 19
The biggest one-day rise since 13 Oct 2025 came on 30 May 2026 (+11.8%) and the sharpest fall on 5 Feb 2026 (−12.8%). Of the 366 days in that period, 51% closed higher than the day before and 19 moved by 5% or more in one direction or the other.
Is BNB overbought, and how volatile is it?
RSI (14-day)
Neutral- Sessions at 70+ (past year)
- 14
- Sessions at 30 or lower
- 20
BNB's RSI of 45.7 is near the middle of the scale, which tells us the up and down days of the last three weeks have more or less cancelled each other out. For context, it last went above 70 on 21 Sept 2026 and last fell below 30 on 24 Feb 2026.
Volatility against other cryptocurrencies
2nd calmest of 14- Typical daily move
- 1.8%
- Calmest in group
- TRX 11.7%
BNB's 30-day volatility is 34.6%, which works out at a move of roughly 1.8% on an ordinary day. That makes it the 2nd calmest of the 14 cryptocurrencies we track, well below the group median of 73.4%.
BNB compared with similar assets
| Asset | Price | Today | 1 month | 1 year | RSI | Trend score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BNBBNB | $741.18 | +0.83% | +3.4% | -42.7% | 46 | 58 Sideways |
| BTCBitcoin | $83,204 | +1.54% | +8.3% | -27.8% | 52 | 78 Uptrend |
| ETHEthereum | $2,498.86 | +1.62% | +0.9% | -41.1% | 43 | 54 Sideways |
| SOLSolana | $106.59 | +0.53% | +7.4% | -48.9% | 41 | 54 Sideways |
Over the past year Bitcoin has held up best in this group (−27.8%) and Solana has been the weakest (−48.9%). BNB comes 3rd of 4, 14.9 percentage points behind Bitcoin.
About BNB
Binance created BNB in 2017. Holders pay lower trading fees on the exchange, and Binance regularly burns, or destroys, tokens to shrink the supply.
- Ticker
- BNB
- Type
- Crypto
- Category
- Exchange token
- Priced in
- USD
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BNB: questions people ask
Answers are built from the same live figures shown above, so they change as the price does. Last checked 14 Oct 2026.
What was BNB's all-time high in today's money?
On month-end closes, BNB's highest price was $1,088.90 in Oct 2025. In pounds it was £828.63, or £851.15 in today's pounds. The latest price is 28.0% below the real high.
Has BNB beaten inflation since Nov 2017?
Our monthly history for BNB starts in November 2017. Since then it is up 38,319% in dollars and up 28,191% after US inflation, so it has beaten inflation over that stretch. Measured in pounds after UK CPI the figure is up 28,460%. Against the US M2 money supply it is up 22,694%.
How long did BNB take to recover from past crashes?
After the Jun 2018 peak of $14.69 it fell 65.2% by Nov 2018, and closed above the old high again after 9 months. In real terms it took 9 months. After the May 2019 peak of $32.89 it fell 61.9% by Mar 2020, and closed above the old high again after 1 year 7 months. In real terms it took 1 year 7 months. After the Apr 2021 peak of $622.65 it fell 65.5% by Sep 2023, and closed above the old high again after 3 years 7 months. In real terms it took 4 years 3 months.
These use month-end closes, so intraday highs and lows were more extreme.
What is the price of BNB today?
BNB was trading at $741.18 when we last checked, at 00:14 BST on 14 Oct 2026, which is up 0.8% on 24 hours earlier. Crypto never closes, so we fetch a fresh price from CoinGecko every five minutes, and the figure here can be a few minutes old by the time you read it. At that price all the BNB in circulation is worth about $98.7bn, and $746.2m changed hands over the past day. Over the last month the price has moved +3.4% and over the last year −42.7%.
Is BNB overbought?
No, or at least not on the 14-day RSI, which reads 45.7 at the moment. We'd only start calling BNB overbought above 70 and it hasn't been there since 21 Sept 2026, while the last time it went the other way and dropped below 30 was 24 Feb 2026. RSI looks back over 14 sessions and asks how much of the movement was up and how much was down, so a reading in the 30s or 40s mostly tells us the past few weeks have been fairly even. BNB spent 14 sessions at 70 or above in the past year, which is one reason we don't treat a high reading as a cue to sell: in a strong run it can stay there for weeks.
What were BNB's best and worst days in the past year?
Going back to 13 Oct 2025, BNB's best day was 30 May 2026, when it rose 11.8%, and its worst was 5 Feb 2026, a fall of 12.8%. We measure each day from one daily close to the next in US dollars, so a spike that reversed within the same day won't show up here. Across those 366 days it moved 5% or more on 19 of them and finished higher 51% of the time, which gives you a feel for how bumpy holding it has been.
How has BNB done compared with Bitcoin?
Over the past 12 months BNB is down 42.7%, and since the start of the year it is down 14.1%. We put it next to Bitcoin because that is the obvious alternative for most people weighing up BNB, and it moved −27.8% over the same 12 months, a gap of 14.9 points in Bitcoin's favour.
How far is BNB below its 52-week high?
About 42.7%, so it would need to rise 74.5% to get back there. The highest close in the past year was $1,293.46 on 13 Oct 2025 and the lowest was $545.61 on 30 Jun 2026, which puts today's price 26% of the way up that range. We work this out from daily closing prices rather than the intraday highs and lows an exchange reports, so our high can be a little lower than the one you'll see quoted elsewhere.
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BNB: what the numbers say
Claude Haiku ·BNB traded at $740.82 in the past 24 hours, down 0.33%. The token sits 42.7% below its 52-week closing high of $1,293.46, set on 2025-10-13, and 35.8% above its closing low of $545.61, reached on 2026-06-30. Against the averages, the price has slipped just below its 50-day average of $743.18, but it remains above its 200-day average of $643.53.
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The trend score stands at 58 and carries the label Sideways. Its trend component reads 70 and its momentum component 59, while the drawdown component is much lower at 23. The 14-day RSI sits at 45.6, and 30-day volatility is 34.6% annualised. Over the past 30 days the token has gained 3.39%, although it is down 38.75% over the year.
Written by AI from this site's live data and checked figure by figure before publishing. Educational only, not financial advice.