Binance Coin is the Only Crypto to Hit All-Time High Since 2017

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19, following the highly anticipated debut of the Binance Chain mainnet, the price of Binance Coin surged by 10 percent against the US dollar, becoming the first crypto asset since 2017 to achieve an all-time high.

Other crypto assets that come close to BNB, digital assets created before 2019, are down about 20 to 50 percent against the dollar, with most other tokens down nearly 99 percent against the USD since the peak of the market in 2017.How Binance Coin Became the First Crypto to Surpass ATH Since 2017.

On Jan. 12th, 2018, Binance Coin achieved a record high at $24.46 after recording a 12-fold increase in value in a mere two months.

In the past 24-hours, BNB surged by 11.2 percent against the US dollar and hit $24.77 following the highly anticipated launch of the Binance Chain mainnet, recording a staggering 309 percent gain year-to-date.

After the launch of Binance Chain's mainnet, several blockchain projects such as Red Pulse and Mithril moved from smart contract protocols such as Ethereum to Binance Chain.

Even before the build-up towards the mainnet launch of Binance Chain, BNB has performed strongly against both bitcoin and the U.S. dollar throughout the 16-month bear market.

In the upcoming days, Binance is expected to initiate the second largest token swap in the history of the cryptocurrency market, moving BNB, which is currently based on Ethereum as an ERC20 token, to Binance Chain.

If the price of BNB performed well throughout 2018 due to the buyback mechanism and engaged in a new rally in 2019 in anticipation of the mainnet release, Binance Chain would have to show real potential as a high throughput and large capacity blockchain.

While the focus of Binance Chain is seemingly placed at supporting decentralized exchanges, it will have to demonstrate to investors that projects like Mithril and other blockchain platforms that plan to migrate to Binance Chain can function seamlessly on the protocol.

The eyes of investors are likely to be placed on how the Binance team moves forward with its plans to further decentralize Binance Chain in the months ahead through a wider geographical distribution of nodes.

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