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Why BNB Is Outperforming Bitcoin in May 2026
Bitcoin is down 2.5% over the past five days, Ethereum is flat, but BNB has surged 8.3%. Lucas and Luna dig into what's driving Binance's native token higher — from the exchange's aggressive token burn program to its expanding ecosystem of layer-2 chains and DeFi lending. They discuss how BNB's supply mechanics differ from Bitcoin's halving narrative, and whether the outperformance signals a broader rotation toward utility tokens. With Binance still the world's largest exchange by volume, the hosts ask if BNB is becoming a proxy for crypto market structure itself…
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