Binance Coin (BNB) is the native cryptocurrency of the Binance ecosystem, used for trading fee discounts, token sales, and payments on Binance Chain and Binance Smart Chain.
Description: Binance Coin (BNB) was launched in July 2017 through an initial coin offering (ICO) by Binance, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges. Initially an ERC-20 token on Ethereum, BNB later migrated to Binance Chain as its native asset. BNB is used to pay trading fees on Binance exchange at a discounted rate, participate in token sales on Binance Launchpad, and as gas for transactions on Binance Smart Chain (BSC). Binance also conducts quarterly token burns to reduce supply, increasing scarcity. BNB has grown to become one of the top cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, with a wide range of use cases including DeFi, NFTs, and payments.