While Investors Focus on Bitcoin, BNB Stands Out Among Other Altcoins

• With Bitcoin’s dominance continuing to rise in 2023, most of the attention has been directed towards Bitcoin.
• Santiment has identified Binance Smart Chain’s BNB as one of the highly notable altcoins.
• The decrease in social metrics coincided with the increase in BTC dominance. However, BNB’s social dominance appeared to be more active than most other altcoins.

As investor attention shifts towards Bitcoin with the rising BTC dominance, altcoins like BNB are still on investors’ radar.

BNB Remains on Altcoin Investors’ Radar

With Bitcoin’s dominance continuing to rise in 2023, most of the attention has been directed towards Bitcoin. However, according to this Santiment analysis, some altcoins like Binance Coin (BNB) continue to remain on investors’ radar.

Santiment has identified BNB, on the Binance Smart Chain, as one of the highly notable altcoins. In other words, it can be seen as a good candidate for traders seeking reasonable price movements in current market conditions.

The analysis is based on the level of social activity occurring among BNB and other candidates. This indicated the social activity that BNB managed to generate despite a decrease in its social dominance over the past three months. BNB’s social dominance and social volume declined significantly in the second week.

The decrease in social metrics coincided with the increase in BTC dominance. However, BNB’s social dominance appeared to be more active than most other altcoins. Evidence of increased interest in BNB over the past three weeks has become more apparent at the hodling level.

Did BNB Whales Make an Impact and Can They Create Waves?

The “average coin age” of BNB has been on the rise since early June, confirming an increase in hodling participants. At the time of writing, this metric reached a four-week high. Meanwhile, the Market Value to Realized Value (MVRV) ratio has seen a particularly noticeable increase since late June, spiking to a new monthly high.

The recent increase in the MVRV ratio confirmed a sudden increase in profit for BNB holders. Interestingly, during this period, BNB’s trading volume does not indicate a significant surge. This led to the speculation that whales might be the buyers of BNB.

BNB made a healthy bounce of around 13% from its lowest point to its highest point in the past seven days. This bounce could determine the pace for BNB in July, especially if it is accompanied by more whale activity. BNB is currently trading at $243, which is still near its lows for 2023.

Both the Relative Strength Index (RSI) and the Money Flow Index (MFI) confirmed the influx of liquidity in BNB in the second week of June. So why is BNB on the list of altcoins garnering more attention? The answer could lie in the fact that BNB is the native cryptocurrency of a large network.

BSC is likely to be one of the most utilized networks in the next bull market. This has been the case in the past, thus strongly supported.