BNB cycles & crashes
BNB launched in 2017, so the window below covers essentially its entire life as a traded asset. Below is every drawdown of 50% or more in the price history we hold — how deep it fell, how long the fall took, and how long until a new all-time high. History, not a forecast. Not financial advice.
Daily closing prices, 2017-11-09 to 2026-07-18. Peaks therefore read slightly below the intraday records quoted elsewhere, because a coin can spike and close lower the same day. All-time high and every drawdown below are computed from this series, not copied from anywhere.
Every major crash (50%+ drawdowns)
| Peak | Trough | Drawdown | Time down | To new ATH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10$1,310 | 2026-06$546 | -58% | 9 mo | not yet |
| 2021-05$676 | 2022-06$197 | -71% | 1.1 yr | 2.0 yr |
| 2019-06$39 | 2020-03$9 | -76% | 9 mo | 10 mo |
| 2018-01$23 | 2018-12$5 | -80% | 11 mo | 4 mo |
- The deepest fall on record here is -80%, from the 2018 peak.
- Getting back to a new high took 1.0 yr on average across 3 completed cycles, and as long as 2.0 yr.
- The current drawdown is still open: BNB has not yet reclaimed its prior high, so its recovery time is unknown rather than zero.
- These are price drawdowns measured from daily closes. Past cycles do not predict future ones.
Coverage starts 2017-11-09, which is as far back as free daily history reaches for BNB. Every figure above is computed by us from that series. Percentages are price drawdowns, not market-cap drawdowns; for coins whose supply is still growing, the market-cap fall can differ from the price fall. Past cycles do not predict future ones. Educational only, not investment advice.