In 2025, the overall crypto market declined, with over 54% of mainstream tokens falling in price. However, users who hold 10 BNB and actively participate in Binance ecosystem activities can achieve an annualized return of up to 237%. This article breaks down three major strategies to see how the “lying flat” crowd can outperform 99% of tokens in the market.
(Previous summary: Secrets to passive income in crypto? How much can you earn by holding 10 BNB and earning rewards on Binance for a year?)
(Additional background: Binance’s four main profit mechanisms: TGE, Launchpool, HODLer, and Megadrop revenue analysis)

Table of Contents

• The “low barrier” BNB lazy “guaranteed income” continues to hold value
• Advanced strategies, Alpha is the “decisive move” for 2025
• Three strategies, three lives
• Certainty “lazy” income beats 99% of tokens

Reviewing the 2024 survey on the “buy 10 BNB and earn passively” strategy, the happiness then was simple: just deposit BNB into Launchpool, and leave the rest to time.

But in 2025, the market has changed. Some have lost their principal due to on-chain PVP fees, while others have bought “VC air tokens” on the secondary market. In such turbulent conditions, does the “no-labor, no-gamble” BNB lazy strategy still work?

The answer is: although the logic has changed, it remains highly effective. If 2024 was about relying on Launchpool for a “big pot” meal, then 2025 is about leveraging Binance Alpha for “secret dishes.” In this article, PANews combines Binance’s official 2025 report and exclusive data calculations to review the real account of holding 10 BNB throughout this year.

The “low barrier” BNB lazy “guaranteed income” continues to hold value

First, let’s look at the “most lazy” strategy. Assuming you do not engage in high-frequency Alpha activities, just simply hold BNB and participate in Binance’s official Hodler Airdrop, Launchpool, Megadrop—these “traditional” activities—how much “guaranteed” income can they generate?

According to Binance’s latest “2025 Annual Report,” for 2025, each BNB held alone yields an additional $71.5 through participation in core platform activities.

Breaking down this $71.5:

Hodler Airdrop (token airdrops): $43.32
Launchpool (new coin mining): $18.37
Megadrop (Web3 tasks): $9.81

If you hold 10 BNB (initial cost about $7,000), this income amounts to $715. Of course, another significant passive income source is BNB’s appreciation. BNB’s price rose from about $700 at the start of the year to a peak of over $1375 at year-end. Using an average of $1000, 10 BNB appreciated by roughly $3,000.

Based on this, the most conservative strategy would yield a guaranteed minimum income of about $3,715, with a return rate of approximately 53%. From a performance perspective, this is a “floor” that outperforms most financial products.

However, in 2025, if you only adopt this “lying flat” approach to Binance “airdrop harvesting,” you’re only catching the tail end of the fish.

Advanced strategies, Alpha is the “decisive move” for 2025

In 2025, the most important activity in the Binance ecosystem is Binance Alpha. Binance’s “2025 Annual Report” does not detail the earnings from Binance Alpha, because this is a “reward for the diligent,” with significant variation depending on capital and personalized operations. But one thing we cannot ignore is that the biggest difference between 2025 and 2024 is that, in addition to holding tokens, you also need to take action.

According to PANews statistics, in 2025, Binance Alpha launched a total of 288 airdrop events. Theoretically, if all were claimed, the total earnings could reach $16,300. But in practice, we need to consider “reality” over “theory.”

For an ordinary user holding 10 BNB, we performed a “dehydrated” real calculation:

In opportunity filtering, we excluded projects with a threshold score above 240 (possibly missed due to insufficient points), leaving 260 opportunities to participate. After this exclusion, total potential earnings dropped to about $15,200.

Additionally, considering that after August some airdrops adopted a “first-come, first-served” model, and that users might forget transactions or be slow, we assume a 30% missed rate for activities during this phase. After adjusting, the estimated final income is about $12,600.

Of course, Alpha is a “paid game,” and the costs incurred during participation must be considered. With a 10 BNB holding, the daily points earned are about 2 points. To meet an average participation standard of 240 points, users need to generate an additional 14-18 points daily.

This means contributing about $30,000 in trading volume daily. Assuming an average daily trading cost of $4–8, the annual trading cost is approximately $1,250 (starting from the launch of Alpha at the end of April).

Net profit from Alpha: $12,600 (income) – $1,250 (cost) ≈ $11,350.

Compared to the “guaranteed income” of $715, the earnings from diligent Alpha participation are over 15 times higher. Clearly, “doing it yourself and being well-fed” is the core secret to making money in Binance activities in 2025.

( Three strategies, three lives

Combining official data with Alpha calculations, let’s see how the initial $7,000 capital at the start of the year turns out under three different approaches:

Option A: “Lying flat”

Operation: Hold only, collect rewards from the three core activities, no Alpha participation.

Net income: $715 (cash flow) + $3,000 (appreciation) = $3,715

Final assets: $10,715, with an annualized return of about 53%.

Option B: Diligent “Mining”

Operation: Maximize official guaranteed income + spend daily time maintaining Alpha points.

Net income: $715 (official) + $11,350 (Alpha) + $3,000 (appreciation) = $15,065

Final assets: $22,065, with an annualized return of 215%.

This strategy triples the principal. It should outperform most crypto investments in 2025.

Option C: Compound interest (profit repurchase)

Operation: Based on Option B, reinvest about $1,000 monthly cash flow into BNB immediately.

Using the average BNB price in 2025, the 10 BNB will become about 26.26 BNB by year-end. At an end-of-year price of around $900, the total assets will reach approximately $23,634, with an annualized return of 237%.

Undoubtedly, this is the highest-yielding strategy, though it involves more price fluctuation risks. Compared to the non-reinvestment approach, it offers no significant advantage.

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) Certainty “lazy” income beats 99% of tokens

Compared to the myth of crypto wealth multiplying hundreds or thousands of times, an annualized return of around 200% seems modest, especially considering daily participation in Alpha trading. But when considering risk-reward ratio and the overall market changes in 2025, such returns are quite valuable, outperforming most asset classes.

PANews analyzed the price changes of 443 mainstream spot trading pairs in 2025. These assets, representing the most mainstream in crypto, had an average decline of -54%. Only 40 tokens achieved positive returns, less than 10%. Only 4 tokens gained over 200%, less than 1%.

In comparison, whether relying on the 1% chance of high returns or the “lazy” BNB strategy, both are more advantageous and certain. For users skilled at careful planning and seeking certainty, this is a dull but rational crypto approach.

This “certainty” essentially reflects the platform’s scale advantage. According to Binance’s 2025 report, over 17 million users participated in Alpha, earning a total of $782 million in rewards. These astronomical figures reaffirm the fact: “The universe is still the universe.” In 2025, amid industry reshuffling, while other platforms struggle with liquidity, Binance has already achieved market capture and distribution with crushing data. From both user engagement depth and reward breadth, Binance remains the industry’s absolute leader.

For users, in this 2025 “no new buyers” stock market, holding BNB and participating in Alpha—though seemingly dull—is fundamentally not a game against market makers’ K-line, but a contribution as “shareholders” of the exchange, earning rewards by boosting activity.

Sometimes, being “a bit lazy” in the right way is far better than being “diligent” in the wrong way.

Finally, a reminder: the above content is for reference only and not investment advice.

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