Lazy earning secret: Hold 10 BNB in 2025, and beat 99% of tokens with Alpha and ecosystem "safety net" strategies

Author: Frank, PANews

Looking back at 2024, PANews once investigated the strategy of “buying 10 BNB and lying flat to earn passive income.” At that time, happiness was simple—just deposit BNB into Launchpool, and leave the rest to time.

But in 2025, the market has changed. Some on-chain PVP players lost their principal due to transaction fees, while others bought “VC air coins” on the secondary market. In such turbulent market conditions, does the “no effort, no gamble” BNB lazy strategy still work? The answer is: although the logic has changed, it still works very well. If 2024 was about relying on Launchpool to share the “big pot,” then 2025 is about using Binance Alpha to enjoy “secret dishes.” In this article, PANews will combine the official Binance 2025 Report and exclusive data calculations to review the real account of holding 10 BNBs over this year. The “low threshold” of BNB lazy “base guarantee” still holds value First, let’s look at the “laziest” strategy. Suppose you do not engage in high-frequency activities like Alpha, just hold BNB and participate in Binance’s official Hodler Airdrop, Launchpool, Megadrop—these “traditional” activities. How much “base guarantee” income can this bring? According to Binance’s latest released “2025 Annual Report,” for 2025, each BNB held can generate an additional $71.5 just from participating 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 comes from 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 the median value of $1000, 10 BNB appreciated by about $3,000. Based on this calculation, this most conservative strategy would yield a guaranteed minimum income of about $3,715, with a return of approximately 53%. From the effect perspective, this is a “floor price” that outperforms most financial products. However, in 2025, if you only adopt this “lying flat” mode to “exploiting” Binance’s “wool pulling,” you only get the tail end of that fish. Advanced strategy, Alpha is the “decider” for 2025 In 2025, the most important gameplay 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 diligent players,” with huge differences depending on capital and personalized operations. But one thing we cannot ignore is that the biggest difference between 2024 and 2025 is not only holding tokens but also taking action. According to PANews statistics, in 2025, Binance Alpha launched a total of 288 airdrop events. Theoretically, if all were obtained, the earnings could reach $16,300. But in practice, we need to look beyond “theory” and consider “reality.” For an average user holding 10 BNBs, we did a “dehydrated” real calculation: In opportunity filtering, we excluded high-threshold projects with scores above 240 (possibly missed due to insufficient points), leaving 260 opportunities to participate. After this exclusion, the total potential earnings dropped to about $15,200. Additionally, considering that after August some airdrops adopted a “first-come, first-served” model, and users might forget to trade or be slow, we assume a 30% missed rate for this phase. Ultimately, the adjusted estimated income is about $12,600. Of course, Alpha is a “paid game,” and the costs incurred during participation must be considered. For a holding of 10 BNB, with daily points accumulation of about 2 points, to meet the 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 wear-and-tear cost is about $1,250 (calculated from late April when Alpha launched). Net profit from Alpha: $12,600 (income) - $1,250 (cost) ≈ $11,350. Compared to the “base guarantee” income of $715, the diligent participation in Alpha yields $11,350. The latter is over 15 times the former. From this, it’s clear that “doing it yourself and being self-sufficient” is the core secret to making money in Binance activities in 2025. Three strategies, three lives By combining official data and Alpha calculations, let’s see how the initial $7,000 principal at the beginning of the year turns out under three different approaches: Plan A: “Lying flat” Operation: Just hold, only take rewards from the three core official activities, no Alpha participation. Net profit: $715 (cash flow) + $3,000 (appreciation) = $3,715 Final assets: $10,715, with an annualized return of about 53%. Plan B: “Diligent ‘Mining’” Operation: Maximize official base guarantee + spend time daily maintaining Alpha points. Net profit: $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. Plan C: Compound interest (profit buyback) Operation: Based on Plan B, reinvest the approximately $1,000 daily cash flow into BNB immediately. Returns: 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 about $900, the total assets will reach $23,634, with an annualized return of 237%. Undoubtedly, this strategy has the highest yield, but it also faces more risks from price fluctuations. Compared to the non-reinvestment plan, it has no significant advantage. Certainty “lazy” income beats 99% of tokens Compared to the myth of crypto wealth soaring hundreds or thousands of times, an annualized income of around 200% seems modest, and it requires daily participation in Alpha trading. But considering the risk-reward ratio and the overall market changes in 2025, such returns are actually quite valuable, outperforming most asset yields. PANews analyzed the price fluctuations of 443 mainstream spot trading pairs in 2025. These cover the most mainstream assets in the crypto space, with an average fluctuation of -54%. Among them, only 40 tokens achieved positive returns, less than 10%. Only 4 tokens gained over 200%, less than 1%. In comparison, whether playing the 1% chance with the lazy BNB strategy or diligent participation, both seem more advantageous and certain. For users who are good at budgeting and prefer certainty, this is undoubtedly a dull but reasonable crypto approach. Behind this “certainty,” is essentially a reduction of platform scale. According to Binance’s “2025 Annual Report,” over 17 million users participated in Alpha in 2025, earning a total of $782 million in rewards. These astronomical numbers reaffirm one fact: “The universe’s” is still “the universe’s.” During the industry reshuffle in 2025, while other platforms struggled with liquidity, Binance had already used crushing data to harvest and distribute the market. Whether in terms of user engagement depth or reward distribution breadth, Binance still firmly occupies the industry’s absolute center. For users, in the 2025 “no one takes over” stock market game, holding BNB and participating in Alpha—seemingly dull activities—are essentially not gambling against the market makers’ K-line, but contributing to the exchange’s “shareholder” status, earning rewards through engagement. Sometimes, being “a bit lazy” correctly is far better than being “diligent” in error. Finally, please note that all the above content is for reference only and not investment advice.