According to @cas_abbe, in 2017 he paid a developer 40 BNB for roughly $200, the funds were left untouched on a Binance account for eight years, and in 2025 the developer found the balance was about $36,000 as BNB moved from about $5 to about $900 (source: @cas_abbe on X, Nov 17, 2025). According to @cas_abbe, these figures imply around a 180x total return and approximately a 91 percent annualized gain over the period based on his numbers (source: @cas_abbe on X, Nov 17, 2025). According to @cas_abbe, the outcome was described as life changing for the recipient and he credited Binance, BNB Chain and CZ for enabling it (source: @cas_abbe on X, Nov 17, 2025).