MilestoneBNB Chain (BSC)2020
PancakeSwap Launch
PancakeSwap launched on Binance Smart Chain as a low-fee Uniswap alternative, onboarding millions of retail users priced out of Ethereum gas fees and briefly surpassing Uniswap in TVL.
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Key Facts
Peak metric$7.87B TVL peak
OutcomeBSC's dominant DEX; emerging-market DeFi gateway
ChainBNB Chain (BSC)
Year2020
Typemilestone
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defidexammbsc
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