Lorenzo Protocol’s Native BANK Token Surges 150% Within Hours of Its Launch

Lorenzo Protocol’s native token, BANK, has recorded a 150% price surge within six hours of its official launch.

Lorenzo Protocol’s native token, BANK, has surged 150% in price within six hours of its official launch.

The token’s rapid climb follows its listing on multiple platforms and the launch of a BANKUSDT perpetual contract on Binance Futures with up to 50x leverage.

The Token Generation Event (TGE) for BANK took place today, April 18, via Binance Wallet, in partnership with PancakeSwap. Lorenzo Protocol had raised $200,000 through the sale of 42 million BANK tokens—2% of the total supply—priced at $0.0048 each.

The token is now trading on PancakeSwap, Bitget, and CoinEx. Following its debut, BANK reached a market cap of approximately $22 million.

$BANK IDO successfully concluded 🚀

A massive thank you to everyone who participated and supported Lorenzo’s launch!

📊Final Results:

• 62,117 $BNB committed

• 18329% oversubscribed

• Funding target filled in under 1 min

We’re grateful to all community members, and… https://t.co/OXZ1G6bzS1pic.twitter.com/NzRzWTC5QN

BANK is the governance and utility token for Lorenzo Protocol, a DeFi platform focused on enhancing Bitcoin liquidity. The protocol claims to enable users to earn yield on BTC without giving up custody through financial primitives like Liquid Principal Tokens (LPTs) and Yield-Accruing Tokens (YATs).

According to its website, BANK holders can stake their tokens to receive veBANK, which provides governance rights and a share of future emissions.

Also, Lorenzo Protocol is built on a Cosmos-based Ethermint appchain. It enables BTC restaking and interoperability with Bitcoin’s Layer 1. The design supports on-chain issuance and settlement of BTC-backed assets.

The listing of the BANK/USDT perpetual contract on Binance Futures adds further momentum to the token. Binance Futures is a derivatives platform that allows users to trade perpetual contracts with high leverage.

Binance has historically preferred new tokens on the BNB chain for early futures trading. BANK’s sharp price increase and rapid market integration highlight strong early interest in Lorenzo Protocol’s approach to BTC-based DeFi infrastructure.

Currently, it’s far-fetched to project whether the exchange will list this newly launched token. However, Binance’s new community voting on token listing has offered positive hopes for small market cap projects.