what's bnb?
BNB Chain is a high-performance blockchain ecosystem built by Binance for scalability and low-cost transactions, powering decentralized applications through its dual-chain architecture of Beacon and Smart Chains. It supports a wide range of DeFi, NFTs, and gaming projects with seamless interoperability and EVM compatibility. The platform emphasizes community governance and developer tools to foster innovation in Web3.
Grayscale registered a BNB ETF; opBNB hardfork reduced block time to 250ms.
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Grayscale registered for a BNB ETF in Delaware, indicating a potential filing may come soon.
Completed mainnet hardfork on opBNB on 2026-01-07, reducing block time from 500ms to 250ms.
Averaged 137.5 transactions per second in 2025, which is 8 times less than Solana's 1,100 TPS.
Kalshi adds support for BNB Chain.
Processed 13.3M daily transactions in Q3 2025, representing a 35.3% increase quarter-over-quarter.
BNB Chain leads all networks in active addresses for the fourth consecutive month.
BlackRock's $BUIDL token surpasses $500M on BNB Chain, marking a major institutional RWA milestone.
BNB Chain's RWA value doubled over the past 30 days and now stands at $1.6B.
Rezerve Money, an ETH accumulation protocol, launches on BNB Chain with $30M+ TVL and new farms, LPs, and bond programs live.
MyriadMarkets reaches $100m in lifetime volume milestone for the Abstract and BNB prediction market.
7-day on-chain trading volume reaches $7.5B, the highest among major chains including Ethereum ($6.5B), Base ($4.5B), Arbitrum ($3.6B), and Solana ($3.1B), with WBNB and memecoins leading activity.
JoinFightID launches UFC partnership with $FIGHT airdrop for users stacking Fight Points on BNB Chain.
BNB Chain has around 941K active wallets, boosted by Aster hype and short-term meme interest.
CoW Swap goes live on BNB Chain with MEV-protected, solver-powered swaps.
BNB Chain leads global USYC adoption with over $900M onchain.
SolvProtocol reports over 500 BTC deposited across multiple chains with BNB Chain dominating alongside Ethereum as a destination for yield-bearing Bitcoin products.
Myriad markets go live on BNB Chain and DigiFT acts as distribution partner for CMB International's money market fund on BNB Chain.
@joinfightid, a UFC/fighting sports platform on BNB Chain, reports over 100,000 users participated and 100M+ FP claimed.
BlackRock's $BUIDL tokenized fund goes live on BNB Chain.
Rezerve goes live on BNB Chain, building a treasury that holds ETH, BNB, and top ecosystem tokens while earning real yield onchain.
Over 60% of aPriori's ($30M raise) APR airdrop on BNB Chain was claimed by one entity through around 14,000 connected wallets funded from Binance, with the attacker still active and no project team response, according to Bubblemaps.
Franklin Templeton deploys tokenized fund platform 'Benji' on BNB Chain alongside eight other blockchains as it expands to Canton Network.
Dapp volume on BNB Chain declines over the past 30 days alongside Ethereum, Arbitrum, and Unichain, while Base shows growth.
River Inc partners with Pieverse to integrate satUSD on BNB Chain with a timestamping layer for compliant payments and onchain receipts, offering users yield and $RIVER points rewards.
BNB Chain reaches 58M active addresses, surpassing Near and Solana for the second consecutive month, while achieving an all-time high monthly perpetual volume of $16.8B driven by Aster platform activity.
ZachXBT partners with BNB to investigate the chain. CoW Swap integrates BNB chain support for MEV-protected, gasless, solver-powered swaps.
FolksFinance announces TGE this week with Binance Alpha and Futures listings confirmed, the multichain DeFi lending protocol includes BNB support and maintains $200M+ TVL with 35K+ monthly active users.
$BELG token surges 130% in a single day on BNB Chain.
$BELG enters top 10 trending tokens on BNB Chain following Giggle Academy's on-chain contract interaction. BNB drops below $1,000 amid market-wide weakness.
Beyond Tech integration allows BTC owners to bridge Bitcoin to BNB for meme DeFi participation and cross-chain interoperability.
SEDA partners as the dedicated oracle for BNB's prediction market hackathon. The Four memecoin accumulates over 60,000 holders across CEXs and DEXs, with Aster and Binance generating over $50M in liquidations from it in the past month.
The BNB oracle issue in October causes market makers to drop alts 30-50% and triggers widespread liquidation waves across the ecosystem.
BNB accounts for 85% of trading volume on Maestro in October, with total volume exceeding $600M across 1.5M trades and 190K users.
Photon releases BNB chain updates including direct X-mode token purchases, separate filters for Four Meme and X-mode tokens on Memescope/Trending/New Pairs, and tax display features on token pages.
Velvet Capital partners with FalconStable and olaxbt for AI-driven vault management on BNB using x402 for micro-transactions.
US Senator Chris Murphy alleges Binance coordinated the Trump memecoin launch in exchange for CZ's pardon, as reported in the Wall Street Journal.
BNB flips XRP in market capitalization ranking.
BNB finishes October up nearly 10% according to surf co-pilot data.
BNB officially endorses Pieverse's x402b standard, featuring pieUSD for 1-click gasless transfers and a custom Facilitator that generates audit-ready receipts timestamped on BNB Greenfield for tax and compliance purposes.
MyriadMarkets launches on BNB Chain with BNB markets and 5-minute automated markets.
New robotics project $GAIB launches on BNB Chain with partnerships with USD1 and World Liberty Financial.
ONDO Finance expands tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs to BNB Chain.
X402 BNB launches as the first unified sign-to-pay layer for the agent economy on BNB Chain, powering Quack AI.
BNB is one of only 3 coins (alongside HYPE and XMR) out of 60 tracked altcoins that trades higher than January 1st, 2025 levels.
Prediction markets on BNB Chain include a token sink mechanism requiring BNB to participate, creating a deflationary use case.
Total BNB burn reaches 64.26M tokens worth $73.26 billion at current price of $1,140, with ongoing burn rate of 11.12 BNB ($12,000) per minute.
Entrave prediction market launches on BNB Chain on October 28 with PancakeSwap V4 custom hooks integration and BNB team marketing support. Myriad goes live on BNB Chain with 5-minute automated markets as multichain expansion.
FourMeme, a BNB token launchpad, has been suspended on X platform.
Semantic Layer's $42 token launches on BNB Chain and lists on Binance Alpha, providing AI agent infrastructure with automatic compliant receipt generation and privacy-preserving transaction tracking.
Kyrgyzstan's national crypto reserve will include BNB, representing sovereign-level adoption as a reserve asset.
River hosts public sale of River points on October 29 at 14:00 UTC where participants purchase points with BNB, with all buyers settling at the final lowest price.
TensoraL2 ($TORA) launches mainnet on BNB Chain as the first AI-powered Layer 2 using OP Stack. OPINION prediction market backed by YZilabs goes live on BNB.
Myriad prediction market platform announces BNB integration coming soon.
The 33rd quarterly BNB burn destroys 1,441,281.413 BNB valued at approximately $1.661 billion, bringing total supply down to 137,738,379.26 BNB.
Trump pardons former Binance CEO CZ, with BNB price increasing 5% following the announcement.
HoloworldAI launch for UFC-backed FightID sees BNB round 1 21x oversubscribed, with $HOLO stakers receiving priority allocation in round 2 on Solana.
Kyrgyzstan to launch stablecoin on BNB chain and plans CBDC in partnership with adviser Changpeng Zhao.
Axiom now supports BNB chain, enabling users to trade new pairs on the platform.
BNB price trades above $1,000 milestone.
BNB gains custody availability on Coinbase Prime. Pumpfun partners with Padre trading terminal to enable BNB memecoin trading.
CZ pardoned and discusses BNB treasuries with BNB Network CEO. CZ looks for a prediction market to champion on BNB chain, with Myriad Markets potentially adding chain support.
yzilabs-backed Velvet token scanner integrates on BNB chain with AI research capabilities and airdrops $velvet to trading terminal users.
KyberNetwork's FairFlow liquidity mining program offers 678% APY on BNB/USDT pool, described as fastest growing pool on the platform.
Trust Wallet launches perpetual trading powered by Aster DEX, bringing perp trading with up to 100x leverage to its 200M user base on the BNB ecosystem.
Prediction markets show volume growth over 7 weeks with SX platform on BNB. CZ tweets about LIFE token on BNB chain.
Revenue metrics show BNB among top 6 blockchains for daily revenue generation alongside Ethereum, Solana, Base, Tron, and Bitcoin.
CMC reports treasury holdings surge as public firms accumulate BNB tokens.
Trading platform Axiom launches BNB memecoin support following beta testing. Eric Trump longed BNB on Hyperliquid.
Large whale transfer of 588,976 BNB worth approximately $658 million occurs between unknown wallets.
A $TOSHI pool on BNB chain records 40m+ in daily volume.
BNB is now verified on Moonshot platform.
Trump pardons CZ (Changpeng Zhao), with BNB price jumping 5% following the reports.
AnimocaVentures purchases additional $BNC shares on the open market to gain exposure to BNB at approximately 42% discount.
ReachMe, a paid messaging platform on BNB Chain previously used by CZ, permanently shuts down all operations and services.
$120K Smart Money inflow into BNB over the past 24 hours ranks first among tokens tracked.
Aster DEX, an onchain perpetuals platform on BNB chain, accumulates over $2M in deposits.
BNB price dips following Coinbase and Robinhood listings after experiencing a record surge.
@10101_art exhibits in Dubai Mall luxury zone and launches Picasso-influenced art sale accepting BNB as payment method.
BNB goes live on Coinbase with full trading and storage functionality available to customers.
Polymarket officially adds BNB deposit and withdrawal functionality to the platform.
Coinbase adds BNB trading support on BNB Smart Chain network, with BNB-USD pair opening pending liquidity conditions.
Robinhood listing of BNB disputed as potentially fake news, with claims that the exchange has not actually listed the token despite widespread reports.
Robinhood lists BNB for trading, while CEA Industries becomes the world's largest BNB corporate treasury holder with 500,000 BNB ($546.8M) and targets 1% of total supply by EOY 2025.
Technical breakout alert for BNB from internal range, targeting pdHIGH first and pwEQ second after reclaiming pdEQ.
BSC continues to lead meme volume with top token 币安人生 up 37% to $320M.
Google reports North Korean hackers host malware on BNB blockchain using 'EtherHiding' method.
$34.4M in stablecoin supply flows out of BNB Chain in the last 24 hours.
YZi Labs begins deploying $1bn AI-first fund to incubate projects on BNB Chain, with named projects including Velvet_Capital for AI-powered trading and vooi_io as a perpetual DEX aggregator.
Coinbase now lists BNB memes.
More than $135 million has been bridged to Solana over the past 7 days, primarily from Ethereum and BNB Chain.
ApeCoin expands to BNB Chain as part of multi-chain deployment including Solana and Arbitrum, with planned CEX and DEX integrations.
GiggleAcademy blocks top 10 trending BNB memecoin Belgtoken after receiving 40% of token supply.
LISTA token, described as the AAVE of BNB and backed by YZi Labs (CZ), operates with 4.5B TVL at 77M market cap.
BNB Chain goes live on Backpack Wallet.
Reservoir's srUSD becomes most borrowed non blue-chip asset on Morpho, propelling the protocol to top 10 by TVL on BNB Chain at approximately $500 million TVL with $10 million market cap.
Limitless reveals their announced deployment on BNB Chain was not genuine, calling it a joke about 'unlimited cinema in crypto.'
Apecoin deploys on BNB chain (and Solana) as part of multi-chain expansion.