Futu Securities zpřístupnila způsobilým profesionálním investorům v Hongkongu možnost vkladů a výběrů BNB prostřednictvím sítě BNB Smart Chain (BEP-20).
Futu Holdings subsidiary Futu Securities International (Hong Kong) Limited has announced the launch of BNB deposit and withdrawal services for eligible professional investors (PIs) in Hong Kong. Qualified PIs can now deposit BNB to their Futu crypto accounts from self-custody wallets, or withdraw to verified whitelisted addresses, via the BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) network. Earlier, Futu’s wholly-owned SFC (Securities and Futures Commission)-licensed virtual asset trading platform PantherTrade (Cheetah Trade) in Hong Kong had already listed BNB and offered BNB trading pairs to Hong Kong’s eligible professional investors.
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BNB Chain se ve 3. čtvrtletí 2026 stala lídrem v obchodování s tokenizovanými akciemi s objemem 25,6 miliardy USD a hodnotou nabídky tokenizovaných akcií ve výši 1,13 miliardy USD.
BNB Chain has emerged as the leading blockchain for tokenized-equity trading in the third quarter of 2026, recording approximately $25.6 billion in transactions and $1.13 billion in tokenized stock supply.
Summary
BNB Chain recorded $25.6 billion in tokenized-equity trading during Q3 2026, roughly eleven times the previous quarter. Blockworks ranked BNB Chain first among tracked networks for tokenized-equity trading, supply and holder count. Tokenized-equity supply reached $1.13 billion, while the network recorded approximately 1.8 million holders at quarter-end. Network revenue rose 54% to $54.2 million, although average daily active addresses declined 14%. Lending deposits grew 42% to $3.57 billion, with tokenized equities accounting for less than 2%. Meanwhile, the network ranked first among tracked chains for tokenized-equity trading volume, outstanding supply and holder count, according to the Blockworks Q3 token-holder report. The report recorded growth in lending deposits and network revenue, although some user activity indicators declined.
BNB Chain had a huge Q3, ranking #1 among all chains in tokenized equity trading volume, supply and holders.
The latest quarterly report by @Blockworks shows how that momentum extended into stronger network earnings, growing lending markets, core infrastructure upgrades, BNB… https://t.co/15ZF2KWf83
— BNB Chain (@BNBCHAIN) October 22, 2026 BNB Chain leads tokenized equity trading across tracked networks Tokenized-equity trading reached $25.6 billion during Q3, compared with $2.4 billion in the preceding quarter. Decentralized exchange venues accounted for $24.4 billion, while Ondo Global Markets contributed another $1.2 billion.
Blockworks compared $45.8 billion in tokenized-asset DEX trading across its tracked networks, excluding pairs involving memecoins. Within that dataset, BNB Chain held more than half the volume, ahead of Robinhood Chain’s $10.2 billion and Solana’s $6.4 billion.
BNB Chain tokenized equities trading volume by venue, source: Blockworks The trading surge followed bStocks’ June 11 launch, making Q3 its first complete reporting quarter. Activity peaked on July 26, when tokenized-asset DEX trading reached $1.2 billion in a single day.
Much of that activity centered on QQQB, the tokenized Invesco QQQ ETF product, which generated approximately 80% of bStocks’ DEX volume. Other traded products included SPCXB, SPYB and NVDAB, while the Native trading venue handled approximately 36% of bStocks volume.
Although trading accelerated, volumes moderated after the July peak. From mid-August, weekly activity generally ranged between $600 million and $1.1 billion, with one week in September reaching $2.1 billion.
Tokenized stock supply doubles to $1.13 billion By September 30, BNB Chain held approximately $1.13 billion in tokenized public equities, compared with $560 million at the end of Q2. That represented 39% of the $2.89 billion supply tracked across blockchains.
The report placed the network’s tokenized-equity holder count at approximately 1.8 million, equivalent to 38% of its tracked cross-chain total. bStocks accounted for $810 million of the network’s tokenized-equity supply.
BNB Chain’s position comes during growing competition among blockchain networks supporting tokenized financial products. A recent tokenized-equities market report found that DEX activity had spread across multiple networks as issuers expanded their product offerings.
Robinhood Chain’s DeFi total value locked stood near $1.14 billion on October 22, according to DefiLlama. However, that figure measures deposits across decentralized finance applications and cannot be directly compared with BNB Chain’s tokenized-equity supply or quarterly trading volume.
BNB Chain revenue climbs 54% despite lower active addresses Network real economic value, or REV, reached $54.2 million during Q3, rising 54% from $35.2 million in Q2. The total consisted of $49.1 million in transaction fees and $5.1 million in payments associated with maximal extractable value.
Blockworks calculated token-holder net income at $45.1 million, up 57% from the preceding quarter. Under its methodology, the measure combines delegator rewards and BNB burned through the BEP-95 mechanism.
BNB Chain transactions, source: Blockworks BNB Smart Chain processed 1.51 billion transactions, an increase of 7.5%, while average transaction fees climbed to $0.032. Daily active addresses, however, declined 14% to 2.10 million, indicating that transaction growth did not coincide with growth in active addresses.
The Pasteur hard fork activated on August 25, changing the network’s block-building process. Its BidBlock V2 system subsequently produced approximately 98% of blocks and averaged 28% more gas per block than the previous approach.
Lending deposits rise as BNB supply continues falling Lending deposits reached $3.57 billion at quarter-end, growing 42% from $2.51 billion, while outstanding borrowing climbed 33% to $940 million. Tokenized equities used in lending markets grew from $6 million to $62 million, although they represented less than 2% of total deposits.
Meanwhile, stablecoin supply declined 4.6% to $13.22 billion, largely because of lower USD1 balances. Non-stablecoin real-world asset supply increased 24% to $4.96 billion, including $3.77 billion in tokenized Treasuries.
BNB Chain RWA supply by asset class, source: Blockworks BNB’s quarterly supply reductions continued after the reporting period. The network’s 37th quarterly token burn removed approximately 1.646 million BNB on October 19, worth around $1.2 billion at the time.
In an October 21 update, BNB Chain said the remaining supply stood near 131.51 million BNB. The network continues using quarterly auto-burns and BEP-95 transaction-fee burns toward its long-term target of 100 million BNB.
TL;DRJenner is scheduled for BSC testnet on October 28, 2026.Node operators must upgrade before activation.Changes include Payment Lane and millisecond timestamps.Jenner enables functionality for a new Compliant Asset Standard (CAS20)The Jenner hard fork introduces changes to payment capacity, native asset controls, and the timestamp information available to smart contracts on BNB Smart Chain (BSC).
Validators, node operators, block builders, and application developers should review the changes and prepare for testnet activation. This notice covers the upgrade requirements, included proposals, and compatibility checks.
Upgrade Scheduled & Required ActionJenner is scheduled for testnet on October 28, 2026. Confirmed mainnet timing will be announced separately.
All BSC nodes must run a compatible client release before their network’s activation. Check the release instructions for your client and network, including the exact activation time, before scheduling the upgrade.
For Chapel testnet operators using Reth, reth-bsc v0.1.3 is available for Jenner. Review its RPC compatibility changes before replacing the binary and restarting. Operators using the BSC Geth client should follow the release instructions for that client.
The official Jenner upgrade notice provides the reference for rollout updates and upgrade information.
What Changes in JennerPayment Lane: Reserved capacity for eligible paymentsBEP-703 introduces Payment Lane, which reserves 5% of each block’s gas capacity for qualifying payment transactions by default. Governance can adjust that share up to a protocol maximum of 10%.
Eligible payments include nonzero BNB transfers to accounts without code and eligible transactions sent to governance-listed payment contracts. The contract list starts empty, so stablecoins and CAS20 tokens require separate governance approval to qualify.
Payments can compete for capacity beyond the reserved share. General transactions cannot use unused payment capacity. Existing fee and transaction-ordering rules remain in place, and the reservation does not guarantee inclusion for an individual payment.
Payment providers should review the transaction eligibility rules. Block builders must account for the reservation when constructing blocks.
CAS20: Native asset controls, coming soonBEP-702 introduces the Compliant Asset Standard, CAS20, for assets such as stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets. It provides protocol-native token functionality with transfer policies, allowlists and blocklists, pausing, and separate mint, burn, and seizure roles.
Jenner includes the underlying capability. Token creation and policy-registry updates require separate activation by a governance-appointed administrator. CAS20 retains BEP-20 selector and event compatibility; its technical controls do not themselves establish legal compliance.
CAS20 is coming soon. A separate announcement will cover its availability, functionality, and integration details.
Millisecond timestamps for smart contractsBEP-706 adds a precompile at address 0x70 that returns the executing block’s timestamp in milliseconds. Applications can use it for timing-sensitive logic such as quote expiry, auction cutoffs, and price-feed freshness checks.
Contracts must explicitly call the precompile to use it. Existing block.timestamp behavior remains in seconds.
The change exposes finer timing precision already present in block headers. It does not change block speed or provide stronger timing guarantees than the existing validator-supplied block timestamp.
RPC compatibility & block builder updatesReth operators and teams using its RPC endpoints should review a compatibility change in reth-bsc v0.1.3. It applies immediately after upgrading, including before Jenner activates.
For eth_call, eth_estimateGas, debug_traceCall, and eth_simulateV1, a supplied blockOverrides.prevRandao must encode the millisecond remainder, from 0 to 999, as a 32-byte hex value. The time field remains in seconds. Overriding only time resets the millisecond remainder to zero.
The release also includes BEP-675 improvements to builder-proposed blocks: binary BidBlock submission over gRPC, stronger validation, and builder revocations that persist across restarts. These accompanying client improvements do not require a hard fork.
Review the Reth release notes for the full compatibility details.
Prepare for Testnet ActivationValidators and node operators: Check the applicable client release and activation time, review compatibility changes, and complete the upgrade before activation.MEV block builders: Verify Payment Lane gas accounting and review the updated BidBlock submission interfaces.Application developers and integrators: Check affected RPC overrides and test millisecond timestamp integration where relevant. Payment teams should verify eligibility rules, while CAS20 integrations should account for separate feature activation.Use the Jenner upgrade notice and your client’s release notes to track confirmed rollout details.
BNB Chain has completed its 37th quarterly token burn after removing 1.646 million BNB from circulation as the network pushes toward its long-term supply reduction target.
The most recent burn on the 21st of October reportedly brought BNB’s remaining supply to 131.51 million tokens, reflecting significant progress towards the 100 million target.
In fact, the network has already completed approximately over two-thirds of its targeted supply reduction.
Beyond this recent supply reduction, exchange activity also highlighted sustained withdrawals, providing another development to BNB’s market picture.
Source: X BNB exchange withdrawals extend their streak BNB registered 11 consecutive days of negative Spot Netflows, maintaining a withdrawal streak throughout the latest trading period, as per CoinGlass analytics.
At press time, the token’s Spot Netflows had reached -$2.35 million, extending the continued movement of tokens away from exchanges.
These sustained outflows highlighted declining exchange balances, which potentially reduced the amount of BNB readily available for selling.
Also interestingly, the 90-day Spot Taker Cumulative Volume Delta (CVD) also highlighted a taker-buy dominance.
Bulls, therefore, maintained control of aggressive Spot executions, an activity that complemented the exchange withdrawal trend. The combination ultimately reinforced BNB’s Spot market outlook, especially following the latest quarterly supply reduction.
Source: BNB Spot Netflows on CoinGlass Can BNB reclaim $800 after defending support? BNB’s weekly chart structure highlighted buyers defending the $708.48 support region following a recent rejection around $800, which interrupted its earlier recovery.
The correction followed a sustained rebound from the $550.51 support region, which had previously established a stronger recovery foundation.
Despite the pullback, Binance Coin maintained its position above the $708.48 support, preserving the possibility of another rebound.
Importantly, the weekly RSI meanwhile stood at 55.45, above its signal average of 53.91, favoring the possibility of a recovery attempt.
Furthermore, the Money Flow Index (MFI) also reached 74.39, suggesting strong capital inflows despite the indicator approaching overbought territory.
With Binance Coin trading around $739.55 at press time, preserving the $708.48 support could encourage another attempt to reclaim the $800 resistance.
Source: BNB/USDT Chart on TradingView Final Summary BNB’s latest quarterly burn removed 1.646 million tokens as Spot withdrawals continued. BNB maintained $708 support, keeping another recovery attempt toward $800 within reach.
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A security warning about PHP has prompted crypto leaders to speak up. On October 22, 2026, BNB Chain and Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) each responded to the news, and every message pointed to the same thing: clear communication matters when users are worried about their funds.
What Triggered the ReactionThe alert came from NSA Cyber, which published a notice to organizations that use PHP in their systems. It told them to prepare for an update that fixes critical vulnerabilities. PHP is a very common programming language for web applications, so the warning affects a large part of the internet.
BNB Chain does not use PHP in our tech stack. Stay safe 🙏
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— Nina Rong (@nina_rong) October 22, 2026 The agency explained that flaws like these often give attackers a direct path to a server's file system. That kind of access can be dangerous for any website or service that runs on the affected code.
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Nina Rong, a BNB Chain representative, published a short statement saying that BNB Chain does not use PHP in its tech stack. She ended the message with a request for people to stay safe. The post drew more than 47,000 views within hours.
The message was brief, but it answered the main question users had: is the network exposed to this issue? According to the team, it is not.
PancakeSwap Sets an ExamplePancakeSwap, one of the biggest decentralized exchanges on BNB Chain, had already shared its own confirmation a few hours earlier. The team said it does not use PHP anywhere in its tech stack and that its platform is not affected. It also told users that their funds are safe.
CZ Calls for More Projects to Do the SameCZ shared the PancakeSwap post and added his own view. He wrote that most projects should at least publish a confirmation like this one. His comment suggests that a short, direct statement is the minimum a project owes its users during a security scare.
Most projects should at least post a confirmation like this.
— CZ 🔶 BNB (@cz_binance) October 22, 2026 His point is simple. When a warning from a major government agency spreads, silence can create fear and rumors. A quick confirmation from a project takes only minutes to write, yet it can calm many users.
Crypto platforms hold real money, and users often react quickly to any hint of risk. Many websites, wallets, and dashboards across the industry may still use PHP somewhere in their systems, even if the main blockchain code does not.
Users should watch for official updates from the projects they use. They should also be careful with fake messages that claim to be security fixes, since scammers often use news like this to trick people.
BNB Standard Corporation (Nasdaq: BNC) has announced plans to ring the Nasdaq opening bell on October 26, following its recent corporate rebranding and the appointment of Alex Odagiu as chief executive officer.
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BNB Standard will ring the Nasdaq opening bell on October 26 to celebrate its new corporate identity and the appointment of Alex Odagiu as chief executive. The company adopted the BNB Standard name in September following a community advisory vote, while retaining its existing Nasdaq trading symbol, BNC. Odagiu took over as CEO on October 19 following a board restructuring that resolved a governance dispute with YZi Labs. BNB Standard plans to operate its own validator on BNB Chain as part of its strategy to expand its treasury holdings and develop an operating business around the network. In an October 20 announcement, the company said the ceremony would take place at the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square, New York, at 9:30 a.m. ET, with Odagiu joining members of its board of directors and management team.
The event will celebrate the company’s new identity as BNB Standard, which it adopted in September after operating under the name CEA Industries, as well as the leadership changes announced earlier this week.
BNB Standard confirmed the plans in an October 21 post on X, where it said investors and ecosystem partners would join company representatives for the ceremony.
BNB Standard brings its new corporate identity to Nasdaq The upcoming ceremony follows a series of changes at the Nasdaq-listed company, which has been building its business around BNB treasury management since securing substantial private financing in 2025.
Previously known as CEA Industries, the company formally adopted the BNB Standard name on September 29 after inviting members of the BNB community to participate in an advisory vote.
According to its September 29 announcement, the company received 5,799 votes across four shortlisted names over five days, with BNB Standard receiving approximately 47% of the total.
Following the vote, the board approved the new name and introduced an updated corporate identity while retaining the company’s existing Nasdaq trading symbol, BNC.
The company’s common shares continued trading under the same ticker, while its publicly traded warrants retained the symbols BNCWW and BNCWZ.
BNB Standard’s treasury strategy dates back to July 2025, when CEA Industries announced a $500 million private placement backed by YZi Labs and 10X Capital.
The financing included $400 million in cash and $100 million in cryptocurrency, with additional proceeds potentially available through warrant exercises.
BNB Standard describes itself as the operator of the world’s largest corporate BNB treasury, although the announcement did not provide an updated token balance or valuation.
Alex Odagiu takes over as CEO Odagiu’s appointment as chief executive became effective on October 19, several months after he joined the company’s board and assumed the position of interim president in June.
His arrival followed a governance dispute involving YZi Labs, which ended through a cooperation agreement that brought new directors onto the board and established a formal CEO search process.
As crypto.news previously reported, the agreement appointed Odagiu, YZi Labs executive Ella Zhang and Bloq co-founder Matthew Roszak as directors, while ending YZi Labs’ consent solicitation.
Following the agreement, a search committee chaired by Roszak evaluated candidates before recommending Odagiu for the permanent leadership position.
In its October 19 regulatory filing, BNB Standard disclosed that Odagiu would receive an annual base salary of $525,000 and a target annual incentive bonus equal to 75% of that amount.
Before joining BNB Standard, Odagiu worked as an investment partner at YZi Labs and previously held an investment banking position at Goldman Sachs International. He resigned from his YZi Labs positions when his appointment became effective.
BNB Standard plans to launch its own BNB Chain validator Alongside the leadership announcement, BNB Standard disclosed plans to operate its own validator on BNB Chain, with a specialist infrastructure provider responsible for technical operations under the company’s governance.
The company intends to select the provider through a competitive process, while keeping its treasury BNB with qualified custodians during staking.
Validator rewards will depend on network activity and operational performance, meaning the company has not guaranteed any particular level of income from the proposed arrangement.
Odagiu said his priorities include increasing BNB holdings per share and developing an operating business on BNB Chain, beginning with the planned validator.
Once the validator goes live on BNB Chain’s mainnet, the company plans to make its operating details available through its treasury dashboard.
In his statement accompanying the Nasdaq ceremony announcement, Odagiu said the company wanted to encourage more institutional investors to examine BNB through a publicly listed business with transparent financial reporting.
“Most institutional investors have yet to study BNB,” he said.
BNB Standard’s October 13 website launch introduced an updated treasury dashboard containing adjusted net asset value information and figures intended to help shareholders monitor its digital asset holdings.
The company subsequently informed investors through its SEC filing that its website, treasury dashboard and official X account could be used to distribute material corporate information, alongside conventional filings and announcements.
Institucionální držitel kryptoměn přišel při útoku na síti BNB Chain 8. října údajně o 2,84 milionu USD; ZachXBT spojil stopy se severokorejskou skupinou SquidSquad.
An institutional cryptocurrency holder has reportedly lost approximately $2.84 million in a suspected attack by North Korea-linked hacking group SquidSquad.
Summary
An institutional cryptocurrency holder reportedly lost approximately $2.84 million in an October 8 attack on BNB Chain. On October 20, the attacker reportedly deposited 1,111.2 ETH into Tornado Cash before withdrawing the funds to three Ethereum addresses and subsequently transferring them to Tron through USDT0. ZachXBT identified two Tron wallets that received the funds and had exposure to previously attributed North Korean addresses. The identity of the affected institution and the method used to compromise its assets remain undisclosed. Blockchain investigator ZachXBT disclosed the suspected theft on October 21, identifying October 8 as the date of the incident on BNB Smart Chain and detailing a series of transactions that allegedly moved the proceeds through several wallets before they reached Chinese over-the-counter cryptocurrency dealers.
According to the investigator, the latest activity took place on October 20, when the attacker deposited 1,111.2 ETH into Tornado Cash and subsequently withdrew the funds to three separate Ethereum addresses.
The investigation identified financial connections between the wallets used in the transfers and addresses previously attributed to North Korean operators. However, the findings remain an on-chain attribution, and the identity of the affected institution has not been publicly disclosed.
SquidSquad stolen funds move through Tornado Cash Following the suspected October 8 theft, the attacker appears to have retained control of the proceeds until the latest movement, which involved converting or transferring the assets into Ethereum before sending them through the privacy protocol.
ZachXBT’s transaction analysis identified three addresses that received funds withdrawn from Tornado Cash. From those wallets, the assets were transferred from Ethereum to Tron using USDT0, a version of Tether’s dollar-pegged stablecoin designed for transfers across supported blockchain networks.
The transfers eventually brought the funds together in two Tron addresses, identified by the investigator as TEvUsnwXvprdvB7eNGiqh6rDiMqFiC8TBU and TVxzjnx3GPDTciiuaqXPaUbU5f5yi3Voux.
Both wallets reportedly had transaction exposure to addresses previously associated with North Korean cryptocurrency operations. ZachXBT did not identify the specific earlier incidents connected to those addresses in the supplied findings.
Within minutes of the consolidation, the funds passed through intermediary wallets before reaching addresses attributed to Chinese OTC dealers.
The investigator suspected that the rapid transfers were intended to avoid a potential freeze by Tether, which can restrict USDT held in addresses on supported blockchains.
Although the investigation traced the reported movements to OTC destinations, the public findings did not establish whether the operators had completed a conversion into fiat currency or whether any portion of the stolen assets had subsequently been frozen.
North Korean laundering networks have remained under scrutiny The latest case follows an October 5 investigation in which ZachXBT said he had infiltrated a suspected cryptocurrency laundering network connected to North Korea’s Lazarus Group.
As crypto.news previously reported, the investigator said he spent $349,700 posing as a customer to trace transactions associated with the $1.5 billion Bybit theft in 2025.
His findings identified an alleged Chinese operation that had processed more than $1 billion across multiple cryptocurrency exploits, although the claimed size of the network was not independently confirmed by publicly available U.S. enforcement records.
During that investigation, ZachXBT said he identified more than $12 million in Bybit-linked funds moving across different blockchains. Tether subsequently froze 442,000 USDT associated with wallets uncovered during the operation, according to his account.
The investigator has not established a publicly documented connection between the operators identified in that investigation and the OTC dealers involved in the latest SquidSquad transaction trail.
Tornado Cash transfers follow other suspected DPRK-linked attacks Separate cryptocurrency theft investigations have documented similar movements through Tornado Cash, including transactions involving assets stolen from Drift Protocol earlier this year.
On October 20, wallets associated with the Drift Protocol exploit transferred approximately 25,700 ETH, valued at $61.56 million, into the privacy protocol after a period of limited activity.
Drift suffered losses estimated at $285 million in April, with a subsequent forensic investigation by cybersecurity firm Mandiant attributing the attack to UNC6862, a North Korean threat group.
The Drift transfers were reported on the same day as the movements identified in the SquidSquad case, although investigators have not established that the two transactions involved the same operators or were coordinated.
A separate investigation into the 2024 Radiant Capital attack documented the use of Tornado Cash after attackers stole approximately $50 million from the lending protocol.
According to Radiant Capital’s subsequent disclosures, the attackers compromised signing permissions and replaced a lending pool implementation contract. Cybersecurity investigators later connected the incident to North Korean operators.
By October 2025, blockchain security firm CertiK had identified 2,834 ETH deposited into Tornado Cash from wallets associated with the attack, with approximately $10.8 million believed to have passed through the mixer.
Radiant announced in June 2026 that it would wind down operations after failing to recover from the theft and secure sufficient funding to continue development.
SquidSquad suspected to be using impersonation and malware A 2026 DPRK cryptocurrency threat assessment found that SquidSquad was associated with campaigns targeting cryptocurrency founders, executives and wealthy investors.
According to the report, the group commonly impersonates venture capitalists, investors and business contacts before attempting to distribute malicious documents or software through messaging platforms such as Telegram and LinkedIn.
Researchers linked the group to malware families including RustBucket, SwiftBucket and NimDoor, while identifying Tornado Cash among the services used to move stolen funds.
Similar methods have appeared in other North Korean hacking campaigns, with Lazarus Group targeting cryptocurrency executives through fake meeting invitations and malicious macOS software, according to an April investigation by cybersecurity firm CertiK.
BNB Chain otevřel komunitní fórum pro NewL1, novou síť 1. vrstvy kompatibilní s EVM. BNB bude jejím jediným tokenem pro poplatky; spuštění testnetu je plánováno na konec roku 2026.
BNB Chain wants your opinion on its next blockchain. The project has opened a dedicated community forum category for NewL1, a new Layer 1 network built for workloads that stretch beyond what BNB Smart Chain (BSC) can handle today.
The forum category first went live in July 2026. BNB Chain promoted it again on October 17 and 19, 2026, which means the conversation is heating up ahead of a planned testnet.
What NewL1 is supposed to do
NewL1 is a Layer 1, meaning it is a base blockchain with its own consensus and settlement. It is not a scaling add-on that sits on top of another chain.
It is also EVM-compatible. The Ethereum Virtual Machine is the software environment most smart contracts are written for. Compatibility means developers can bring existing code and tools over without starting from scratch.
The chain is aimed at three use cases: trading, payments and AI. The research specifically points to agentic AI trading, where software agents execute trades on their own rather than waiting for a human to click a button.
The performance targets are ambitious. BNB Chain is aiming for:
Sub-50 millisecond preconfirmations. A preconfirmation is an early signal that a transaction will be included, delivered before the block is fully settled.
More than 100,000 transactions per second. Throughput of that scale would let the network absorb heavy bursts of activity, the kind high-frequency trading and automated agents tend to generate.
Sub-second finality. Finality is the point at which a transaction can no longer be reversed.
No new token, and a feature aimed at front-runners
NewL1 does not plan to have a new token. The existing BNB token will serve as the sole gas token. Gas is the fee users pay to get transactions processed. So every transaction on NewL1 would be paid for in BNB.
The other headline feature is TxStream, a structure designed to reduce front-running risk. Front-running happens when someone sees your pending trade and jumps ahead of it to profit from the price move you were about to cause.
NewL1 is also slated to include privacy enhancements, which could further reduce how much information pending transactions leak to opportunistic actors.
A native bridge is planned to connect BSC and NewL1. That gives users and assets a built-in route between the two chains rather than relying on third-party bridging services.
The forum ground rules
The forum covers technical design questions, including tokenomics, consensus protocols and privacy features.
Tokenomics is an interesting item on the agenda for a chain that is not launching a token. The open question is how BNB itself will function in the new environment, which is a design problem even without a fresh asset.
BNB Chain has set ground rules to keep the discussion focused on technical development. Speculative price talk is off the table.
The timeline is relatively tight. A testnet is projected for late 2026, with mainnet expected in early 2027.
How BNB Chain got here
BNB Chain has grown into a multi-chain ecosystem anchored by BSC, known for low fees and a large amount of DeFi activity.
In 2023, the project launched opBNB, a Layer 2 scaling solution that sits on top of the main chain to handle extra transaction volume. NewL1 continues that expansion, but instead of scaling BSC, it builds a separate base layer tuned for specific tasks.
What this means
For BNB holders, the most concrete takeaway is the gas token decision. If NewL1 attracts trading, payments and AI activity, that usage would run on BNB rather than a competing asset.
The things to watch are the testnet launch in late 2026, early performance data against the sub-50 millisecond and sub-second finality goals, and how much of the forum feedback actually shows up in the final design.
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According to official announcements, BNB Standard Corporation (BNC), the BNB treasury firm, has named Alex Odagiu as its new CEO. Public records show Odagiu joined YZi Labs in September 2021 as an investment manager, and was promoted to Investment Partner at the firm in September 2025. During his tenure at YZi Labs, he was primarily responsible for Web3-related investments spanning DeFi, payments, stablecoins, real-world assets (RWA), and AI-crypto intersections, served as a mentor and judge for the BNB Chain MVB Accelerator across 10 seasons, participated in the EASY Residency incubation program, and backed projects including Avalon, Aspecta, Canton, Hemi, Concrete, Mysten Labs, and Aptos. In June 2026, he was appointed Interim President and Director of BNB Standard Corporation, and officially took on the CEO role on October 19, 2026, resigning from all his positions at YZi Labs, including Investment Partner and his seat on the investment committee. This past June, YZi Labs and BNB treasury firm CEA Industries (now rebranded as BNC) reached an agreement to resolve governance disputes and jointly advance management adjustments.
BNB Chain při 37. čtvrtletním spalování trvale odstranil 1 646 196 BNB v hodnotě 1,197 miliardy USD. Cílem je snížit celkovou nabídku na 100 milionů BNB.
The crypto exchange giant Binance orchestrates a major strategic offensive on two fronts. While the BNB Chain has just completed the massive burning of over 1.64 million BNB tokens, representing nearly 1.2 billion dollars, the platform simultaneously unveils its trading AI (Binance AI Pro), designed to democratize the creation and automation of investment strategies through artificial intelligence.
In brief 37th quarterly BNB burn by Binance. BNB Chain has permanently removed from circulation 1,646,196 BNB, with an estimated value of $1.197 billion. Richard Teng announces the deployment of Binance AI Pro, a trading AI allowing creation and testing of strategies in natural language. The new BNB burn continues the goal of bringing total supply down to 100 million BNB, reinforcing the token’s scarcity in the crypto ecosystem. Binance’s AI-assisted paper trading tool allows crypto users to validate their algorithms without risking real capital. Binance: Nearly $1.2 Billion of BNB Removed from the Crypto Market In accordance with its quarterly Auto-Burn mechanism, the BNB Chain ecosystem has burned 1.64 million BNB tokens. Confirmed by Changpeng Zhao (CZ) and the Binance teams, this BNB burn operation amounts to exactly $1,197,000,000.
The protocol automatically adjusts the amount of tokens destroyed based on the BNB price and the number of blocks produced during the quarter. This ongoing reduction in the monetary supply aims to gradually limit the number of tokens in circulation until reaching the target threshold of 100 million BNB, thereby increasing the deflationary pressure on this major crypto market asset.
Indicator / Metric37th Quarterly BNB Burn (Q37)Impact on the BNB EcosystemNumber of BNB burned1,646,196 BNB
Direct destruction of circulating supplyTotal value destroyed~$1.197 billion USD
Massive deflationary effect on crypto supplyRemaining supply in circulation131,512,085 BNB
Progress towards the 100 million token targetBNB burn mechanismBSC Auto-Burn + Gas Burn
Algorithmic and transparent reductionBinance data. Richard Teng Unveils Binance AI Pro, the Trading AI at the Service of Crypto Investors Alongside this financial operation, Binance’s CEO Richard Teng officially announced the arrival of the new trading AI called Binance AI Pro. Sharing his enthusiasm for this technological advancement dedicated to AI trading, Richard Teng said:
Excited to bring Binance AI Pro to our users. Build a strategy with your own words, see how it works, and test it with paper trading before deciding to go live. No coding or separate registration required.
This AI-based solution allows crypto investors to develop complex strategies simply by formulating requests in natural language (prompts). Binance’s tool instantly translates these instructions into executable algorithms, plans the scenario, and offers a simulation environment (paper trading) to validate the effectiveness of the AI trading strategy before any real capital commitment.
A Synergy Between Monetary Scarcity and Innovation By combining the programmed reduction of supply through BNB burn with new high-value use cases like trading AI, Binance meets the expectations of both institutional investors and retail traders. The integration of simplified AI trading tools could furthermore stimulate overall activity in the crypto market in a very reactive context.
By burning nearly $1.2 billion of BNB and opening access to its Binance AI Pro tool, the ecosystem demonstrates its ability to combine monetary discipline and technological innovation around AI. Do you think the arrival of an integrated trading AI will sustainably transform the way individuals invest in crypto?
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The BNB Foundation has announced the completion of BNB Chain’s 37th quarterly BNB token burn.
Here are the facts and figures from the latest burn:
Total BNB burned: 1,646,196.44 BNBApproximate value in USD around the time of burn: ~$1,197,344,519.40Transaction ID (TXID) for BNB burn: View transactionRemaining to be burned: Check real-time data hereRemaining total supply: 131,512,085 BNB*at time of writing 19 October, 2026 at 10:05AM (UTC).
What You Need to Know About the BNB BurnBNB is the native coin of the BNB Chain ecosystem, essential for powering its multifaceted Web3 environment. It supports transactions on the BNB Smart Chain (BSC), the opBNB L2s, and BNB Greenfield blockchain. Besides transaction fees, BNB serves as a governance token, granting holders the ability to participate in the BNB Chain’s decentralized on-chain governance. Additionally, BNB functions as a strategic reserve asset and enters the radar of more mainstream financial institutions, driving ecosystem growth and incentivizing adoption.
Following its mainnet launch on April 18, 2019, BNB transitioned from the Ethereum Network to BNB Chain. "Build and Build" is the philosophy behind BNB, reflecting its role in fostering development within the ecosystem. BNB employs an Auto-Burn system to gradually reduce its total supply to 100,000,000 BNB. The burn amount is adjusted based on BNB's price and the number of blocks generated on BSC during a quarter, ensuring transparency and predictability.
BNB Auto BurnThe BNB Auto-Burn provides an independently auditable, objective process. The figures are reported quarterly, and the mechanism is independent of the Binance centralized exchange.
This quarter's burn and future burns will occur directly on BSC due to the BNB Chain Fusion. The corresponding BNB amount will be sent to the "blackhole" address: 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000dEaD.
Note: Due to the recent Lorentz and Maxwell Upgrades, BSC is producing blocks more frequently, compared with the time when the Auto Burn formula was originally defined. The parameters used in the formula have been adjusted to keep the idea and spirit consistent.
BNB Real-time BurnBNB also has a separate real-time burning mechanism introduced through BEP-95. A portion of the gas fees collected in each BSC block is burned, with the burn ratio determined through validator governance.
This mechanism links ongoing BNB burning to network activity. Learn more about BEP-95 and real-time burning.
Further Reading36th BNB BurnDesign Mechanisms of the BNB TokenReal-Time Burning MechanismWhat is BNB Greenfield?What is opBNB?
Podle údajů MSB Intel má BNB Chain na trhu tokenizovaných akcií podíl 42,59 % a aktiva v hodnotě 1,47 miliardy USD, což je více než Ethereum a Solana dohromady.
BNB Chain has claimed a 42.59% share of the tokenized stock market, with $1.47 billion in assets on its network, surpassing the combined holdings of Ethereum and Solana.
Summary
BNB Chain claims its share of the tokenized stock market rose from 35.55% to 42.59% over the past 30 days. The network reportedly holds $1.47 billion in tokenized stocks, exceeding Ethereum and Solana’s combined $1.22 billion. Binance’s bStocks platform surpassed $1 billion in assets under management four months after its June launch. Separate market trackers report different totals for tokenized equities, leaving BNB Chain’s exact market share independently unconfirmed. According to data shared by MSB Intel, BNB Chain’s market share climbed from 35.55% over the past 30 days, a gain of 7.04 percentage points. Ethereum accounted for $730.43 million in tokenized equities, while Solana held $489.72 million.
The two networks had a combined $1.22 billion in tokenized stocks, approximately $250 million below BNB Chain’s reported holdings.
BNB Chain shared the figures in an October 19 post on X, citing MSB Intel’s market data. The figures have not been independently confirmed against an equivalent dataset from RWA.xyz or another market tracker.
Based on the reported figures, the total tokenized stock market would be worth approximately $3.45 billion, with BNB Chain accounting for more than two-fifths of the outstanding value.
BNB Chain tokenized stocks gain market share as bStocks expands Binance’s bStocks platform has emerged as one of the largest tokenized equity products operating on BNB Chain, reaching more than $1 billion in assets under management four months after its launch.
In an October 15 announcement, Binance said bStocks had crossed the milestone after launching on June 11, 2026.
The exchange reported more than $40 billion in cumulative trading volume, nearly 100 listed tokenized securities and $6 billion in conversions between tokenized assets and their underlying securities.
Binance said the figures were based on Dune Research data as of October 15. The company described bStocks as tokenized representations of U.S. securities backed on a one-to-one basis by the underlying assets.
The platform allows eligible customers to convert supported stock positions into tokens, trade them around the clock and transfer them to compatible blockchain wallets.
As crypto.news previously reported, the exchange introduced a conversion service allowing eligible customers to move between supported stock holdings and their corresponding bStocks without conversion fees.
Customers must maintain eligible stock accounts to convert their tokens back into the underlying securities. Binance’s offering is unavailable to U.S. persons and operates under approved prospectuses in Abu Dhabi Global Market.
The exchange has expanded the products’ use beyond spot trading. In October, Binance added tokenized securities representing JPMorgan Chase, Eli Lilly, Securitize and StablecoinX to its eligible margin collateral assets.
Supported tokens can be used across Cross Margin, Portfolio Margin and Portfolio Margin Pro accounts, subject to the exchange’s requirements.
BNB Chain had already reported substantial activity in tokenized equities before the latest market share figures.
In June, the network said more than 709 tokenized stocks and exchange-traded funds were available across its ecosystem, with cumulative trading volume exceeding $5 billion and market capitalization surpassing $1 billion.
Its tokenized equity infrastructure includes decentralized trading platforms and lending protocols such as PancakeSwap, Venus and Lista DAO.
BNB Chain’s latest market share announcement did not provide an issuer-level breakdown showing how much of the reported 30-day gain came from newly issued bStocks, existing tokenized securities or other products.
Tokenized equity market reaches billions in outstanding assets Recent industry reports have placed the tokenized equity market between approximately $3 billion and $4 billion, although the figures differ depending on the assets and platforms included.
An October 16 industry report from DWF Labs valued the market at $3.8 billion, approximately six times its value at the beginning of January.
The report found that weekly decentralized exchange trading volume reached $2.54 billion during the week of October 5, compared with $45.8 million during the opening week of the year.
Trading activity remained below the $7.26 billion weekly peak recorded in late August, according to the research.
DWF Labs identified Ondo Finance as the largest tokenized equity issuer, while xStocks and Binance’s bStocks each approached $1 billion in outstanding value during the reporting period.
The research estimated that $313 million in tokenized equities had been deployed across decentralized finance protocols by October 15.
Separate data compiled by Castle Labs from CoinGecko placed the tokenized stock market at $2.47 billion across 250 tracked assets on October 18.
Its issuer figures put bStocks at approximately $1.02 billion, xStocks at $837.2 million and Ondo Global Markets at $822.6 million.
The tracker warned that issuer categories can overlap, while its coverage and classifications differ from those used by other market data providers.
Neither dataset directly confirms MSB Intel’s 42.59% estimate for BNB Chain. The figures cover different market classifications, and issuer totals cannot be treated as equivalent to blockchain-level holdings.
Ethereum and Solana remain major tokenized stock networks Ethereum and Solana continue to host tokenized equity products issued by companies including Ondo Finance, Backed Finance and other financial technology providers.
Backed’s xStocks platform has expanded across multiple blockchain networks, with products linked to publicly traded companies and exchange-traded funds.
In March, Kraken-backed xStocks introduced its xChange platform, an on-chain trading engine designed to support tokenized equity transactions across Ethereum and Solana.
At launch, the platform supported more than 70 tokenized equities and reported $3.5 billion in on-chain trading volume, alongside $25 billion in total trading volume.
Ondo Finance has pursued a separate distribution strategy through integrations with wallets, exchanges and blockchain networks.
In June, Exodus Movement partnered with Ondo Finance to introduce trading for more than 200 tokenized stocks, ETFs and other real-world assets through its wallet application.
The service allows eligible users in supported jurisdictions to access tokenized securities on Solana, including products linked to Exodus shares.
Robinhood has pursued tokenized stock distribution through its European offering, while Ethereum and Solana issuers have continued developing products for blockchain-based equity trading.
Earlier industry figures showed differences between the number of token holders and the value of securities issued.
In July, tokenized equity adoption data shared by DWF Labs showed approximately 752,000 holders across five major platforms, up 92% over 30 days.
Robinhood accounted for around 328,000 holders, representing 44% of the tracked total, but held approximately $44 million in tokenized assets.
Ondo led by asset value at $857 million, followed by xStocks at $487 million and Securitize at $245 million.
Binance expands tokenized stocks into collateral and decentralized finance Binance has continued developing services around tokenized securities since the June launch of bStocks.
The exchange’s October 15 announcement said eligible retail traders could use supported bStocks as margin and futures collateral, allowing the assets to serve as trading positions and collateral within supported accounts.
The company said traders could borrow quote assets against supported tokenized securities, with leverage of up to five times under applicable conditions.
BNB Chain has pursued development of trading infrastructure through its tokenized stocks hackathon, organized with Binance Web3 Wallet.
The program opened September 16 and accepted submissions until October 11, with a $20,000 prize pool for developers building applications around tokenized equities.
According to the official program schedule, judging runs from October 12 through October 23, with winners scheduled to be announced during the week of October 26.
The program covers applications involving market data, tokenized stock trading, portfolio management and automated blockchain transactions.
Franklin Templeton has picked a favorite blockchain, and it isn’t the one where its tokenized fund began. The firm holds approximately $1.5 billion in tokenized fund shares on BNB Chain as of mid-October 2026.
That figure represents about 59.8% of Franklin Templeton’s total onchain assets. For a firm spread across ten different networks, that is a lot of eggs in one basket.
The numbers behind the shift
Franklin Templeton’s total onchain footprint sits at around $2.55 billion. Those assets are distributed across ten blockchains, but BNB Chain now carries the majority of the load.
The engine behind all of this is Benji, Franklin Templeton’s proprietary tokenization platform. Benji handles the issuance of tokenized fund shares and records ownership onchain. Instead of a back-office database tracking who owns what, a public ledger does the job.
Total assets on the Benji platform reached somewhere between $2.5 billion and $2.6 billion by October 2026. The BENJI token itself accounts for approximately $760 million of that.
The growth curve on BNB Chain was steep. Franklin Templeton’s holdings there surged by over 1,200% in a single month in early 2026.
How a money fund ended up on Binance’s chain
The flagship product here is the Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund, which trades under the ticker FOBXX. Its shares are represented by the BENJI token.
FOBXX launched on Stellar in April 2021 and became the first US-registered mutual fund to use a public blockchain for transactions and ownership records.
The BNB Chain chapter opened in September 2025, when Benji expanded to the network through a partnership with Binance. Roughly a year later, the newcomer has overtaken the original home.
In August 2026, the SEC issued a no-action letter that allows Franklin Templeton to use BENJI for cash management and collateral purposes.
Roger Bayston, head of digital assets at Franklin Templeton, has framed the effort around making funds easier for investors to access. He has also stressed that the firm wants to expand what tokenization can do while keeping security and compliance at the center.
What this means for tokenization and the chains competing for it
Franklin Templeton manages assets valued at as much as $1.83 trillion, so its choices carry weight well beyond its own balance sheet. BNB Chain now hosts nearly 60% of the firm’s onchain assets.
The SEC letter could be the bigger long-term story. Using BENJI for cash management and collateral turns a tokenized fund share from a curiosity into a working financial tool. If a token representing a government money fund can be posted as collateral, it starts competing with cash and stablecoins for that role, while potentially earning yield along the way.
The key metrics to track from here are straightforward. Watch whether BNB Chain’s share of Franklin Templeton’s onchain assets keeps climbing past 59.8%, and whether the Benji platform pushes beyond its current $2.5 billion to $2.6 billion range.
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AnomaPay spustil soukromé swapy na BNB Chain. Router Fynd od společnosti PropellerHeads spolu s Bebopem automaticky vybírá z dostupné likvidity nejlepší nabídku.
AnomaPay users can now swap privately on BNB Chain in addition to Ethereum, with new routes for better quotes thanks to Fynd by PropellerHeads
AnomaPay private swaps are now live on BNB Chain in addition to Ethereum. Starting today, AnomaPay users can trade one token for another on BNB Chain directly from their shielded balance, with your account information kept out of public view.
The upgrade is powered by Fynd, the DEX router built by PropellerHeads, which now runs alongside the existing Bebop integration. Together they give AnomaPay users the best quote possible, with a wider view of available liquidity, and the ability to swap privately on BNB Chain in addition to Ethereum.
Meet AnomaPay
AnomaPay is a private payments app built on the Anoma Distributed Operating System. It enables private transfers, swaps, yield, and tokenized stocks on public blockchains. Zero-knowledge cryptography keeps your balances, transfers, and swaps visible to you and nobody else. You sign up in seconds with an existing wallet or a passkey, send money with simple payment links instead of long addresses, and pay fees in the assets you’re already using.
Two routes to a better price
When AnomaPay Swaps launched, pricing came only from Bebop, whose request-for-quote system connects you with professional market makers competing to fill your order. Bebop remains a core part of every quote.
Fynd adds a second path. It’s a router that searches onchain trading venues for the best available route for your trade. It looks across decentralized exchanges and liquidity pools, simulates how your order would fill in each, and ranks the options by what you actually receive after gas. Fynd supports both BNB Chain and Ethereum in AnomaPay.
Now, every time you request a swap, AnomaPay gathers quotes from both sources and automatically picks whichever one gives you the better result. You don’t need to compare anything, toggle a setting, or know which venue filled your trade. You just get the stronger quote automatically.
For you, that means:
More liquidity to draw from. Market maker quotes and onchain pools combined give your order more places to find a fill.Better prices. Two independent sources competing on every trade tends to mean tighter quotes and better execution.More pairs and more chains. Onchain routing opens up markets that were harder to serve before, starting with BNB Chain.Zero extra effort. The best quote is selected for you, every time.Everything else about AnomaPay Swaps stays the same. The swap still happens in a single atomic transaction from your shielded balance, so it either completes with at least your quoted minimum or nothing moves at all. Your order still never sits exposed in a public mempool, which keeps the usual front-running tactics out of reach.
About PropellerHeads
PropellerHeads builds open infrastructure for onchain trading. Their Tycho stack streams real-time liquidity data from across DeFi and simulates trades against it with exact onchain logic. Fynd sits on top of Tycho as a fast, trustless DEX router that finds the best path across AMMs and other liquidity sources, weighing gas costs so the route it chooses is the one that leaves you with the most.
Why BNB Chain
BNB Chain is one of the busiest networks in crypto, home to a massive user base, low fees, and the most stablecoin transactions of any chain. It’s also where AnomaPay's public beta first went live, so bringing private swaps here closes an important loop for our earliest users.
The ecosystem has grown in new directions too, from deep stablecoin markets to tokenized stocks, which you can also hold and transfer privately on AnomaPay. Private swaps mean all of that activity can now happen without putting your trades on display.
Swap privately on BNB Chain today
Private swaps on BNB Chain are live in AnomaPay now. Open the app, choose BNB Chain, pick the tokens you want to trade, and confirm. AnomaPay handles the routing, the proving, and the privacy.
Head to anomapay.app and make your first private swap on BNB Chain.
Most trading in tokenized stocks on major blockchains now takes place outside regular US market hours, offering an early indication that around-the-clock trading could be one of the biggest advantages of putting equities onchain.
According to Blockworks data cited by The Kobeissi Letter, more than 70% of tokenized stock trading volume on BNB Chain occurs outside the traditional 9:30 am to 4 pm Eastern trading session. The figure is 63% on Solana and nearly 60% on Base.
Meanwhile, Jupiter, a major Solana-based trading platform, reported a 50% month-over-month increase in tokenized asset trading volume.
Source: The Kobeissi Letter
The figures suggest investors use tokenized stocks to trade when traditional US exchanges are closed, rather than simply replicating activity during regular market hours.
The growth comes as tokenized stock values have increased by 15% over the past 30 days to nearly $3.3 billion, according to RWA.xyz data. A significant portion of that value is concentrated among issuers such as Ondo Global Markets, xStocks and bStocks, whose tokens are issued and traded across different blockchains.
Wall Street moves toward onchain stock tradingThe growth in round-the-clock trading comes as US regulators begin opening the door to tokenized equities in traditional markets. Last month, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) introduced an “innovation exemption” allowing qualifying venues to trade tokenized US-listed stocks on public blockchains.
SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda said participating venues must publish transaction data in US dollars, including trade prices, sizes, timestamps and daily trading volumes. They must also disclose liquidity pool addresses and balances.
Unlike existing tokenized stock products such as xStocks and Ondo Global Markets, which are generally unavailable to US investors, the SEC exemption allows qualifying venues to offer tokenized US equities domestically, provided they preserve shareholder rights and meet trading and disclosure requirements.
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Americké ministerstvo spravedlnosti prověřuje, zda společnost Binance porušila podmínky dohody z roku 2023, na jejímž základě burza souhlasila se zaplacením pokuty ve výši 4,3 miliardy USD.
Binance Coin (BNB) price is in focus after reports that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating whether Binance complied with a 2023 settlement deal. At press time, BNB traded at $748 with $1.12 billion in 24-hour trading volume.
DoJ Investigates Binance Compliance Agreement A report by Bloomberg noted that the US Department of Justice (DOJ is looking into whether Binance violated its settlement agreement with the US government.
The agreement included Binance paying a $4.3 billion fine to the US government. The exchange pleaded guilty to violating banking guidelines and also agreed to increase compliance controls.
“There is an ongoing investigation there that we are involved with… we’re not going to get into specifics about exactly what the status of the facts are, how it’s developing,” said the head of the DOJ’s criminal division, Tysen Duva.
The DOJ probe comes shortly after we reported that Binance is under fresh scrutiny for violating Iran sanctions by allowing certain trading on the exchange. However, Binance CEO Richard Teng criticised the accusations, saying the exchange has zero tolerance for sanctions violations.
Analysts Weigh in on BNB Price as ETF Inflows Spike Analyst Crypto Patel on X notes that BNB price currently trades above its accumulation zone between $350 and $525. He notes that the bullish leg after this breakout could push BNB price to $2,000.
However, other analysts note Binance Coin price is headed for a downtrend. Analyst Jesse Olson notes that the altcoin has created a sell signal on the daily chart that could trigger a drop to the $600 zone.
Another analyst dubbed Cryptorphic on X also notes that the short-term future BNB outlook is under pressure. If the price fails to reclaim the $746 zone, the analyst warns of a steeper drop to $674.
The mixed outlook comes as BNB ETFs record $98.89 million in inflows month-to-date. This marks the best-performing month for the ETFs since launching in May 2026.
Source: SoSoValue The rising inflows come after VanEck updated its spot BNB ETF to include staking, as earlier reported by CoinGape.
BNB Price Prediction: Key Levels to Watch The one-day chart shows that BNB price has dropped below the lower trendline of an ascending parallel channel. This drop suggests that the bullish momentum is becoming weak, and BNB price may record a trend reversal to the downside.
BNB now faces crucial support at the 61.8% Fib of $730. Breaking below this support could push Binance Coin to $681.
The AO bars also support a bearish price outlook. The RSI reading at 47 also shows that bears have a slight upper hand.
Source: TradingView BNB will confirm a resumption of the uptrend if it closes above the resistance at the midline of the ascending channel, with such a move set to pave the way for a move to $809.
BNB Chain se jako první blockchain dostala nad 1 miliardu USD v tokenizovaných akciích a ETF a získala 34% podíl na trhu, před Ethereem (22 %) a Solanou (20 %).
Wall Street spent decades building exchanges with opening bells and closing hours. A growing share of tokenized stock trading now happens on a blockchain that never sleeps, and that blockchain is BNB Chain.
As of October 8, 2026, BNB Chain counted 187,112 addresses holding at least $10 in tokenized equities. That base accounts for approximately 41% of the total tracked market value in the category, the largest share of any network.
The numbers behind the lead By late September, the network had scaled to $1 billion in tokenized stocks. That figure translated to a 34% market share in a sector whose total capitalization had climbed past $3 billion.
BNB Chain became the first blockchain to cross $1 billion in tokenized stocks and ETFs, ahead of Ethereum at 22% and Solana at 20%.
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Holder counts tell a similar story. BNB Chain leads with around 1.8 million addresses, equal to a 45% share of tokenized equity holders. That is a broader count than the 187,112 addresses carrying at least $10, which filters out dust balances and inactive wallets.
The chain recorded more than $100 billion in on-chain transfer volume during the third quarter of 2026 alone.
How the sector got here The broader market has been on a tear. Tokenized equities were valued at approximately $700 million in January 2026. By September, the category had pushed beyond $3 billion, a more than fourfold jump in roughly nine months.
Product launches did much of the heavy lifting. Binance rolled out its bStocks initiative in June 2026, and the offering went on to gather hundreds of millions in assets under management. Ondo Global Markets also contributed products that made it easier to access and trade tokenized equities on BNB Chain.
Tokenized equities allow 24/7 trading, fractional ownership and integration with DeFi protocols. Most tokenized equities are backed by underlying shares held in regulated custody.
What this means for the tokenized stock race BNB Chain did not win this niche by being the only chain capable of hosting stock tokens. What BNB Chain had was a direct pipeline to Binance’s user base, plus low transaction fees that make frequent, small trades practical.
BNB Chain still trails Ethereum in the broader real-world asset market, which spans categories beyond equities.
Three things are worth tracking from here. First, whether bStocks and Ondo Global Markets keep adding assets under management at their recent pace. Second, whether Ethereum or Solana respond with issuer partnerships aimed at retail stock buyers. Third, whether the sector’s total capitalization keeps compounding from its current level above $3 billion.
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BNB has dropped approximately 5% from its recent highs, in line with continued weakness across the crypto market as Bitcoin heads toward $81,000. This broader market decline has kept altcoins, including BNB, under selling pressure.
Upcoming BNB Chain token burn draws focusThe pullback comes at a time when market participants are closely watching BNB Chain’s next quarterly token burn. The 37th scheduled burn is expected to take place this quarter, following the 36th event, which was completed on July 15. However, BNB Chain has not provided an official date for the upcoming burn.
BNB Chain is a leading blockchain ecosystem that supports a wide range of decentralized applications and hosts BNB, a top cryptocurrency.
The quarterly burn permanently removes BNB tokens from circulation and is a key part of BNB Chain’s long-term supply reduction strategy.
The previous burn removed 1.616 million BNB, valued at about $932 million at the time, and reduced total supply to roughly 133.17 million tokens.
Mini dictionary: Token burn, a mechanism that permanently removes a set number of tokens from circulation, reducing total supply and aiming to create scarcity.
Price action and technical levelsBNB’s recent decline accelerated after repeated attempts to break through resistance in the $790–$807 zone were unsuccessful. The failure to claim higher levels prompted a move back into the mid-$700s.
Technical analysts have identified the next support level near $750, with additional support around $720 if the selling continues. For any recovery, BNB would first need to reclaim ground near the upper-$700s before a renewed attempt at $800 becomes likely.
LevelSupport/Resistance$720Support$750Support$790–$807Resistance$800ResistanceSupply reduction and market impactBNB’s token burn program uses the coin’s price and the number of blocks produced by BNB Smart Chain to calculate how much supply is removed each quarter. The process will continue until the circulating supply falls to 100 million BNB.
While the burn mechanism can gradually support the token’s long-term supply-and-demand dynamics, current and expected burns are predictable and may already be partly priced in. As a result, the events do not always produce immediate surges in BNB’s value.
Quarterly burns do not guarantee instant upward moves for BNB, with their true effect unfolding over a longer timeframe as available supply is reduced.
After BNB recently climbed above $770, some traders anticipated a push toward the $800–$850 range. The latest pullback has dampened that momentum, with the market now watching for signs of stabilization before any potential recovery.
Travala spustila AI agenta pro rezervaci hotelů prostřednictvím peněženky BSC s USDT, bez nutnosti nastavování. Nabízí přístup k více než 2,2 milionu ubytovacích zařízení.
Singapore, Singapore, October 6th, 2026, Chainwire
Travala has teamed up with BNB Chain and Binance Pay to launch a native AI travel booking agent directly on Travala that lets travellers search and book hotels using only a BNB Smart Chain (BSC) wallet with no setup required.
To use the agent, travellers simply open the AI travel agent widget on Travala, fund any BSC wallet address with USDT (turning the wallet into a universal API key), and book the desired hotel from the options presented by the agent.
In this three-way partnership, Travala supplies the hotel inventory, Binance Pay provides the settlement infrastructure, and BNB Chain brings the Machine Payments Protocol (MPP) Software Development Kit (SDK) standard, the agentic framework, and the distribution.
Travellers can receive 10% back on their first booking over US$400 made via the agent. The 10% incentive is split into two components: 7% in BNB is paid directly to the payment wallet after the stay is completed, and an additional 3% in AVA can be received when booking as an AVA Smart Member.
This agent functions independently of the Travala Travel MCP, providing travellers with a standalone option for agentic bookings on BNB Chain.
“By offering this browser-native, frictionless booking experience enabled by BNB Chain and Binance Pay, we’re streamlining agentic AI adoption at the intersection of blockchain and travel. Adding BNB Chain’s MPP standard gives our customers even more choice, making booking a vacation as simple as funding a BSC wallet and letting the travel agent do the rest,” said Juan Otero, CEO of Travala.
Travala’s entire hotel inventory of more than 2,200,000 accommodations is now available for booking via this agent, with additional travel products including flights expected to be integrated in the future.
Thomas Chen, CBO of BNB Chain, said: “The combination of AI agents, blockchain infrastructure and on-chain payments is opening the door to a new generation of products that can transact and operate on behalf of users. Travala is a great example of how this can simplify everyday experiences like travel while paving the way for entirely new on-chain use cases across industries.”
Binance Pay acts as the underlying settlement infrastructure for this new agentic experience. When travellers book with the agent, Binance Pay handles the payment process using the Permit2 facilitator.
User signs one EIP-712 Permit2 authorisation off-chain. No gas, no broadcast. MPP SDK verifies the signature, checks balance and allowance, and confirms the Permit2 deadline and witness hash. MPP calls the Binance Pay settlement endpoint, passing the pre-verified Permit2 args. Binance Pay broadcasts the Permit2 call, paying gas. Funds move from the user wallet to Travala. MPP marks the payment complete and issues a cryptographic on-chain receipt, instantly confirming the booking. This addition to Travala’s growing lineup of agentic travel booking options is another step in bridging the gap between Web3 capabilities and real-world utility through the power of AI.
About Travala
Founded in 2017 and now backed by industry giant Binance, Travala is the leading crypto-native travel booking service with 2,200,000+ properties across 230 countries, 600+ airlines, 400,000+ activities, and 50,000+ car rental locations globally. Travala is a champion of cryptocurrency adoption, accepting over 100 leading cryptocurrencies alongside traditional payment methods. In addition to unbeatable prices via its Best Price Guarantee, AVA Smart Members on Travala can also enjoy additional discounts and loyalty rewards for eligible bookings made on the platform. For more information, visit: www.travala.com
About BNB Chain
BNB Chain is one of the largest and most active blockchain ecosystems in the world. Its multi-chain architecture spans BNB Smart Chain (BSC), opBNB, and BNB Greenfield, giving developers the flexibility to choose the environment best suited to their application. With high throughput, low transaction costs, and full EVM compatibility, BNB Chain is built for high-speed trading, AI agents, privacy, and instant payments. It is the blockchain with superior distribution and deep liquidity, built for global markets and the next billion users. For more information, visit: www.bnbchain.org.
About Binance Pay
Binance Pay is a payment service within the Binance ecosystem that enables eligible users to make and receive payments through supported payment experiences. The service incorporates applicable user-verification, risk-management, transaction-monitoring, and account-security controls. For more information, visit: www.pay.binance.com
Peněženky spojené s americkou vládou převedly 833,599 BTC v hodnotě 71,6 milionu USD na Coinbase Prime a 40 285 BNB v hodnotě 31,63 milionu USD přes neoznačenou adresu do druhé neznámé peněženky; prodej nebyl potvrzen.
$71.6 million worth of Bitcoin and $31.6 million worth of BNB were transferred from wallets linked to the US government. It has not been confirmed that these transactions were for sale purposes.
U.S. government-linked wallets tracked by blockchain analytics company Arkham have processed Bitcoin and BNB transfers totaling over $100 million. These transactions have fueled speculation that the assets may have been sold, although no sales have been confirmed.
According to the data, a total of 833,599 BTC from government-linked wallets was initially sent to two addresses not labeled by Arkham. At the time of the transfer, the Bitcoins were worth approximately $71.6 million. These addresses then transferred the BTC to wallets labeled as Coinbase Prime deposit addresses within a few hours.
Of the Bitcoins seized, 568.7 BTC comes from assets confiscated in the Potapenko and Turogin case. The remaining approximately 264.9 BTC is from seizures related to the Bitfinex attack.
40,285 BNB were transferred from a separate government wallet. The tokens, worth approximately $31.63 million, were first moved to an unlabeled address and then to a second unknown wallet. The BNBs were reportedly among the assets seized from Alameda Research.
Sending cryptocurrencies to a Coinbase Prime address can, in some cases, indicate preparation for sale. However, exchange-linked addresses can also be used for custody, wallet management, or inter-institutional transfers. Blockchain data alone does not prove that the asset has ultimately been sold.
The US government reportedly holds approximately $27.5 billion in seized cryptocurrency assets. These assets originated from legal seizures, not from market purchases funded by tax revenue.
The Bitcoins transferred to the government under the decree dated March 2025 are intended to be held in the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. However, the legal status and sales authorization of assets in specific cases may vary. It would be incorrect to interpret the transfer as a definitive sale before an official announcement.
*This is not investment advice.
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Investment management firm VanEck has finally introduced staking to its BNB ETF (VBNB), months after launching the first and only spot exchange-traded fund tracking Binance Coin price. The change could bring inflows into the ETF amid potential institutional interest.
VanEck Adds Staking to BNB ETF According to the latest filing with the US SEC, VanEck has added staking as a secondary objective to its spot BNB ETF, revising the investment objectives. This follows VanEck Digital Assets’ announcement of a second custody agreement with BitGo Bank & Trust, naming Figment as the validator.
Under the staking program, the sponsor intends to stake all of the trust’s BNB except a reserve kept for redemptions. On BNB Smart Chain, exiting a committed position currently takes a seven-day unbonding period, during which the tokens earn nothing and cannot be moved.
Notably, VanEck BNB ETF (VBNB) launched in May 2026 on Nasdaq as the first U.S. spot BNB fund, holds BNB with Anchorage Digital Bank and BitGo and charges a 0.39% sponsor fee. Shares are created and redeemed in cash or in kind in baskets of 10,000.
However, the staking feature was removed from the proposal before launch after regulatory questions over whether staking rewards could affect the trust’s status. The Figment appointment supplies the validator and fee terms needed to run that activity through BitGo, the trust’s second custodian.
Will Binance Coin Price Rally? According to SoSoValue data, VanEck BNB ETF has total net assets of $1.20 million. Also, the total assets under management is near $2.70 million. Staking could trigger inflows into the ETF and upside momentum in Binance Coin. However, it will depend on the performance of the ETF in the future.
Binance Coin price is trading near $775, up nearly 15% in a month and more than 42% since the launch of the VanEck BNB ETF. The launch failed to produce a sustained rally amid broader risk-off conditions, but the latest crypto market recovery holds promise.
CoinGlass data showed buying in the derivatives market in the last few hours. At the time of writing, the total BNB futures open interest jumped more than 0.52% in the past hour and almost 0.35% over the last 4 hours. The 24-hour BNB futures open interest is up more than 1.20%. Notably, it increased by almost 0.50% on Binance, 6.60% on OKX, and 2.30% on Bybit.
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Útočník na NEAR Intents poslal 1 BNB do recovery peněženky a připojil zprávu s nabídkou spolupráce. Stejná adresa dříve přesunula zhruba 3,8 milionu dolarů a o hodinu dříve poslala i 0.295 ETH.
SlowMist Security’s Chief Information Security Officer 23pds published a post stating that Alex Shevchenko, General Manager of NEAR Intents, said the NEAR Intents exploit attacker transferred 1 BNB to a recovery wallet, leaving a message offering cooperation and requesting the other party to provide a Signal contact. This transfer originated from the same address that previously moved approximately $3.8 million in funds. About an hour ago, the same address also transferred 0.295 ETH on the Ethereum network, leaving the same message.
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The market capitalization for tokenized stocks and ETFs climbed to $3.35 billion in September, up 17% from $2.87 billion in August, based on Token Terminal figures.
At the time of reporting, BNB Chain represented a $1.1 billion market cap, making up nearly 30% of the sector’s $3.7 billion valuation. Ethereum ranked next with $828 million, amounting to 22%, while Solana recorded $738 million, equivalent to 20% of the total market cap.
BlockchainMarket Cap (USD)Market Share (%)BNB Chain$1.1 billion30%Ethereum$828 million22%Solana$738 million20%Token Terminal’s data shows the sector has expanded rapidly since January, surging from $719 million to the current multibillion-dollar level. During the start of the year, Ethereum held about 48% of the market share, Solana 31%, and BNB Chain just 13%.
Dominance in user baseBNB Chain also leads in user adoption, with 1.8 million unique addresses holding tokenized stocks. This represents 45% of the total users active within the sector, according to Binance Research. The BNB Chain network is home to products such as Binance bStocks and Ondo Global Markets tokenized securities, which contribute to its user base and liquidity.
Mini dictionary: BNB Chain, formerly Binance Smart Chain, is a blockchain platform focused on decentralized applications, token issuance, and high-speed transactions, developed by Binance, a major global cryptocurrency exchange.
BNB Chain boasts 1.8 million addresses holding tokenized stocks, accounting for 45% of all participants in this market, as stated by Binance Research.
Sustained sector expansionThe overall market for tokenized assets has grown more than fivefold since January. Analysts note that this sector’s rapid expansion signals increased integration of traditional financial instruments, such as stocks and ETFs, onto blockchain networks. Tokenization allows for greater accessibility, enabling users to buy and sell fragments of real-world assets on decentralized platforms.
By September, despite shifts in market share, the sector maintained strong momentum as BNB Chain’s share continued to rise alongside investor and product interest.
Tokenized stocks and ETFs have grown from $719 million in January, highlighting accelerated adoption of real-world assets in decentralized markets.
Phantom přidal nativní podporu BNB Chain a uživatelé mohou v aplikaci přímo obchodovat, včetně swapů tokenů a perpetual kontraktů přes Hyperliquid. BNB Chain tak získává nový distribuční kanál k uživatelům Phantomu.
BNB Chain is now live on Phantom, and users can trade on it directly inside the app.
The integration was announced on October 1, 2026. It gives Phantom users native access to BNB Chain, the network also known as BSC. They can check balances, send and receive tokens, and trade without leaving the app.
Users need to update Phantom to the latest version before the new features show up.
What Phantom actually shipped Before this update, BNB Chain was on Phantom’s unsupported list. Users holding BSC assets were pointed toward EVM-compatible wallets like MetaMask to manage or recover them.
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The new release goes further than basic storage. Phantom’s in-app trading for BNB Chain includes token swaps, plus perpetual contracts powered by Hyperliquid.
Phantom is keeping its non-custodial setup intact. Users hold their own keys, which means the company never takes control of the funds sitting in the wallet.
A little social media theater first Ahead of the official announcement, Phantom and Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, better known as CZ, traded posts on social media that built anticipation for the feature.
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Phantom’s multi-chain march continues BNB Chain now joins a lineup that includes Solana, Ethereum, and Polygon, among other networks. The company also added Robinhood Chain in July 2026, so this is the latest step in a pattern rather than a one-off pivot.
BNB Chain sits firmly in the EVM-compatible camp, alongside networks like Ethereum and Polygon. Solana runs on a different architecture entirely, which has historically meant separate tooling for each world.
What this means for traders and the wallet race The most immediate impact falls on BNB Chain users who were already using Phantom for Solana. They no longer need MetaMask or another EVM wallet sitting on the side just to touch their BSC holdings.
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For BNB Chain, the integration opens a new distribution channel. Phantom’s user base, much of it rooted in Solana, now has a frictionless path into BSC applications that previously required extra setup.
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AvengerDAO Security Marketplace na BNB Chain přidal šest nových bezpečnostních firem a rozšířil se na 17 firem. Platforma propojuje vývojáře přímo s prověřenými security firmami bez nutnosti předchozí žádosti.
BNB Chain’s security bench just got deeper. Six new security firms have joined the AvengerDAO Security Marketplace, lifting the total roster to 17.
From 11 to 17 in a matter of weeks The Security Marketplace launched on August 12, 2026, with an initial cohort of 11 carefully selected firms. By October 2026, that number had climbed to 17.
The marketplace is designed to connect developers building on BNB Chain with security firms that have already been screened.
One notable feature: projects can engage directly with the listed security firms. They do not need to submit a prior application first.
The marketplace also incorporates bug bounty support. Bug bounties pay outside researchers to find vulnerabilities before attackers do, essentially turning potential hackers into paid consultants.
The BNB-SS standard and how it fits in Alongside the marketplace, AvengerDAO has introduced the BNB-SS security standard. It is built around five pillars, which include governance and oracle integrations among other areas.
Governance covers how a protocol makes decisions and who holds the keys to change things. Oracles are the data feeds that bring outside information, like asset prices, onto the blockchain.
A security initiative with a longer history AvengerDAO itself is not new. It launched on September 20, 2022, as part of BNB Chain’s broader push to protect users against exploits and scams.
Early partners included CertiK, SlowMist, and PancakeSwap.
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The loss numbers tell the story The most striking data point is the trend in BNB Chain’s security losses. According to the research findings, losses fell 85% in 2023.
The declines kept coming. Losses dropped 69% in 2024 and 56% in 2025, marking three consecutive years of reductions.
What this means for builders and users For developers on BNB Chain, the expansion mainly means more choice. A pool of 17 vetted firms offers a better shot at finding an auditor with the right specialty, availability, and price point.
The no-application model also lowers the barrier for smaller teams.
The research findings frame the falling loss figures as a potential confidence boost for projects tied to AvengerDAO, and as a factor that could make BNB Chain-based projects more attractive to investors.
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BNB Chain jmenoval Thomase Chena novým Chief Business Officerem, který se zaměří na strategii příjmů, institucionální partnerství a růst ekosystému. Chen chce přivést na síť více emitentů stablecoinů, platforem pro reálná aktiva a institucionálního kapitálu.
BNB Chain has appointed Thomas Chen as Chief Business Officer, a new leadership role focused on revenue strategy, institutional partnerships, and long-term value accrual for the BNB Chain ecosystem.
Chen brings 15 years of career experience, including more than seven years building teams across digital asset infrastructure. His background covers custody, market structure, and institutional sales, working with institutions in both traditional finance and DeFi.
He joins from Function, a Bitcoin yield protocol that scaled to $1.6 billion in total value locked, where he served as CEO. Previously, he was Managing Director and Global Head of Sales at BitGo, where he grew assets under custody to more than $100 billion and helped set the company’s course toward an IPO.
Thomas Chen, Chief Business Officer at BNB Chain, said: “My focus is making sure that activity settles here - more volume, deeper markets, and the institutional infrastructure serious capital requires before it moves onchain.”
In his new role, Chen’s remit covers four areas:
Institutions and capital markets: Working with asset managers, banks, custodians, and real-world asset issuers, alongside the confidentiality and compliance infrastructure regulated institutions require before transacting onchain.Stablecoins and settlement: Developing issuer partnerships, cross-border payment infrastructure, and payment flows for AI agents.Trading and liquidity: Working with market makers, exchanges, and trading venues to deepen market quality and onchain volume.Ecosystem and distribution: Working with protocols, wallets, and market infrastructure to connect builders with distribution across the ecosystem.Chen will apply his experience to BNB Chain’s focus on bringing more stablecoin issuers, real-world asset platforms, and institutional capital onto the network.
Genius Foundation schválila rozdělení zhruba 125 000 USD v BNB: polovina půjde na nákup GSTOCK a polovina na GENIUS. Peníze pocházejí z poplatků z launch platformy Genius.fun.
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Bitget potvrdil útok za téměř 351 milionů USD a pozastavil výběry prostředků. CEO uvedla, že ztráty kryje User Protection Fund s více než 464 miliony USD.
Crypto exchange Bitget has been hacked for over $350 million. The hack was identified after users reported withdrawal problems. Initial on-chain data showed roughly $176 million moving from wallets labelled as belonging to the exchange.
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Bitget then officially confirmed the hack was much bigger, affecting nearly $351 million in funds.
BREAKING: BITGET USERS REPORT WITHDRAWAL ISSUES
Users are reporting blocked withdrawals on Bitget, while on-chain data shows more than $100M in assets moving from a Bitget cold wallet. Something unusual appears to be happening at Bitget. pic.twitter.com/A08qVSbdWj
— BeInCrypto (@beincrypto) September 24, 2026
One address, 0x770b...63Ee, appears repeatedly as the receiver. It received ETH, AVAX, BNB, USDT, USDC, XAUT and other assets from the exchange-linked wallets.
The pattern is unusual because several wallets appear to be sending different assets into the same address within a short period. Similar rapid wallet sweeps can happen during exchange hacks, although exchanges also move funds internally during wallet maintenance or custody changes.
Bitget has confirmed that user withdrawals remain suspended as a security measure. CEO Gracy Chain confirmed that the entire affected amount falls under Bitget’s User Protection Fund.
“User funds are safe. The full amount of this loss falls within the coverage of Bitget’s User Protection Fund, which currently holds over $464 million,” wrote Bitget CEO Gracy Chen.
At 18:31 UTC on September 24, 2026, Bitget’s security systems identified unauthorized transfers involving a limited number of hot wallets.
Our security team immediately activated emergency response procedures and began a full investigation.
Based on our current assessment,… https://t.co/7xF5xW0JQ1
— Bitget (@bitget) September 24, 2026
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PeckShield upozornil na podezřelé odlivy z Duelbits ve výši přibližně 4,3 mil. USD na Ethereum a BNB Chain. Mezi aktivy bylo 836 ETH a 12,398 bil. SHIB.
PeckShield Flags $4.3M in Suspicious Duelbits Outflows.
Blockchain security firm PeckShield has reported approximately $4.3 million in suspicious cryptocurrency outflows from Duelbits across Ethereum and BNB Chain, involving ETH, stablecoins, BNB, and Shiba Inu.
#PeckShieldAlert #Duelbits has seen a suspicious outflow of ~$4.3M in crypto on #Ethereum and #BNBChain, including 836 ETH($2.23M), 1.146M USDT, 209 BNB ($160.68K), 96.805K USDC, 12.398B SHIB ($70.17K), and 31.515K DAI.
The attacker has since swapped the stolen funds for 1587.87… pic.twitter.com/zJ5HUtIghQ
— PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) September 24, 2026
PeckShield identified the recipient as an attacker and said the funds had been converted into approximately 1,587.87 ETH, valued at around $4.2 million, alongside about 31,500 DAI. Its alert did not identify how the funds were accessed or establish whether customer balances were affected.
ETH, Stablecoins and 12.398 Billion SHIB Involved According to PeckShield, the suspicious outflows included 836 ETH worth approximately $2.23 million, 1.146 million USDT, and 209 BNB valued at $160,680.
PeckShield Flags $4.3M in Suspicious Duelbits Outflows. The firm also listed approximately 96,805 USDC, 12.398 billion SHIB worth $70,170, and 31,515 DAI.
The $4.3 million figure represents PeckShield’s aggregate estimate. The individual amounts listed account for approximately $3.74 million at the quoted valuations, assuming the stablecoins traded near $1. The alert did not explain the difference between those figures.
Ethereum records dated September 24 show several incoming transfers from a Duelbits-labeled address to a wallet beginning 0xA77e24 and ending 05aef76. These included 31,515 DAI at 09:00:35 UTC, approximately 12.4 billion SHIB at 09:00:59, 96,804.68 USDC at 09:01:23, and 593,430.32 USDT at 09:02:11. The explorer also identified Duelbits as the address’s initial funding source.
Funds Moved Through deBridge and Relay Addresses Subsequent transactions show the recipient moving assets to addresses associated with cross-chain services.
At 09:27:35 UTC, the wallet transferred 96,804.68 USDC to a deBridge-labeled address. A separate transaction at 09:31:23 moved approximately 6.4 billion SHIB to the same labeled destination. Four later SHIB transactions, ranging from 1 billion to 2 billion tokens each, brought the displayed outgoing SHIB total to approximately 12.4 billion.
The records also show six transfers of 100,000 USDT each to Relay: Router V3, followed by another transfer of 83,346.89 USDT. Together, those seven transactions amounted to 683,346.89 USDT.
Following the transactions, the Ethereum address’s recorded balance stood at approximately 1,587.876 ETH, valued by Etherscan at $4,190,468.37. Its remaining token holdings consisted of 31,515 DAI worth approximately $31,510.37, placing the combined ETH and DAI balance at roughly $4.22 million at that snapshot.
Duelbits Previously Suffered a Separate Wallet Exploit Duelbits, which operates a cryptocurrency casino and sports betting platform, previously suffered an exploit on February 13, 2024. De.Fi’s incident report recorded losses of approximately $4.64 million and identified a loss of wallet access control as the apparent cause. Assets taken in that incident were also bridged and exchanged into ETH.
That historical finding does not establish the cause of the September 24 outflows. PeckShield’s latest alert focused on the assets moved and their subsequent conversion, without specifying an attack method.
BNB price has fallen 3.3% to about $761 as Binance has announced that it will start moving crypto balances from Funding Accounts to Spot Accounts on Sep. 29, ahead of a Stocks Account rename in January 2027.
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BNB price traded near $761 on Sep. 23, while remaining up 7.4% over seven days. Binance will begin moving non-stock assets from Funding Accounts to Spot Accounts on Sep. 29. The future Stocks Account will support equities, options, and six settlement assets, including BNB. Users can move assets with a new button or wait for automatic transfers starting in January. Binance said in its Sep. 23 announcement that the migration will run from Sep. 29 into January 2027, with dates for individual stages to follow. The exchange will rename the Funding Account after the migration period and reserve it for stock and stock-options settlement.
The price decline and announcement occurred on the same day, but the available data does not establish that the account change drove BNB lower. CoinGecko put BNB’s 24-hour trading volume at about $1.34 billion when checked. Despite the daily fall, the token was still up 7.4% over the previous week.
BNB remains a stock settlement asset From Sep. 29, Funding Accounts will stop accepting on-chain crypto deposits, according to Binance. Customers will instead use Spot Accounts for regular crypto deposits and withdrawals, while the account being renamed will continue to serve eligible stock and options traders during the transition.
BNB is one of six assets Binance says customers will be able to use for stock and stock-options settlement in the future Stocks Account. The others are USD, USDC, USDT, USD1 and U. Its inclusion means BNB remains part of the exchange’s funding choices for those products, even as other crypto balances move to Spot.
For customers who want to move funds sooner, Binance plans to add a One-Click Migration button to the Funding Account. The feature requires the latest version of its iOS or Android app. Customers who take no action will have remaining eligible assets transferred to Spot automatically in batches beginning in January 2027, the exchange said.
Binance says the transfers will leave users’ total asset balances unchanged and preserve historical transaction records under their original Funding Account labels. The company has yet to give an exact date for the January rename.
Stock trading explains the dedicated account Binance’s securities service gives eligible users outside the United States access to more than 7,000 U.S.-listed stocks and ETFs, including fractional purchases starting at $5. In June, crypto.news covered Binance’s Alpaca arrangement: Nest Trading acts as introducing broker, while Alpaca Securities handles execution, clearing, settlement and custody. Binance also disclosed a minority stake in Alpaca.
Direct stock positions have since been joined by options. On Sep. 1, Binance introduced physically settled options on selected U.S.-listed stocks and ETFs for eligible users. Customers can buy calls and puts under the initial offering, and exercised contracts settle into shares held through Alpaca Securities. The product follows U.S. market hours for most supported contracts.
The U.S. connection is therefore the underlying securities and brokerage infrastructure, rather than a new offer of Binance stock trading to American customers. Binance says access to its securities products depends on a user’s location. The account rename does not itself change the eligibility rules stated for those products.
Binance also offers bStocks, which follow the prices of U.S. shares but are blockchain-based tokens. Its June bStocks launch covered names including Nvidia, Tesla and Circle. Binance said eligible customers could convert supported direct stock positions into bStocks and trade the tokens on its spot market around the clock. Unlike direct shares, the tokens do not grant ownership of the listed companies’ stock.
Under the migration plan, bStocks held in Funding Accounts will move to Spot, while direct stocks and options remain in the account that becomes the Stocks Account. Newly converted bStocks will also go directly to Spot, according to Binance’s account guidance.
USDC keeps a role after Binance’s Circle deal USDC’s place among the six settlement assets follows an expansion of Binance’s relationship with its issuer, Circle. On Sep. 22, Binance disclosed a $100 million Circle stake and a five-year commercial agreement concerning USDC use across its platform. The equity purchase involved about 1.24 million Circle shares issued through a private placement.
The settlement list also includes USDT, USD1 and U alongside BNB and U.S. dollars. Binance’s earlier stock-service information identified USDC as a main stablecoin funding choice while allowing eligible users to fund purchases with other supported assets. The future Stocks Account keeps those named assets available for securities transactions, while regular crypto activity moves through Spot.
Pay, Convert and P2P routes change from Sep. 29 Several services will begin sending funds to Spot as the migration starts. Binance says assets received through Pay, Card and Gift Card will be credited to Spot Accounts from Sep. 29. Funding can temporarily remain a Binance Pay payment source, but scheduled sends relying only on it will stop when the exchange removes that option; affected users will need to choose another source.
For Convert, existing unfilled limit orders that lock funds in Funding can remain open. Orders settled or expired after Sep. 29 will return assets to Spot, while new limit orders will lock and settle funds there. Binance advises customers with recurring Convert plans to update any Funding Account selection to Spot. API users referencing Funding have also been advised to change that account reference.
P2P advertisers will continue using Funding for listings and related deposits until Binance introduces a dedicated P2P account in December. Advertisers will then need to move assets tied to their listings; Binance says advertisements left unmigrated after January 2027 will close automatically.
Binance Wallet spouští program Pre-Access prostřednictvím kampaní na PancakeSwap, který vybraným uživatelům nabídne tokenizovanou expozici vůči soukromým společnostem před možným listingem. Binance Research odhaduje asi 1 300 privátních firem s hodnotou nad 1 miliardu USD a celkovou hodnotou kolem 4,7 bilionu USD.
TLDR: Binance Wallet’s Pre-Access uses PancakeSwap campaigns to offer tokenized exposure to private companies. About 1,300 private firms valued above $1B represent roughly $4.7T collectively, Binance Research estimates. Users can raise subscription quotas through Binance Alpha Points plus bStocks trading volume and holdings. Tokenized pre-IPO claims across Republic and PreStocks had reached about $41M, Binance Research said. Binance Wallet is expanding its on-chain finance offering with a Pre-Access program that gives eligible users tokenized exposure to private companies before possible listings. Announced on September 20, the program will run limited subscription campaigns through PancakeSwap.
However, participants will not receive private-company shares directly. Instead, each campaign will provide tokenized exposure arranged by a third-party service provider. Nonetheless, Binance Wallet has not yet identified the first company entering the program.
The structure moves private-market access onto self-custody rails while preserving campaign-specific restrictions. It also separates the product from a traditional initial public offering allocation. This means participation depends on campaign eligibility and allocation rules, rather than holding a Binance Wallet or accessing PancakeSwap.
Alpha Points and bStocks Shape Private-Market Allocation Eligible users can increase subscription quotas through Binance Alpha Points, alongside their on-chain bStocks trading volume and token holdings. That mechanism extends Binance Wallet’s existing reward framework into private-market products.
At the same time, the subscriptions will operate through self-custody wallets. PancakeSwap will host campaign pages showing the company, token details, subscription asset, issue price, implied valuation, timeline, claim arrangements, and risk disclosures.
Users must complete eligibility checks and accept the relevant terms before participating. Meanwhile, allocation methods, subscription limits, and eligibility standards will vary by campaign. After a campaign closes, qualifying participants can claim the tokenized exposure during the specified claim window.
Others may receive refunds under the campaign’s rules. The model therefore functions more like a tokenized private-market subscription than a conventional pre-IPO share sale. That distinction shapes what participants actually receive.
Tokenized Securities Anchor Binance’s Private-Market Expansion The launch follows Binance Wallet’s June introduction of bStocks, tokenized U.S. securities issued as BEP-20 tokens on BNB Chain. PancakeSwap already supports on-chain bStocks trading, while eligible holders can keep those assets in compatible self-custody wallets.
The products carry transfer and geographic restrictions. The broader market for private-company exposure has also grown. Binance Research estimated about 1,300 private companies hold valuations above $1 billion.
Together, those companies represent roughly $4.7 trillion in value. Separately, tokenized pre-IPO claims across Republic and PreStocks had reached about $41 million. Still, tokenized private-market products do not always equal direct ownership of company shares.
Binance Research said some structures can instead represent contractual claims. Those claims may trade at discounts because of fees, dilution, limited liquidity, and lockup periods. Consequently, the legal structure remains central to each campaign.
Campaign disclosures therefore remain important for distinguishing economic exposure from direct equity ownership. For Binance Wallet’s Pre-Access program, the first campaign will clarify the issuer, eligible jurisdictions, redemption terms, and exact rights attached to the tokenized exposure.
MemeToro zveřejnilo 1 373 řádků Solidity kódu ve 17 souborech pro plánovaný AI memecoin launchpad na BNB Chain. Součástí je první fair-launch escrow kontrakt, testy, dokumentace a pravidla pro přispěvatele.
MemeToro has published 1,373 lines of Solidity code across 17 files for its planned BNB Chain AI memecoin launchpad. The release includes its first fair-launch escrow contract, test tools, documentation, and contributor rules.
This matters because many memecoin projects ask users to trust statements about fair access, locked funding, and token supply. MemeToro is trying to publish the contract structure behind those claims before the platform reaches mainnet. $MT is currently in Stage 7 at $0.00430, with more than $137,000 raised.
The code release does not mean every platform feature is live, but it gives users a public way to inspect the project’s fair-launch approach and the work still needed before a full launch.
Exploring MemeToro’s AI Launchpad and $MT Utility MemeToro is building a BNB Chain ecosystem for researching, funding, and trading memecoins. Its main product idea is an AI agent that studies public market, news, and social signals before proposing a token launch.
The agent is designed to create a public launch manifest. This document can show the evidence behind the token idea, its supply, fixed funding price, cap, and other launch conditions.
The project’s validator is designed to check the proposal before it reaches a funding round. It can reject source links that were not collected by the system, allocation totals that do not equal 100%, insider allocation above zero, and funding terms that do not match the manifest.
$MT is intended to support platform access, funding, staking, rewards, future memecoin trading, prediction markets, and a news portal. These features are part of the planned ecosystem and still need to reach active use.
MemeToro’s goal is not simply to use AI as a label. It is trying to connect AI research with contract rules that users can inspect before funding a new token.
The MIT License Makes the Release Public and Checkable An MIT license is a simple open-source license that allows developers to inspect, use, and build on code under clear rules. For a memecoin project, this means the contract design is not hidden behind a marketing website.
MemeToro’s update includes FairLaunchEscrow.sol, ILaunchExecutor.sol, and IERC20Minimal.sol. It also contains a full test suite with fake token and executor contracts, plus architecture notes and contribution guidelines.
The code is built with Foundry, a common Solidity toolkit. This makes it easier for developers to compile, test, and review the contracts using standard tools.
Open-source code does not guarantee that a token will rise in price. It does provide a public development trail. Users can examine the design rather than relying only on a promise that the platform will be fair.
The public release is a strong trust-building step because it shows both what MemeToro has built and what it has not completed yet.
The Escrow Design Focuses on Rules That Cannot Change The FairLaunchEscrow.sol contract is designed to hold contributor funds for one launch round. It locks key round settings when the round is created.
This includes the funding cap, deadline, threshold, token structure, and other agreed terms. The contract is designed without an owner, admin role, or upgrade path.
These absences matter. An admin or upgrade role can let a team change contract behavior after users have contributed. MemeToro’s design aims to remove that possibility.
The escrow stores a fingerprint of the public launch manifest. This gives users a way to compare the document shown before funding with the on-chain round.
Its stated fund paths are limited to contributor refunds or the planned liquidity executor. There is no designed route for money to move to a developer or treasury wallet.
The token-allocation math is also designed to reject insider supply. Contributors and liquidity must account for the full supply, while any small remainder from rounding goes to liquidity.
Testing Shows the Team Is Checking Failure Conditions MemeToro’s release includes tests for caps, deadlines, thresholds, refunds, claims, and connected contracts that behave badly. Random-sequence testing checks that the contract’s accounting remains balanced across different user actions.
The update also includes checks that confirm the system reaches funded, launched, claimed, and refunded states. This matters because a test can pass without proving much if it never enters the part of the system it was meant to test.
Important work is still pending. MemeToro needs to complete the live token executor, liquidity connection, manifest integration, deployment scripts, round factory, BNB Chain testnet, ERC-8004 agent identity, and an independent security review.
The project lists Coinsult, BlockSAFU, and SOLIDProof as named audit or review providers. Buyers should examine the latest scope and reports when the final mainnet contracts are available.
FAQs What did MemeToro publish? MemeToro published 1,373 Solidity lines across 17 files, including its fair-launch escrow, future executor interface, token-claim functions, tests, and documentation.
Does open-source code make $MT risk-free? No. Open-source code can improve transparency, but it does not remove product, market, liquidity, or price risk.
Is the full MemeToro launchpad live? No. The project has published its first contract foundation, while the executor, testnet deployment, liquidity connection, and independent review are still pending.
Bitget rozšířil své Proof of Reserves z 4 na 19 aktiv, včetně BTC, USDT a ETH. Uživatelé si tak mohou nově ověřit i svá aktiva v širším rozsahu rezerv.
Bitget, one of the world’s largest Universal Exchanges (UEX), has upgraded its Proof of Reserves (PoR) from four cryptocurrencies to 19 major assets, significantly widening the share of user holdings covered by its reserve verification infrastructure. The upgrade extends both platform-level reserve disclosures and personal Proof of Assets verification, giving users greater visibility into how assets held on Bitget are accounted for and the ability to independently verify their inclusion in reserve snapshots.
As exchanges expand the range of assets they support, reserve transparency needs to keep pace. The latest upgrade moves Bitget closer to making verification a standard layer across its ecosystem, rather than a safeguard limited to core cryptocurrencies.
The expanded coverage includes BTC, USDT, ETH, LTC, LINK, XRP, USDC, DOGE, BNB, SOL, ADA, NEAR, XAUT, TAO, SUI, ONDO, HYPE, PI, and USDGO. Through the upgraded PoR page, users can view the reserve ratio and amount of user assets for each supported asset, assess if reserves are sufficient, and see how user assets are distributed across different public blockchains.
Personal Proof of Assets verification has expanded across the same range, allowing users to independently check whether their holdings were included in a PoR snapshot using Merkle Tree verification. Detailed audit records, including Merkle hashes and snapshot information, remain available for users seeking deeper verification.
Bitget has published Proof of Reserves monthly since its launch in December 2022. As of August 2026, the platform had published 45 consecutive PoR reports, with its latest report showing a total reserve ratio of 122%, remaining above the 1:1 reserve standard. Bitget uses Merkle Tree technology to aggregate and verify user assets, allowing users to independently confirm whether their holdings are included in a particular Proof of Reserves snapshot. Users can also download the relevant data and further verify their asset records using publicly available verification methods.
“Users shouldn’t have to simply take our word for it, they should be able to verify their assets for themselves,” said Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget. “Proof of Reserves has been part of Bitget’s transparency framework for nearly four years, and as the assets people hold on our platform become more diverse, that verification needs to expand with them. Expanding from four assets to 19 gives more users that visibility.”
For assets outside the scope of a particular audit, or where corresponding personal records have not yet been generated, Bitget’s Proof of Assets interface provides relevant notices to help users interpret their audit results accurately. As UEX brings a broader range of assets and markets into one trading environment, Bitget is extending the systems that allow users to independently examine what sits behind their holdings. Proof of Reserves, the Protection Fund, and Bitget’s broader security infrastructure form part of that approach, with the goal of making security increasingly measurable and verifiable as the ecosystem grows.
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BNB Chain zpřístupnila vývojářům zdarma cenové feedy pro bStocks, což má zlevnit a zjednodušit integraci tokenizovaných akcií do DeFi. Feedy běží přes APRO Oracle a podporují nejméně 12 bStocks včetně NVDAB a TSLAB.
BNB Chain just opened up its bStocks price feeds to builders at no cost, removing one of the quieter friction points in decentralized finance: paying for reliable asset pricing data.
The price feeds are powered by APRO Oracle, which currently supports data for at least 12 bStocks, including tokenized versions of heavyweights like NVIDIA (NVDAB) and Tesla (TSLAB). Making these feeds free effectively lowers the barrier for any protocol on BNB Chain that wants to integrate tokenized equities into its product stack.
What bStocks actually are bStocks are BEP-20 tokens on BNB Chain that represent 1:1 backed shares of actual US equities, held in regulated custody. They went live on June 11, 2026, and the adoption curve has been steep.
By late July, bStocks had crossed $500 million in market capitalization. Cumulative on-chain trading volume during that initial stretch reportedly landed somewhere between $7 billion and $20 billion, depending on the source.
The tokens trade around the clock, support self-custody withdrawals to wallets on BNB Smart Chain, and handle dividends and stock splits automatically.
Ecosystem integrations already span Trust Wallet, Binance Web3, and decentralized exchanges like PancakeSwap.
Why free oracle feeds matter By offering bStocks price feeds at zero cost, BNB Chain is essentially subsidizing the composability layer. A developer building a margin trading platform for tokenized equities no longer needs to negotiate oracle contracts before writing their first line of code.
The APRO Oracle integration also addresses a problem specific to tokenized stocks: market-hour mismatches. Traditional US equities trade during fixed hours. Tokenized versions trade 24/7. That gap creates pricing challenges, because the reference price from the New York Stock Exchange doesn’t update at midnight UTC. APRO’s dedicated feeds are designed to handle this disconnect, providing continuous pricing that reflects actual on-chain liquidity conditions.
Venus Protocol, one of the largest lending platforms on BNB Chain with more than 35 markets, already uses a multi-oracle strategy to manage exactly these kinds of risks. Lista DAO has gone even further, supporting over 40 bStocks pairs for lending and staking operations.
The bigger picture for tokenized equities bStocks are backed by actual shares sitting in custody, not synthetic exposure instruments or loosely pegged derivatives. A lending protocol accepting bStocks as collateral needs to trust that the underlying asset is real, that the price feed is accurate, and that liquidations will function correctly during volatile market conditions. The combination of regulated custody, dedicated oracle infrastructure, and free access to pricing data builds each layer of that trust stack.
For traditional investors, the appeal is straightforward: hold your equity exposure on-chain, earn yield by lending it out or staking it through DeFi protocols, and collect dividends automatically.
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Genius Foundation spustila na BNB Chain platformu Genius.fun, která propojuje tvorbu tokenů s tokenizovanými akciemi a komunitní budování treasury kolem veřejně obchodovaných společností. Platforma míří i na koordinaci akcionářských kampaní a potenciálně i na místa v představenstvu.
Genius Foundation has launched Genius.fun on BNB Chain, giving crypto communities a platform to create tokens, build treasuries with tokenized public-company shares, and coordinate shareholder campaigns.
Summary
Genius.fun lets communities pair newly created tokens with tokenized stocks and several crypto assets. The platform presents board campaigns and hostile takeovers as possible uses of accumulated equity. Creators can receive up to 1.25% of trading fees, while 0.25% funds token buybacks. Tokens graduate to PancakeSwap after reaching a threshold of 15 BNB. In a Sep. 17 press release shared with crypto.news, Genius Foundation said that the new launchpad connects community-created tokens with tokenized public equities, allowing participants to pool capital around a company and accumulate exposure to its shares.
The platform presents the model as a way for online groups to move beyond meme-based trading and organize around corporate ownership. According to the Foundation, communities could use an accumulated position to support shareholder proposals, seek board representation, run an activist campaign or pursue an acquisition.
Such actions would require more than holding a community token. The Foundation said eligible tokenized positions may be redeemed for the underlying equity, but the rights available to users would depend on the structure of each paired product and its issuer.
Genius.fun links token launches with tokenized shares Rather than offering only a standard meme-token launch, Genius.fun allows creators to choose a trading pair that may include BNB, USDT, USDC, or tokenized assets from Ondo, bStocks, xStocks and 4Stocks. More markets are expected through a product called gPerps, according to the announcement.
Trading activity is intended to help a community build a treasury that can acquire additional assets. Genius Foundation said the approach could turn online attention into a pool of capital tied to real-world companies, although it did not disclose how treasury decisions, voting power, or asset custody would be managed for each community.
Creators may collect up to 1.25% of trading fees generated by their tokens. Another 0.25% is directed toward token buybacks and supply locking, according to the platform’s stated fee model.
From the token’s trading page, users can monitor its progress from launch through graduation. A token becomes eligible to move to PancakeSwap once it reaches 15 BNB, with the decentralized exchange serving as Genius.fun’s graduation partner.
The model differs from simply buying a token that tracks a company’s share price. An economic interest tied to a stock does not always give its holder voting rights, access to dividends, or recognition on the company’s official shareholder register. The exact legal claim depends on how the token is issued and whether it is backed by the underlying security.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong recently addressed the same distinction when he called for full backing of tokenized equities with real securities. Coinbase’s offshore structure holds underlying shares through a special-purpose company and a regulated U.S. broker, while verified holders can request redemption. Its products remain unavailable to U.S. persons and are not registered under the U.S. Securities Act.
Community ownership could support activist campaigns Genius.fun frames community tokens as capital-formation tools that can organize people around a selected public company. After launching a market, participants could grow its treasury and use the accumulated share position to seek influence.
At a large enough scale, the Foundation said a community could request a board seat, coordinate an activist campaign or attempt a hostile takeover. Investment banks, private-equity firms, hedge funds and specialist activist investors have traditionally led such transactions.
A hostile takeover generally involves an effort to gain control of a company without approval from its existing board. Genius.fun has not announced a specific company targeted by its users, nor has the Foundation said that any community has accumulated enough shares to begin such a process.
The launch announcement instead describes hostile takeovers as a possible future use. Any campaign involving a listed U.S. company would still face securities laws, ownership disclosure rules, corporate governance procedures and limits contained in the company’s governing documents.
Armaan Kalsi, CEO of Shuttle Labs, described the launch as a new form of crypto-based corporate coordination.
“We’re excited to see what happens when crypto native communities launch capital formation vehicles with 2 clicks and, for example, potentially do things like vie for board seats,” Kalsi said.
He added that a capital-formation tool able to influence companies in the physical economy was “inherently exciting.”
U.S. rules make ownership rights central For American investors, the difference between a fully backed share token and a synthetic product is especially important because price exposure alone does not establish corporate ownership.
On Sep. 17, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission granted five-year relief for eligible tokenized securities venues. The conditional framework permits approved platforms to trade tokenized National Market System stocks through permissioned automated market makers and liquidity pools.
Under the SEC order, an eligible tokenized share must carry the same rights and privileges as the conventional share it represents. Synthetic products that merely track a stock through a derivative do not qualify for the relief, according to the regulator.
Venues must also notify an issuer before listing a tokenized version of its stock and cannot proceed if the company objects. Smart contracts must be public and auditable, while trading in the token must stop when the primary exchange halts the underlying security.
The SEC’s conditions matter to the corporate-action model proposed by Genius.fun. A community seeking voting influence would need ownership rights connected to the underlying shares, not only a token whose price follows the stock. Genius Foundation did not state whether the platform would seek access to the SEC exemption or make its services available to U.S. users.
American ownership rules can also require public filings once an investor or coordinated group crosses certain thresholds. Whether members of a decentralized community would be treated as a group would depend on their agreements, conduct, and the facts of a particular campaign; the launch announcement did not provide a legal structure for such cases.
Tokenized stocks are adding on-chain uses Alongside ownership experiments, crypto platforms are building other services around tokenized equities. Kraken recently introduced xStocks vaults for SPYx, QQQx and NVDAx, which track the SPDR S&P 500 ETF, Invesco QQQ ETF and Nvidia shares.
Kraken allocates deposited tokens to on-chain lending markets through an embedded, noncustodial wallet. The initial displayed annual percentage yields were about 2% for SPYx and QQQx and 1.8% for NVDAx, with a 25% performance fee already deducted from the quoted rates.
Genius.fun is taking a different route by combining token creation, trading fees and community treasuries with a proposed path toward shareholder action. Genius Foundation said users can begin by creating a token, selecting a trading pair and building a treasury around the company they want to influence.
The Cayman-based Foundation describes its work as infrastructure for permissionless markets, collective ownership and decentralized economic coordination. Genius.fun is live on BNB Chain, while token graduation takes place through PancakeSwap after the platform’s 15 BNB threshold is met.
OpenEden spustil na BNB Chain tokenizované produkty TBILL a HYBOND. Jde o první nasazení těchto regulovaných dluhopisových produktů v ekosystému Binance.
Bermuda, 17 September 2026 — OpenEden, a leading regulated tokenization platform, today announced the deployment of its tokenized fixed-income products on BNB Chain. Both TBILL, a tokenized BNY-managed US Treasury Bills fund, and HYBOND, a tokenized BNY Mellon Global Short-Dated High Yield Bond Fund, are now available on BNB Chain for the first time.
BNB Chain is one of the largest blockchains for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), with its RWA TVL growing more than 1000% over the past year, from $509.72 million in September 2025 to approximately $5.69 billion as of September 2026 (source: rwa.xyz). This growth reflects accelerating institutional and on-chain demand for high-quality, yield-bearing tokenized assets on BNB Chain, and positions the network as an increasingly important venue for regulated fixed-income products to scale.
The native deployment of TBILL and HYBOND brings two distinct points on the credit curve to BNB Chain. TBILL offers eligible investors direct on-chain exposure to short-dated US Treasury Bills. TBILL holds an AA+f/S1+ rating from S&P Global Ratings, and The Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) manages and custodies its underlying assets.
HYBOND introduces a new category of fixed-income exposure previously unavailable on BNB Chain and expands investors’ access beyond Treasuries to a top-performing, actively managed, short-duration high-yield corporate credit strategy. By combining TBILL and HYBOND, investors can incorporate a fixed-income barbell strategy into their on-chain portfolio construction.
USDO, OpenEden’s regulated yield-bearing stablecoin, is already live on BNB Chain. With the addition of TBILL and HYBOND, OpenEden’s tokenized assets now support a broader range of on-chain financial applications on BNB Chain. They can be used as institutional-grade collateral and yield-bearing building blocks for supported lending markets, treasury management systems, and other financial applications native to the blockchain.
“Institutional investors increasingly want access to a broader set of fixed-income exposures on-chain, spanning different yield, liquidity, and credit risk profiles, but within regulated structures,” said Jeremy Ng, Founder and CEO of OpenEden. “Deploying TBILL and HYBOND on BNB Chain directly addresses that demand by bringing regulated fixed-income products to one of the fastest-growing RWA ecosystems, while expanding their role across on-chain financial markets.”
The launch of TBILL and HYBOND on BNB Chain marks the beginning of OpenEden’s broader expansion in the BNB Chain ecosystem, with additional integrations across native protocols and infrastructure providers coming soon.
About OpenEden
OpenEden operates a leading regulated tokenization platform, renowned for its unmatched focus on regulatory standards and advanced financial technology. Founded in 2022, OpenEden bridges traditional and decentralized finance by providing, through its regulated entities in Bermuda and the BVI, secure, transparent, and compliant on-chain access to tokenized assets. OpenEden is tokenizing global finance with a core focus on compliance and innovation. To learn more, visit www.openeden.com.
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OpenEden zavádí infrastrukturu RedStone pro HYBOND na BNB Chain, kde datový tok přenáší NAV fondu on-chain. Chystaná integrace RedStone Settle má navíc umožnit okamžité likvidace a odkupy.
OpenEden, a regulated tokenization platform with $250M+ combined assets under management at the time of writing, is tapping the RedStone product suite for its tokenized BNY Mellon Global Short-Dated High Yield Bond fund (“HYBOND”) on BNB Chain. RedStone’s price feed grants the fund a core data backbone, while RedStone Settle, to be integrated shortly, will unlock instant redemptions and liquidations, enabling the asset to work in DeFi.
TL;DR HYBOND grants the qualified holders 1:1 tokenized exposure to BNY Mellon Global Short-Dated High Yield Bond, the first BNY bond fund to be brought onchain. OpenEden, the regulated tokenization platform behind the fund, is bringing HYBOND on BNB Chain in its first expansion since the launch on Ethereum. The underlying fund is a $2.4B institutional credit strategy with a nearly 10-year track record, investing in a globally diversified portfolio of short-duration, high-yield corporate bonds that has consistently outperformed its SOFR cash benchmark. RedStone’s feed carries HYBOND’s price onto BNB Chain and paves the way for HYBOND to serve as collateral in DeFi protocols on BNB. Next on the line: RedStone Settle integration for HYBOND, unlocking T+0 liquidations and redemptions. HYBOND Comes to BNB Chain OpenEden, a regulated tokenization platform with $250M+ combined assets under management at the time of writing, brought BNY Mellon Global Short-Dated High Yield Bond strategy onchain as HYBOND, a higher-yield alternative to the more traditional tokenized funds focusing on T-bills. BNY Mellon Global Short-Dated High Yield Bond Fund is a $2.4B institutional credit strategy with a nearly 10-year track record, investing in a globally diversified portfolio of short-duration, high-yield corporate bonds that has consistently outperformed its SOFR cash benchmark. RedStone’s price feed now powers the tokenized fund’s NAV oracle on BNB Chain in the first integration with OpenEden.
HYBOND is issued by OpenEden Digital Limited, a Bermuda-registered Segregated Accounts Company licensed by the Bermuda Monetary Authority under a Class F Digital Asset Business Licence, and is available only to eligible institutional investors. BNY Investments manages the underlying strategy, while the fund shares backing HYBOND are held and custodied directly with BNY.
RedStone’s infrastructure carries the fund’s net asset value (NAV) onto BNB Chain so a wallet, protocol, or counterparty can confirm it’s genuinely the administrator’s number, unaltered. Next, OpenEden will integrate RedStone Settle for HYBOND, which will unlock T+0 liquidations and redemptions for the fund’s token.
“We see tokenization as a way to put traditional investment strategies into the hands of on-chain builders. With HYBOND, we want to broaden the range of financial products those builders can create around professionally managed bond exposure, and RedStone provides the verifiable valuation data they need to bring them to market.”
— Jeremy Ng, Founder and CEO of OpenEden
Inside HYBOND’s Short-Dated High Yield Strategy Most tokenized fixed income so far has been cash-equivalent: Treasury bills, government money market funds, overnight repo. HYBOND is different. It holds short-dated, high yield bonds, which typically offer higher yields than investment-grade corporate bonds and Treasuries because they carry more credit risk.
HYBOND launched on Ethereum earlier in 2026. RedStone now powers HYBOND’s NAV oracle after its launch on BNB Chain, serving as the core asset lifecycle infrastructure layer.
Why a Credit Fund’s Price Needs a Live Feed A tokenized Treasury fund is easy to price. It holds government debt, so its value climbs steadily as interest accrues, or it holds at $1.00 and pays yield through new shares. HYBOND doesn’t work like that. Its price moves with the high-yield credit market, where spreads widen and narrow, and issuers get upgraded or downgraded.
So the only number that exists is the one the administrator strikes each day. There’s no secondary market price to check it against. RedStone’s feed delivers that number onchain in a verified and smart contract-readable way.
HYBOND is the third tokenized credit fund RedStone has priced this year, after Neuberger Berman’s HINC (issued by Securitize) and NYLIM’s HYB (issued by Centrifuge). All three sit outside the cash-equivalent RWA category that dominated tokenization until now, and HYBOND is the first of the three built on OpenEden’s platform.
Frequently Asked Questions What is HYBOND?HYBOND is OpenEden’s tokenized version of BNY Mellon Global Short-Dated High Yield Bond Fund, giving eligible institutional investors onchain exposure to a short-dated, high-yield corporate bond strategy. OpenEden issues it through its Bermuda-registered Segregated Accounts Company licensed by the Bermuda Monetary Authority.
What does RedStone unlock for HYBOND?RedStone delivers HYBOND’s price onto BNB Chain. The fund’s administrator strikes the value off-chain; RedStone carries that figure onto the chain in verifiable form. HYBOND is also getting T+0 liquidations and redemptions via RedStone Settle, RedStone’s auction-based infrastructure for instantly liquidating tokenized fund collateral in DeFi.
How does RedStone Settle work?RedStone Settle runs an auction between KYC-ied solvers, who offer competing bids to acquire the position. The winning solver provides immediate liquidity and redeems the real-world assets through their standard redemption mechanism. The auction takes place in less than a second; a successful outcome is resolved atomically.
About RedStone RedStone is the data layer for institutional DeFi, delivering secure, low-latency price feeds for digital assets, RWAs, stablecoins, LSTs, LRTs, and Bitcoin LSTs across 110+ chains. Trusted by 200+ clients, including Securitize, Morpho, Pendle, Spark, Ether.fi, Ethena, Lombard, Venus, and Compound, RedStone powers lending, stablecoins, perpetuals, and tokenized asset markets with custom pricing infrastructure built for complex onchain systems. RedStone provides data for tokenized products including BlackRock’s BUIDL, Apollo ACRED, and Hamilton Lane SCOPE. Zero mispricing events. 100% uptime.
About OpenEden OpenEden operates a leading regulated tokenization platform, renowned for its unmatched focus on regulatory standards and advanced financial technology. Founded in 2022, OpenEden bridges traditional and decentralized finance by providing, through its regulated entities in Bermuda and the BVI, secure, transparent, and compliant on-chain access to tokenized assets. OpenEden is tokenizing global finance with a core focus on compliance and innovation. To learn more, visit www.openeden.com.
BNB Chain is putting $20,000 on the table for developers willing to build tools around one of crypto’s fastest-growing sectors: tokenized stocks. The BNB Hack: Tokenized Stocks Edition, an online hackathon accepting submissions from September 16 through October 11, is designed to accelerate development of blockchain-native applications tied to tokenized equities.
The tokenized stocks boom on BNB Chain The chain launched bStocks in June 2026, a platform offering 1:1-backed tokenized versions of US equities as BEP-20 tokens. Think of it like buying Apple or Tesla stock, except the asset lives on a blockchain and trades 24/7 instead of being locked behind market hours and broker intermediaries.
bStocks reached a market cap in the hundreds of millions within weeks of launch. Before bStocks even arrived, xStocks had already introduced over 50 tokenized US equities and ETFs on BNB Chain by late April 2026.
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Cumulative tokenized stock trading volume on BNB Chain surpassed $5.2 billion by mid-September 2026. During Labor Day weekend alone, volume crossed $1 billion. At peak times, BNB Chain has commanded nearly 30% of the total global market cap for tokenized stocks and ETFs. The only platform giving it serious competition in that metric is Ondo.
What the hackathon is actually looking for The hackathon is focused on building blockchain tools related to tokenized stocks. It could mean better trading interfaces, portfolio management dashboards, analytics tools, DeFi integrations that let users lend or borrow against tokenized equity positions, or entirely new financial products that wouldn’t be possible in traditional markets.
The submission window runs about four weeks, giving developers enough time to build a working prototype. This hackathon is notable for its narrow focus on a single asset class. Previous BNB Chain events typically cast a wider net across DeFi, gaming, and infrastructure.
Why tokenized stocks keep gaining traction Traditional stock markets operate on limited hours, settle trades over multiple days, and require layers of intermediaries. Tokenized versions trade around the clock, settle near-instantly on-chain, and can plug directly into DeFi protocols for lending, borrowing, and yield strategies.
The 1:1 backing model that platforms like bStocks use means each token represents a claim on a real share held in custody. This distinguishes them from synthetic stock tokens, which use derivatives to mimic price exposure without holding the underlying asset. The synthetic approach ran into regulatory trouble in 2021 when Binance pulled its stock tokens after pressure from multiple regulators.
Competitive landscape BNB Chain isn’t the only network chasing tokenized real-world assets. Ethereum hosts major players like Ondo and BlackRock’s BUIDL fund. Solana has made inroads with its own tokenization initiatives. Avalanche has courted institutional issuers.
BNB Chain’s trading volumes already rival the combined output of several competing chains in this category. The nearly 30% share of global tokenized stock market cap it has captured at peak times gives it meaningful liquidity, rivaled only by Ondo in that metric.
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Po hard forku Pasteur se BEP-675 stal dominantní cestou tvorby bloků na BSC a BidBlock V2 nyní v průměru nese o 28 % více gasu na blok. Síť zároveň postupně zvyšuje gas limit nad 55M směrem k 70M.
TL;DRSince the Pasteur hard fork, BEP-675 has quickly become BSC’s dominant block-building path, powering ~98% of blocks in the latest three-day window.BidBlock V2 removes one redundant EVM execution pass before sealing and is averaging 28% more gas per block than Bid V1 under live mainnet traffic.The first Gas Limit increase is now underway; Validators are raising the target to 70M ahead of 15 Sep 2026, and the onchain limit is already climbing past 55M while the network runs above 95% utilization.With the new architecture running on mainnet, BSC is preparing for its next scaling stages toward 70M, 80M, and potentially 90M Gas Limits.The Pasteur hard fork went live on BNB Smart Chain on August 25, 2026 with a clear goal: create more room for BSC to process larger blocks efficiently.
At the center of that upgrade is BEP-675, a new block-building architecture that removes redundant transaction execution from the time-sensitive path before validators seal builder-proposed blocks.
The first mainnet data covering the period through September 1is now in. Within its first week, BEP-675 became BSC’s dominant block-production path, while BidBlock V2 blocks averaged 28% more gas than Bid V1.
That gives us an early look at what Pasteur has already changed under the hood — and the additional scaling headroom it creates for BSC.
What Pasteur Changed in BSC Block ProductionBefore Pasteur, a builder-proposed block could involve three Ethereum Virtual Machine, or EVM, execution passes.
BEP-675 streamlines that process by removing validator-side replay from the pre-seal path.
Block-production step
Before Pasteur
After Pasteur (With BEP-675)
Parent block import
Validator executes
Validator executes
Block construction
Builder executes transactions
Builder executes transactions
Pre-seal validator replay
Validator re-executes transactions
Removed
Post-broadcast verification
Validator imports and verifies block
Validator imports and verifies block
Total EVM execution passes across the builder-driven path
3
2
BEP-675, or Builder-Proposed Block with Validator Blind Signing, introduces the SendBidBlock remote procedure call.
Instead of submitting only a transaction list, builders can send a fully executed BidBlock containing signed user transactions, execution results, system transactions, and optional blob sidecars. Validators can then assemble and seal the block without replaying every user transaction first.
That means less duplicated work and more of each block window available for builders to construct larger blocks.
Verification Remains Part of the ProcessThe efficiency gain comes from changing when full execution verification happens.
Before sealing, validators still verify consensus-derived header fields, check for a non-zero gas fee, sign permitted system transactions, recompute the transaction hash, and control the block’s Extra field.
After broadcast, validators execute the block during local import and verify the state root, receipts root, and blob commitments where applicable.
Bid V1 also remains available as an operational fallback. If a builder encounters an issue with BidBlock V2, it can return to the existing flow with full validator-side simulation before sealing.
So while Pasteur removes one redundant execution pass from the critical block-production window, correctness checks and fallback mechanisms remain in place.
BEP-675 Has Quickly Become the Mainnet StandardAdoption after Pasteur has moved quickly. Across the three-day observation window ending Sep 1:
Block-production path
Share of blocks
BidBlock V2
~98%
Bid V1
2%
Local
0.1%
Hourly adoption of BidBlock V2 reached a peak of 98.3%. Of 49 registered builder instances, 24 had integrated BEP-675.
More importantly, 100% of the 33 builders that were actually active during the observation window.
The builder market remains concentrated, with 48Club and BlockRazor producing 97.8% of blocks over the same three-day period. Their adoption therefore has an outsized effect on how quickly BEP-675 reaches mainnet traffic at scale.
The early signal is strong: BEP-675 has moved from a newly activated protocol path to the primary way builder-proposed blocks are produced on BSC.
Post-Pasteur Blocks Are Packing More GasSince the Pasteur hardfork, the most tangible result so far is visible in block depth. BidBlock V2 is therefore averaging 28% more gas per block than Bid V1.
At the upper end of the distribution, the difference is even more visible: BidBlock V2 reached 43.8M gas at P99 compared with 33.8M for Bid V1.
These figures come from live mainnet traffic rather than a controlled benchmark, so they should be read as observed production performance rather than an isolated measurement of BEP-675 alone. Even with that qualification, the direction is encouraging: the new path is already supporting deeper blocks while operating below BSC’s current 55M Gas Limit.
Mainnet Operation Is Also Strengthening the Safety PathRunning a new architecture on mainnet provides information that test environments cannot fully reproduce. Early monitoring after Pasteur identified 15 malformed BidBlocks, mainly linked to an empty State Root in one builder configuration.
The issue was fixed, additional defensive checks were introduced, and no recurrence appeared during the five-day observation window through September 1. This also demonstrated the value of keeping Bid V1 available. Builders can fall back to the simulation-protected path when necessary while BidBlock V2 adoption continues.
The result is a rollout that can improve through real production feedback without depending on a single block-building path.
What the First Post-Pasteur Data ShowsThe first week of mainnet data gives us two strong signals.
First, BEP-675 adoption has moved quickly enough for BidBlock V2 to become BSC’s primary block-production path.
Second, the architectural change is creating meaningful block headroom. Removing validator-side replay frees more of the block window for builders, and BidBlock V2 is already producing deeper blocks under live traffic. That gives BSC a stronger starting point for the next stage of scaling.
As block capacity increases, the focus progressively shifts to the rest of the pipeline:
Delivery: Larger BidBlocks need to reach validators within bidding deadlines.Synchronization: Larger blocks and receipts need to propagate efficiently between nodes.Execution: Builders and nodes still need to execute and import blocks efficiently as workloads increase.Pasteur removes one major source of duplicated work. The roadmap now builds on that improvement layer by layer.
What Pasteur Means for the BNB Chain EcosystemThe biggest change is inside block production.
Builders can now submit fully executed BidBlocks through SendBidBlock, giving them more of the block window to compete and construct larger blocks.
Validators continue verifying correctness after broadcast through local block execution, preserving an important part of the existing validation process.
For the broader ecosystem, the benefit is additional capacity headroom. Pasteur gives BSC a stronger architecture for increasing Gas Limits as mainnet data shows the network is ready.
From 55M Toward 90M GasBSC entered September at a 55 million Gas Limit, and the increase to 90M is scheduled in three stages:
With BEP-675 now running at scale, attention turns to how BSC can use the additional headroom. The network currently operates at a 55 million Gas Limit.
These are targets rather than guaranteed dates. Each increase will be guided by mainnet evidence, including finality, missed blocks, large-block behavior, cross-region latency, node import time, builder market share, and fallback health.
Building the Infrastructure for Larger BlocksAs Gas Limits rise, other parts of the network need to keep pace. BSC is already working on the infrastructure needed to support those larger blocks.
gRPC and RLPThe current JSON and hexadecimal block-delivery path adds representation and serialization overhead.
Transporting Recursive Length Prefix, or RLP, encoded data over gRPC is designed to reduce that overhead and improve the delivery of larger BidBlocks, particularly at the latency tail.
That gives builders and validators a more efficient transport path as block payloads grow.
eth/70Larger blocks also need to synchronize reliably across the network. The current peer protocol creates an approximate synchronization boundary around 83 million gas because receipts for a block must fit into a single 10 MiB response.
eth/70 allows receipts for one block to span multiple bounded responses, giving nodes a better way to synchronize increasingly large blocks.
Block-Level Access ListsA Block-Level Access List (BAL) can expose state accesses in advance, enabling techniques such as state prefetching, dependency-aware parallel execution, and faster block import.
BEP-675 removes redundant execution. BAL targets greater efficiency in the execution work that remains.
BAL is not currently required for the planned move to 90M gas. Its rollout will depend on testing and production evidence.
What’s NextPasteur is live, BEP-675 has become the dominant block-building path, and the first mainnet results show the additional headroom beginning to translate into deeper blocks.
The next step is to turn that headroom into higher network capacity carefully.
Pasteur removed a major source of redundant work from BSC block production. With BEP-675 now running across the majority of mainnet blocks, BSC has more room to push capacity further, one measured step at a time.
12 September 2026 | 19:43 BNB Chain’s reported RWA growth points to stronger issuer distribution, but it does not show whether tokenized assets are generating lasting onchain activity.
Key Takeaways BNB Chain led reported 2026 RWA growth. The chart measures growth, not total value. Funds and tokenized equities added distribution. Asset value does not guarantee BNB demand. Issuer concentration remains an important risk. BNB Chain led CryptoRank’s 2026 growth comparison BNB Chain shared a CryptoRank chart on September 12 that ranked the network first for real-world asset (RWA) value growth in 2026. RWAs are blockchain-based tokens linked to traditional assets, including funds, Treasuries, credit and equities.
Using RWA.xyz data, CryptoRank put BNB Chain’s year-to-date RWA value growth at about $3.6 billion. Solana followed with $2.6 billion and Stellar with $2.5 billion. The comparison does not measure total RWA value, trading activity, network revenue or demand for BNB.
The public chart also does not provide a product-by-product breakdown or its full calculation methodology. It shows the scale of the reported increase, but not which assets generated it or how much of the change came from each category.
Who run the (RWA) world?
BNB Chain.https://t.co/DTZP40o83D
— BNB Chain (@BNBCHAIN) September 12, 2026
One dashboard can show four different RWA stories The ranking needs context because onchain-asset dashboards track different measures. On September 12, RWA.xyz’s BNB Chain dashboard showed about $5.6 billion in distributed asset value, $14.3 billion in stablecoins and $14.9 billion in 30-day RWA transfer volume.
What each number measures
About $3.6B: reported 2026 growth
The year-to-date change shown in CryptoRank’s comparison. It is not an additional asset pool to add to the current total.
About $5.6B: distributed asset value
Tracked RWA tokens that can move outside their issuing platforms. The figure does not show how often they trade.
About $14.3B: stablecoin market cap
Stablecoins are tracked separately from tokenized investment products and should not be treated as the same category.
About $14.9B: 30-day transfer volume
Transfers can include trades, issuer operations, redemptions, bridge activity and wallet movements—not only fresh investor demand.
For that reason, transfer volume can indicate activity without showing whether investors are accumulating assets. Recent tokenized-stock data showed that transfers can grow much faster than the capital held in the products.
Issuer distribution is widening, but the breakdown is unclear BNB Chain now hosts tokenized money-market products, Treasury-linked funds and tokenized equities. Its institutional-finance page lists BlackRock’s BUIDL fund, Franklin Templeton’s BENJI platform, Circle’s USYC and Ondo Global Markets among products available on the network.
Public data does not isolate how much each product contributed to the $3.6 billion increase. Tokenized equities may be one contributor: BNB Chain introduced bStocks as BEP-20 tokens in June, while Ondo Global Markets expanded access to tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs.
Availability is not uniform. KYC checks, transfer restrictions, investor eligibility and redemption terms can vary by product and jurisdiction. Economic exposure to a stock or fund also does not automatically provide the voting, custody or redemption rights attached to an ordinary security, as explained in this guide to RWA tokenization platforms.
Binance Research, the exchange group’s research arm, estimated in July that BNB Chain hosted close to 30% of tokenized equities and ETFs by market capitalization. Its analysis also found substantial bStocks turnover onchain, much of it outside U.S. market hours, while noting that tokenized-equity trading remained a small share of activity in the underlying stock market.
The relevant test is whether these products retain users after issuance through secondary liquidity, collateral use and repeat settlement, not merely whether they can be issued onchain.
Why more RWA value does not automatically lift BNB demand BNB is used to pay network fees and participate in the BNB Chain ecosystem. Tokenized products may increase fee usage when they create transactions that would not otherwise take place on the chain. Their face value, however, does not translate directly into demand for BNB.
A large money-market fund may remain largely inactive after issuance. A tokenized equity can trade often while generating limited fees because BNB Chain transactions are inexpensive. Gas sponsorship and custodial interfaces can further weaken the link between end-user activity and direct BNB purchases.
The evidence to watch is additional fee-paying activity tied specifically to tokenized assets: recurring settlement, secondary trading, collateral transfers and DeFi use. These show more about network use than the notional value of tokens held on the chain.
A lead in RWA value can still be concentrated RWA.xyz’s BNB Chain platform table includes a small group of major issuers and platforms, including Franklin Templeton, Circle, BitGo, Ondo and Binance-linked products. That concentration is common in a regulated market, where issuers need compliance and distribution infrastructure before bringing assets onchain.
It also means that a few decisions can materially affect the ranking. An issuer changing networks, a large redemption or a platform reducing support for a product could reverse part of the reported growth without demonstrating a broad shift in user demand.
The same issue appeared in Solana’s RWA and payments data, where high activity depended heavily on a limited number of issuers and venues. A chain can win issuer distribution before it wins broad user adoption: the first appears in asset listings, while the second requires persistent holders and liquid secondary markets.
What would make BNB Chain’s lead more durable? More issuers: A smaller share controlled by the largest platforms would reduce dependence on a few providers. Deeper secondary markets: Tighter spreads, available liquidity and repeat trading without temporary incentives would show use beyond issuance. Visible DeFi use: Collateral balances, lending markets and RWA-specific transactions would show whether the assets are becoming financial building blocks. BNB Chain’s ranking is meaningful evidence that issuers are selecting the network for distribution. It becomes stronger evidence of a durable RWA market only if those assets continue to change hands in liquid venues, work as collateral and attract users beyond the initial issuing platforms.
This article is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial or investment advice.
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Alex is Editor-in-Chief of Coindoo and co-founder of Millennial Media Group, with nearly a decade of experience covering financial markets - crypto first, then everything else. It started in 2016 with Bitcoin. Like most people at the time, he didn't fully understand it - so he kept digging. Blockchain, tokenomics, the projects, the cycles. That curiosity never stopped, and eventually pulled him into traditional markets too: equities, commodities, macro. Not because he left crypto behind, but because you can't properly understand one without the other. What drives him is straightforward: he wants to know why something is happening, not just that it's happening. Most market coverage stops at the headline - price up, price down, here's a chart. Alex finds that kind of reporting actively unhelpful. If you walk away from an article without understanding the mechanism behind the move, what did you actually learn? He holds a degree in Tourism from New Bulgarian University - not the most obvious path into financial markets, but markets have a way of pulling in people who are simply too curious to stay out. He has authored over 200 in-depth analyses and more than 10,000 articles across crypto and traditional finance. He still thinks every day in markets teaches him something new. That's probably why he hasn't stopped.
Výnosy protokolu BNB Chain vyskočily o 42 % na 3,2 milionu USD a dosáhly nejvyšší úrovně od října 2025. BNB zároveň za 24 hodin přidal 2,57 % na 727,01 USD.
TLDR: BNB Chain protocol revenue reached $3.2 million on September 9, its highest level since October 2025. BSC protocol revenue rose 42% from $2.25 million on July 31 to $3.2 million by September 9. Base network protocol revenue jumped nearly 194%, from $347,000 to $1.02 million in five weeks. BNB traded near $727.01, gaining 2.57% in 24 hours and 1.10% over the past seven trading days. BNB Chain protocol revenue climbed 42% to reach $3.2 million on September 9, marking its highest daily level since October 2025.
The jump reflects a sharp rise in fee-generating activity across all protocols operating on BNB Smart Chain. The reading compares to $2.25 million recorded on July 31, when Bitcoin traded near $62,400.
Bitcoin has since risen about 26% to $78,400, yet BNB Chain protocol revenue expanded at a considerably faster pace than Bitcoin’s price over the same stretch.
BNB Chain Revenue Outpaces Bitcoin Price Direction The current reading also stands roughly 19% above the $2.68 million recorded on January 12. Bitcoin, by comparison, trades about 14% below its January 12 price of $91,200.
This gap suggests BNB Chain protocol revenue is not simply tracking Bitcoin’s broader price trend. Fee generation on the network has moved independently of Bitcoin’s recent decline.
The divergence points to activity building specifically within BNB Smart Chain’s ecosystem of applications. Decentralized exchanges, token launches, derivatives platforms and lending protocols all contribute to this revenue figure. A rise in these categories signals renewed on-chain engagement regardless of Bitcoin’s own price path.
BNB, the network’s native token, traded at $727.01 at the time of writing. The token carried a 24-hour trading volume of $1,128,174,325 alongside the revenue data. BNB posted a 2.57% price increase over the past 24 hours. Over the past seven days, the token gained 1.10%, extending its recent upward move.
Source: Coingecko
Together, these figures place BNB Chain protocol revenue at its strongest level in nearly a year. The scale of the increase stands out even without accounting for Bitcoin’s separate price movements. Fee activity across the network has clearly accelerated since late July.
Base Network Shows Parallel Surge in Protocol Revenue The expansion in fee-generating activity is not limited to BNB Smart Chain. Base recorded daily protocol revenue of approximately $1.02 million on September 9. That figure compares to about $347,000 on July 31, just over five weeks earlier.
The increase on Base amounts to roughly 194%, or nearly three times its earlier level. This growth rate exceeds the percentage gain recorded across BNB Smart Chain protocols in the same window. Both networks point toward broader momentum in on-chain fee activity industry-wide.
Higher protocol revenue generally reflects stronger participation from decentralized exchanges, token launches, and lending platforms.
It can also stem from increased activity among either retail traders or larger holders. The source of that activity often shapes what follows in subsequent price behavior.
Stronger participation from larger holders has historically aligned with steadier price behavior afterward, particularly when they absorb supply during weaker phases.
Retail-heavy activity near market tops, by contrast, has at times coincided with distribution from larger holders. Revenue figures alone do not identify which group is driving current activity on either network.
Flap na BNB Chain spustil Permissionless Launch, který umožňuje tvůrcům nasazovat vlastní tokenové trhy bez spoléhání na předem definovaná kotovací aktiva. Současně mohou při spuštění nastavovat i peněženky, distribuci dividend, burn a likviditu.
Flap Removes Gatekeeping From Token Market CreationFlap (flap.sh) has rolled out a Permissionless Launch feature on BNB Chain, giving project creators the freedom to design and deploy their own token markets without relying on predefined quote assets. The update marks a meaningful expansion of the platform's toolkit, removing one of the more common friction points for anyone looking to launch a new market on-chain.
Under the new feature, creators can select custom quote tokens when setting up a market. Supported options span real-world assets (RWAs), blue-chip cryptocurrencies, and trending meme tokens, broadening the range of trading pairs that can be built natively on the platform.
Programmable Mechanics for CreatorsBeyond quote token flexibility, the feature ships with a set of programmable controls. Creators can configure dedicated wallets, set dividend distributions, enable token burns, and manage liquidity parameters directly at launch. Together, these tools give teams more direct control over how their token economy is structured from day one.
Flap describes itself as programmable token infrastructure. Instead of one fixed bonding-curve format, creators pick modules such as tax tokens, custom quote assets, and reward mechanics, then assemble a launch from those components. The platform is particularly known for creator revenue sharing and tax token standards.
Flap is backed by Yzi Labs, the venture firm formerly known as Binance Labs. Yzi Labs introduced a $1 billion Builder Fund for projects building on BNB Chain, targeting sectors including trading, RWAs, AI, DeFi, and wallets. That backing places Flap within a well-resourced ecosystem built around the $BNB network.
The platform currently runs on multiple networks, including BNB Chain, X Layer, Monad, and Morph. The Permissionless Launch feature, however, is focused on BNB Chain, where some of the platform's most prominent meme tokens, including Broccoli, Moolah, and Froggie, originated.
The move reflects a broader push across the BNB Chain ecosystem to make token creation more accessible and composable, with infrastructure that can accommodate a wider range of asset types and community-driven projects.
Sources
Flap on BNB Chain DappBay | CoinDesk: YZi Labs $1B BNB Chain Fund | IQ.wiki: Flap Protocol Overview
Kalshi spustila krypto perpetual kontrakty na BTC, ETH, BNB, LINK a dalších 14 aktivech s pákou až 6x. Přichází to v době, kdy se platforma dál přetahuje se státními regulátory i Nejvyšším soudem.
Kalshi has just reached a milestone. The predictive markets platform recorded 15.4 million visits from the United States in July 2026, compared to barely 1 million a year earlier. That’s an increase of 1,520%, according to Similarweb data consulted by Cointelegraph on Friday. Trading volume is rising at an even faster pace. Approximately 40 billion dollars in notional monthly volume in August, compared to 874 million a year before. But the information that really changes the game is elsewhere. Kalshi has just launched crypto perpetual contracts, including BTC, ETH, BNB and 14 other assets, with up to 6x leverage. A pivot that complicates an already heavy regulatory file.
In brief Kalshi now captures most of the growth in the predictive markets sector, driven by sports contracts. The platform is playing its regulatory survival before the Supreme Court on the exact nature of its contracts. In the midst of a legal battle, Kalshi chooses to open a second front by launching leveraged crypto perpetuals. Kalshi: Vertigo-Inducing Traffic and Volumes The numbers speak for themselves. US traffic represented nearly 80% of Kalshi’s total in July, compared to 72.8% a year earlier. Growth remains massively concentrated on the American market. Sports contracts, meanwhile, account for 83% of July’s trading volume, reported Barron’s on Thursday. In terms of volume, the entire predictive markets industry has grown from 2 to 50.7 billion dollars monthly over the period, with Kalshi capturing nearly 79% of the total alone. So Kalshi hasn’t just grown, it has absorbed the entire market.
The notable fact here is that traffic is also increasing from jurisdictions where Kalshi is not allowed to operate directly:
Canada increased from 50,000 to 450,000 visits; The United Kingdom from 31,000 to 296,000, while the platform’s user agreement still prohibits direct access from these two countries. Kalshi circumvented the issue in June through a partnership with Wealthsimple, which gives access to about 4,000 eligible contracts via a separate app. Clever, but it doesn’t erase the fundamental question. Who accesses what, and under what authorization?
A Court Case that Has Reached the Supreme Court While traffic explodes, the courts are active. New Jersey has brought before the US Supreme Court the question of whether Kalshi’s sports contracts fall under federal supervision (thus the CFTC) or state gambling laws specific to each state. Michigan is pursuing its own efforts to block the platform. The issue is not cosmetic because if sports contracts are reclassified as bets under state jurisdiction, a significant part of Kalshi’s model, 83% of the volume, becomes fragile in its main markets.
Kalshi is playing a double-edged sword here. On the one hand, it claims federal status as an event contract market, regulated by the CFTC for years. On the other hand, the bigger the platform grows, the more it attracts state regulators’ attention, who see in this success proof that Kalshi is effectively disguised sports betting.
The Crypto Shift that Incorporates a Regulator And now Kalshi adds another layer. On September 4, the Kalshi Crypto account announced on X the launch of perpetuals on BNB, complementing an offering that already covers BTC, ETH, LINK and 14 other cryptos, with leverage up to 6x for eligible American traders. An extension confirmed the same day by a post relaying the announcement on the network. The platform is also pushing, according to the same publications, towards tokenized stocks and gold.
To say it frankly, the timing is bold because Kalshi is already fighting before the Supreme Court to prove that it is not a disguised bookmaker. And it chooses this precise moment to launch 6x leverage on cryptos, a territory that clearly falls under the CFTC’s eye for classical derivatives. Instead of simplifying its regulatory file, Kalshi has opened a second front. This time on leveraged crypto derivatives, while the first, sports contracts vs. gambling, is not even resolved yet.
Three Things About Kalshi to Keep in Mind US traffic up +1,520% in one year, 15.4 million visits in July, compared to less than 1 million in August 2025 Kalshi is about 40 billion dollars, driven to 83% by sports contracts, while litigation over their status rises to the Supreme Court New regulatory front opened at the beginning of September: launch of crypto perpetuals (BTC, ETH, BNB, LINK + 14 assets) up to 6x leverage Kalshi is therefore growing faster than its regulatory base can keep up. Between the Supreme Court and the CFTC, two fronts are opening at the same time: sports and crypto. The question is no longer whether a regulator will decide, but which one will tackle it first.
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Binance spustila perpetuální kontrakty pro PONS a HAJIMI. PONS po zprávě vystřelil na nové maximum kolem 0,93 USD, zatímco HAJIMI zůstává kolem 0,072 USD.
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World's biggest crypto exchange Binance officially expanded its derivatives lineup today, launching perpetual contracts for two fundamentally different assets: the utility token PONS (Robinhood Chain) and the meme coin HAJIMI (BNB Smart Chain).
When setting the trading conditions, the exchange applied a differentiated approach to risk management: leverage of up to 20x is available for PONS, while leverage for the highly speculative HAJIMI is strictly capped at 3x.
Binance listing market reaction for HAJIMI and PONS tokens, Source: TradingViewThe listings triggered an immediate influx of liquidity onto the exchange, reflected in a vertical surge in trading volumes on TradingView charts, and opened a window for a major on-chain attack.
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The difference in available leverage stems from the projects' different natures and business models. PONS is the native utility token of Pons, the dominant launchpad on Robinhood Chain, an Arbitrum-based L2 network.
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Its deflationary model is built on automatic PONS buybacks and burns funded by fees. Following the news, the asset hit new highs around $0.93, with a daily trading volume of $20.39 million, while its market capitalization is already approaching $1 billion.
In contrast, HAJIMI is a pure meme coin on BNB Chain, launched through the four.meme platform. The asset is fueled exclusively by hype within the Asian community, while the conservative 3x leverage cap underscores its extreme volatility. HAJIMI is currently holding around $0.072, with a trading volume of $26.66 million.
How one bot hijacked the entire listing while everyone else was reading the push notificationImmediately after Binance published its announcement, a technological drama unfolded in the HAJIMI meme coin market. Automated algorithms captured the entire initial wave of liquidity ahead of retail traders.
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According to on-chain analyst EmberCN, at exactly 13:55:12 UTC — the very second the news broke — a news trader carried out a successful MEV attack (front-running):
Hidden costs: To secure the very top position in the block, the bot sent its transaction through a private RPC channel directly to the BNB48 Club validator node, paying a bribe of 35.3 BNB ($26,800) and another 5.5 BNB ($4,200) in priority gas fees.Trade and profit-taking: After spending $31,000 on fees, the bot was the first to buy 9.89 million HAJIMI for $200,000 at $0.02 per token and, a few minutes later, sold its entire position into the incoming wave of orders at an average price of $0.058, locking in $378,000 in net profit.Trading in both pairs continues amid heightened volatility.
For half a decade, blockchain networks have been locked in a race to the bottom on gas fees. BNB Chain just stepped off the track.
Nina Rong, BNB Chain’s Growth Director, said on September 6 that the network’s priority is no longer reducing transaction costs. Instead, she argued the industry needs to build sustainable business models that incorporate gas fees, revenue sharing, and commercial agreements, essentially the boring-but-necessary financial plumbing that keeps infrastructure projects alive long-term.
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The fee wars are over, apparently BNB Chain has been one of the more aggressive fee cutters in the space. The network slashed gas costs to as low as 0.05 Gwei and achieved reductions exceeding 90% over historical trends.
But Rong’s message was clear: the next five years should look nothing like the last five. The emphasis needs to shift away from grants and fee reductions toward structures that actually generate revenue.
Her comments landed in the middle of a heated debate about Robinhood Chain’s transaction costs. The newly launched chain has drawn criticism for fees that can peak around $0.40 per transaction. But Robinhood Chain has a counterargument: it shares approximately 10% of its net revenue with the Arbitrum ecosystem, directing 8% to the DAO treasury and 2% toward development initiatives.
What this means for the competitive landscape Robinhood Chain’s revenue-sharing model with Arbitrum offers one template. By allocating a fixed percentage of net revenue back to the broader ecosystem, it creates alignment between the chain’s commercial success and the health of the network it builds on. The 8% DAO treasury allocation and 2% development fund split give stakeholders a direct financial interest in the chain’s transaction volume rather than just its token price.
For BNB Chain specifically, the pivot makes strategic sense. The network has already captured significant market share through years of aggressive fee cuts. Continuing to slash prices offers diminishing returns.
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BNB Agent Studio v3 přidává Turnkey jako další možnost peněženky vedle TWAK a Altany. Současně lze tBNB nově získat přes Telegram bot bez zůstatku na mainnetu, s nárokem 1× za 24 hodin.
Turnkey is now a wallet option in BNB Agent Studio, alongside TWAK and Altana.The tBNB faucet moved to a Telegram bot. No mainnet balance required, one claim per 24 hours.Travala is now settling through MPP, giving BNB Chain a named case of agent payments beyond x402.Altana wallets can act as b402 sellers through Binance Pay. b402 also now works on Azure.Building agents that can actually hold and move money means solving the same problem from a few different angles. v3 adds a new wallet option for builders working under different constraints, and infrastructure fixes that let agents do more of what they're already built for.
Turnkey: A Third Wallet Option
Turnkey is now integrated in BNB Agent Studio as a wallet option, alongside TWAK and Altana. It's built by the team that built Coinbase Custody, and it's already running in production for Bridge, Polymarket, and Alchemy.
What it adds:
Cross-chain reach. One API across multiple chains (e.g Tron, Ethereum), so an agent isn't confined to BSC if the job needs to touch other chains.Enclave-enforced policy. Every action passes through a policy engine running inside a secure enclave, which returns ALLOW, DENY, or REQUIRE_CONSENSUS. That check runs independent of the agent's own model, so the boundary holds even if the agent's reasoning is wrong or gets manipulated into asking for something it shouldn't.Human co-signing. Actions above a threshold you set, or actions touching pooled funds, can require a developer's co-signature before anything moves.Together, that's a wallet built for agents that need to operate across more than one chain, and for builders who want enforcement sitting outside the agent's own judgment.
Claim tBNB Easily via Telegram
Claiming testnet tokens used to require holding 0.02 BNB on mainnet first. For a first-time developer, that's a wall before the wall: you need mainnet funds to get the testnet funds you'd use specifically to avoid touching mainnet.
V3 tBNB now claims through a Telegram bot. With no balance requirement, and can be claimed once per 24 hours. It's a small fix, but it's the kind of friction that decides whether someone's first hour with Studio goes smoothly or doesn't.
Agents Can Book Flights & Hotels, With Travala
Studio now supports MPP as a payment method for agents. Travala, the crypto-native travel booking platform, is settling through it, which means an agent can now pay for a real flight or hotel booking through MPP rather than routing around it.
That's one more concrete thing an agent can actually do end to end: hold a budget, find a booking, pay for it, without a human clicking through the last step.
Smaller Fixes
A few things that were quietly holding agents back got fixed too. Altana wallets can now earn, not only spend. That matters more than it sounds: an agent that could only pay was half a commercial actor, and agent-to-agent commerce on BNB needs both halves.
On the b402 rail, an Altana wallet now acts as a seller, with Binance Pay integrated as the facilitator, charging per request for what it serves. On the ERC-8183 rail, the same wallet can be hired for a job, deliver the work, and collect the escrowed payment. One wallet, both sides of every transaction.
The same logic applies to infrastructure. b402 seller functionality now works for agents deployed on Azure, matching what was already available on AWS. Where an agent runs shouldn't change what it's allowed to do.
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Get started with Turnkey as a wallet option in BNB Agent Studio now.
More wallet options, payment paths, and infrastructure fixes are coming as builders push BNB Agent Studio into new use cases.
Kalshi rozšířila CFTC-regulované perpetual futures o BNB, ADA, WLD, AAVE a Venice Token (VVV). Produkty běží pod značkou American Perpetuals a vypořádávají se v USD.
Kalshi prediction market has expanded its perpetual futures (perps) offerings to include BNB, Cardano (ADA), and AAVE. The platform shows perpetual contracts for AI altcoins such as Worldcoin (WLD) and Venice Token (VVV) are also live for trading after approval from the US CFTC.
BNB, ADA, WLD, AAVE & Venice Token Perps Trading Goes Live on Kalshi Kalshi has added BNB, ADA, AAVE, WLD, and VVV to its line of US CFTC-regulated perpetual contracts. The products debuted under the trademark “American Perpetuals,” which aims to offer CFTC-regulated perpetual futures contracts for trading in the United States.
Notably, the prediction market platform filed for these perpetual futures with the CFTC last week. The max leverage varies by crypto asset, such as 4.5x for BNB and 1.9x for Venice Token.
Kalshi now offers perpetuals trading for Bitcoin and 17 altcoins such as ETH, XRP, SOL, HYPE, and Zcash. Notably, the perpetuals are CFTC-regulated, don’t have an expiration date, and settle in USD.
As CoinGape reported earlier, Kalshi last launched Zcash (ZEC), Near Protocol (NEAR), Dogecoin (DOGE), and Shiba Inu (SHIB) perps. However, approvals for XLM, DOT, and HBAR are still pending with the US CFTC.
The approvals came despite CME Group’s lawsuit against the US CFTC and Chairman Mike Selig, alleging these contracts are swaps. This week, the CFTC filed a motion to dismiss the CME lawsuit, arguing the exchange lacks standing on its competitive-injury claims.
BNB, ADA, WLD, AAVE and Venice Token Perps. Source: Kalshi
Prices Rebound amid More Perpetual Futures Approval by CFTC BNB price jumped more than 5% to $729 amid broader crypto market recovery. The price is currently trading around $723, with a massive 83% rise in trading volume in the last 24 hours.
ADA price has skyrocketed almost 10% to $0.222 as RealFi sets October 1 mainnet launch. Cardano price outlook shows further upside to $0.28.
Meanwhile, AAVE, WLD, and VVV prices also jumped higher as the US Treasury bought back $12.5 billion of debt in its latest Treasury buyback operation.
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Ondo na BNB Chain překročilo 173 000 unikátních držitelů svých výnosových produktů. Na BNB Chain zároveň drží tokenizované akcie a treasury produkty stovky milionů v TVL.
Record Holder Counts and Billions in Volume@Ondo is recording some of its strongest growth figures to date on @BNBChain, as the network celebrates its sixth anniversary. The protocol's unique holder count for its yield-bearing products, including the token at ethereum:0xfaba6f8e4a5e8ab82f62fe7c39859fa577269be3, has surpassed 173,000, reflecting broad uptake from both retail and institutional clients seeking on-chain exposure to real-world assets (RWAs).
The growth in holders mirrors a wider trend across the RWA sector. Ondo sits at the center of that shift, with its tokenized stock and treasury products accumulating hundreds of millions in TVL on BNB Chain alone.
The figures underline why BNB Chain has become a primary venue for Ondo's institutional ambitions.
BNB Chain as an RWA PowerhouseBNB Chain's infrastructure has proven well-suited for tokenized assets. That momentum has made it one of the most active destinations for institutions moving fixed-income and equity exposure on-chain.
That kind of performance gives institutional participants the speed and reliability they require when trading tokenized securities around the clock.
The breadth of that product lineup, combined with BNB Chain's low fees and fast finality, positions the pairing as one of the more credible on-ramps for mainstream adoption of tokenized finance.
Sources:
Ondo Finance 2025 Recap: Wall Street 2.0 Goes Global
BNB Chain H2 2026 Tech Roadmap
BNB Chain Latest Updates, CoinMarketCap
CME Group a CF Benchmarks spustily dva nové kryptoměnové benchmarky, včetně indexu, který záměrně vynechává Bitcoin a Ether. Sleduje deset altcoinů včetně BNB, XRP, SOL, HYPE, LINK, XLM, SUI, UNI, AVAX a AAVE.
CME Group and CF Benchmarks went live on August 31 with two new multi-asset cryptocurrency benchmarks, with the headline product being one that deliberately sidesteps the two biggest names in the market.
What the index tracks Its ten constituents are BNB ($BNB), XRP, Solana ($SOL), Hyperliquid's $HYPE, Chainlink's $LINK, Stellar, Sui, Uniswap, Avalanche and Aave ($AAVE). A companion CME CF Crypto Market Index holds those same ten assets plus Bitcoin and Ether, functioning as a broad-market gauge.
Both indices use free-float market capitalisation weighting, with the constituent lineup reviewed every June and December.
Benchmarks, not tradable products, for now
The door to tradable products is not closed. That precedent suggests the new benchmarks could serve as the foundation for listed products further down the line.
Sources:
Crypto Briefing: CME launches two new cryptocurrency tracking indices with CF Benchmarks
Crypto Economy: CME Emerging Crypto Index Launches Without Bitcoin Or Ethereum
CME Group: CME Group to Launch Nasdaq CME Crypto Index Futures (press release)
BNB Chain po spuštění bStocks ovládá téměř 50 % tokenizovaných akcií a do konce srpna zvýšila nabídku na více než 1,3 miliardy USD. Ethereum zůstalo kolem 800 milionů USD.
BNB Chain’s tokenized-equity initiative reshaped the market hierarchy, turning steady growth into clear leadership after June. Before the launch of bStocks, Ethereum [ETH] controlled the largest supply, while BNB Chain remained below $500 million despite months of gradual expansion.
However, bStocks accelerated growth, carrying BNB Chain beyond $1.3 billion by the end of August compared to Ethereum at around $800 million. Moreover, Solana [SOL] also saw an increase in tokenized equity to around $550 million.
Elsewhere, Avalanche [AVAX], however, maintained around $170 million while all the smaller networks were able to attract minimal amounts of tokenized equity.
Source: Blockworks According to BlockWorks data, these supply figures have given the BNB Chain a nearly 50 percent share of the total supply of nearly $2.9 billion in the space.
Moreover, in providing greater liquidity, bStocks provides two additional benefits that do not exist with traditional shares. They include 24/7 settlement capabilities and composability.
Within that broader lead, bStocks is responsible for most of the increase in tokens available for trading instead of all being increased equally.
In addition to an accumulation of over $500 million in Assets Under Management (AUM) since June, there are now more than 67 active assets supported by bStocks.
Source: BNBChain.org Trading has already exceeded $19 billion, showing those assets are circulating actively rather than simply remaining issued on-chain.
This means there is actual movement of assets through circulation and not merely sitting on a chain. More importantly, when measured using a narrower measure of equity or asset, bStocks typically account for more than half of the available tokenized equity assets.
If bStocks continues to be used for new issuances and trading, it will provide significant support to BNB Chain’s position as the largest decentralized exchange platform. Conversely, if bStocks usage slows down, then it will likely reveal the reliance of the network on the bStocks product family.
That concentration becomes more important when BNB Chain is viewed across the wider RWA market. BNB Chain represents $5.7 billion of the $38.4 billion total RWA distributed market share, making up approximately 15% of the market.
Ethereum controls $17.27 billion, or about 45%, while Solana follows BNB Chain with $4.06 billion. Therefore, its tokenized-equity lead has still not been able to create a similar level of RWA sector leadership.
Source: RWA.xyz While BNB Chain continues to grow within equities, Ethereum receives capital from multiple asset classes. In return, this increases Ethereum’s overall liquidity and decreases reliance upon a single RWA segment.
Expanding into Treasuries and Funds will help to spread out demand for BNB Chain and also increase capital retention. Without this expansion, slowing down the rate of equity growth may hinder BNB Chain’s potential to close Ethereum’s overall lead.
Final Summary BNB Chain now leads tokenized equities, largely driven by bStocks’ growth. However, Ethereum still dominates the broader RWA market with a 45% share.
