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According to official announcements, HertzFlow, a self-custodied leveraged trading protocol backed by Yzi Labs, announced that its mainnet has officially launched on BNB Chain, and the one-week Genesis Vault pre-deposit campaign has also kicked off simultaneously, with limited quota, first come, first served.
Odaily News: BNB Smart Chain (BSC) has announced that the Pasteur hard fork will officially go live on the mainnet at 10:30 AM Beijing time on August 25 (02:30 UTC on August 25). Node operators are required to upgrade their clients to v1.7.7 in advance.This upgrade includes three improvements—BEP-682, BEP-695, and BEP-675—focusing on enhancing cross-chain security, validator governance mechanisms, and network throughput. Among them, BEP-682 will strengthen the BNB Chain cross-chain bridge verification mechanism, preventing permission bypass risks caused by duplicate signature counting by validators, thereby improving the security of cross-chain asset transfers. BEP-695 optimizes the validator key rotation mechanism, ensuring that old keys no longer retain management privileges after exit, while also fixing potential vulnerabilities related to slashing and governance voting.In terms of performance, BEP-675 reduces the time consumption caused by validators repeatedly executing transactions by optimizing the block construction process. In BNB Chain's internal QANet test environment, this solution increased throughput from 1,237 TPS to 2,324 TPS. While maintaining the 450-millisecond block time and the 100 million Gas block limit unchanged, the average Gas usage per block rose from 46.35 million to 84.15 million.BNB Chain stated that this upgrade is primarily aimed at validators and block builders, designed to provide greater capacity during network peak periods and advance the throughput expansion goals outlined in BNB Chain's roadmap for the second half of 2026.
Odaily News: Flap has announced the launch of bBroker Vault, powered by bStocks, on BNB Chain, combining Meme coin trading activity with NFT yields and tokenized stock ecosystems through a new mechanism.Under this mechanism, users are required to pay a fixed fee in corresponding tax tokens to mint bBroker NFTs, and the tokens paid are burned directly. Subsequently, trading fees from quote assets flowing into the Vault are automatically allocated to a "dividend pool" and a "floor price pool," enabling NFT holders to continuously earn dividends in quote assets without staking or locking up.Meanwhile, each bBroker NFT carries an on-chain floor price backed 1:1 by assets in the floor price pool, and holders can sell the NFT back to the Vault at any time to exit. Flap positions this mechanism as a novel on-chain economic model integrating Meme coins, NFTs, and stock assets.
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B.AI welcomes multiple major updates this week. In terms of benefits, new users can log in with one click using Bitget Wallet, Binance Wallet, or imToken wallet to immediately claim 1 million free Credits; logging in via an invitation code grants an additional 300,000, stacking with the exclusive wallet login bonus for a cumulative maximum of 1.3 million, while inviters simultaneously enjoy permanent rebates on friends' recharges and subscriptions. Recharge discounts are released simultaneously, with BNB Chain channels enjoying an exclusive 1:1 equivalent quota bonus, while other multiple payment methods enjoy a 1:0.5 bonus; a single user can receive up to $100 equivalent points. On the model side, new breakthroughs continue as the "Choose Your Own Provider" lineup expands significantly this week, adding the Nebula channel and launching historic call discounts as low as 90% off; meanwhile, Alibaba's flagship Qwen model Qwen3.8-Max officially lands on the platform and is now open for limited-time free experience. Currently, the choose-your-own-provider mode fully covers global mainstream large model series such as Claude, GPT, and Gemini; combined with recharge bonuses and multiple discount tiers, it continues to deliver extreme cost-performance computing power for global developers and enterprise users. Log in now at chat.b.ai/chat to start your journey of intelligent creation.
According to official announcements, Ondo's tokenized U.S. Treasury yield note USDY (U.S. Dollar Yield Token) has now officially launched on BNB Chain, supporting instant minting/redemption and cross-chain bridging functionality. As a leading permissionless tokenized U.S. Treasury product, USDY's launch on BNB Chain, one of the largest and most active public chain ecosystems globally, marks the first time institutional-grade yield assets are accessible directly without permission. This launch is a significant step in USDY's multi-chain expansion, bringing yield-bearing USD asset exposure to millions of users and AI agents within BNB Chain's deep DeFi ecosystem, and achieving a dual improvement in capital efficiency and transaction speed through instant minting and redemption mechanisms. Users no longer need to bridge from other chains to directly hold yield assets backed by U.S. Treasuries within the BNB Chain native environment; for developers, USDY can also serve as high-quality collateral in on-chain lending, trading, and liquidity protocols, seamlessly integrating with BNB Chain native applications.
Alibaba Qwen's latest generation 2.4 trillion-parameter flagship model Qwen3.8-Max has officially launched on the B.AI platform. The model achieves comprehensive improvements in coding, real-world office scenarios, long-horizon tasks, and multimodal agents, and is now live on B.AI with a limited-time free trial. To celebrate the launch, B.AI offers multiple stacked benefits: New users logging in with Binance Wallet, Bitget Wallet, or imToken will immediately receive 1 million free Credits; Top-ups enjoy generous bonuses, with BNB Chain top-ups receiving a 1:1 bonus and other methods 1:0.5, up to a maximum extra $100 per user; Invite friends to register to get 300,000 Credits for them, stacking with the login bonus for a cumulative maximum of 1.3 million, while inviters simultaneously enjoy rebates from friends' top-ups and subscriptions. Limited-time benefits, first come, first served. Log in now at https://chat.b.ai/chat to experience the charm of the new-generation flagship.
BNB Chain: Former Employee Used Original Test Wallet Without Authorization to Deploy Meme Tokens, Legal Proceedings Initiated
Odaily News: BNB Chain posted on the X platform stating that a certain wallet address was previously created by a former employee and used to generate tokens in a video tutorial. This individual is no longer employed by the company due to this incident. After leaving the company, they retained unauthorized access to the associated mnemonic phrase and used it to generate new private keys. BNB Chain has learned that the same address is being independently used for a new Meme token. BNB Chain did not create, authorize, promote, or participate in the creation of this token, nor can it control the token or wallet address. Both are unrelated to and not endorsed by BNB Chain. BNB Chain is taking legal action against the former employee and is cooperating with relevant authorities on this matter.
Odaily News: Crypto KOL Unipcs (also known as "Bonk Guy") stated that Crypto Twitter (CT) and on-chain traders are constantly rotating to chase the hot narratives of each newly launched public chain—essentially, they are continuously seeking new opportunities to lose money.Unipcs noted that two weeks ago, the market concentrated on hyping the Base ecosystem narrative due to Robinhood Chain's performance, but the trend ultimately did not last. Last week, the market began viewing Stable Chain as the next "Robinhood Chain" opportunity, and he had previously warned the community about the related risks.He stated that the highest market-cap Meme coin on Stable Chain has already dropped approximately 90%, and most Meme projects have not generated genuine market attention.Unipcs believes he is not opposed to Tether or Arc Chain—if they focus on their positioning as stablecoin infrastructure, they may still achieve growth. However, forcibly fitting every new chain into the Meme coin narrative is an unreasonable market behavior.He added that many participants do not understand Meme coin culture, which could lead to significant losses for investors' assets. For trading Meme coins, Unipcs recommends focusing on networks with existing ecosystem foundations, such as Robinhood Chain, Solana, and BNB Chain.
Odaily News Four.Meme has announced the launch of the Stock Meme feature. Projects launching tokens on Four.Meme can now choose bStocks US stock tokens as the trading liquidity pool. The first batch supports NVDAb (NVIDIA), with more US stock assets to be added gradually.This feature is jointly launched by Four.Meme, bStocks, and Binance Wallet with the support of the BNB Chain ecosystem, making it one of the first officially supported US stock liquidity pools on BNB Chain. Four.Meme will collaborate with bStocks to provide liquidity support for each bStocks pool on the platform. Additionally, select Stock Meme projects may be featured in the Binance Wallet US Stock Meme section.
Approximately one month after its launch, Robinhood Chain has surpassed Solana in two metrics: Meme coin trading volume and the number of tokenized stock holders. On-chain data shows that Robinhood Launchpad's weekly trading volume reached $1.23 billion, surpassing Solana's core Meme coin platform PumpSwap's $1.22 billion for the first time; in terms of tokenized stock asset holders, Robinhood Chain leads with 330,000 users, followed closely by Solana with 281,000, while BNB Chain ranks third with 214,000. However, the lead in holder count has not translated into an advantage in asset scale—Robinhood Chain accounts for only about 1% of the over $2 billion tokenized stock market. Additionally, Meme coin hype cooled off towards the end of the month, with the chain's DEX daily trading volume falling from a peak of $900 million to around $500 million. To date, Robinhood Chain has generated cumulative revenue of approximately $3 million. On the stock front, institutional analysts from Bernstein, Goldman Sachs, and others maintain a bullish outlook on HOOD stock, with a target price of $122, representing approximately 31% upside potential from the current price of $92.7.
: Sandy Kaul, Head of Digital Assets and Innovation at investment management firm Franklin Templeton, stated that the AI agent economy will increase demand for blockchain protocols to facilitate machine-to-machine micropayments. Traditional bank card networks are unsuitable for agent-based payments due to fees and settlement times. Sandy Kaul pointed out that blockchain networks like Aptos, Solana, and BNB Chain are more suitable for the agent economy, with transactions settling in seconds, faster than the 1 to 3 business day settlement time of the Visa network. In a joint report, payment company Visa and investment validation platform Artemis stated that traditional bank cards designed for low-frequency human commercial activities are insufficient to support AI agents, which require near-zero fees and faster settlement. Since its launch in May 2025, the x402 payment protocol developed by Coinbase has seen an adjusted transaction volume of $15 million and over 109 million adjusted transactions.
: BNB Chain Agent commercial clearing layer TermiX announced that Web3 security infrastructure GoPlus and smart contract security auditing firm Salus have officially become Provider Agents on the Agent.family platform. They have launched two production-grade security audit services, promoting the autonomous invocation and settlement of "security capability as a service" for AI Agents in on-chain commercial scenarios.GoPlus has packaged its verified token contract deep scanning capability as a standard Provider Agent service. DeepScan conducts comprehensive security checks on token contracts, identifying risk patterns such as Rug Pulls, honeypot scams, contract permission abuse, and trading restrictions, and generates structured audit reports.Salus has launched smart contract auditing and penetration testing services, encompassing formal verification, fuzz testing, machine learning-based vulnerability detection, and manual expert auditing. It covers high-risk vulnerability categories such as reentrancy attacks, access control issues, integer overflows, and DoS attacks. Salus, a seed-stage investment from Binance Labs, is a core security partner within the BNB Chain ecosystem.
CardBox, an RWA infrastructure platform for trading card collectibles, officially announced a deep agency grading partnership with international grading brand CGC. The business currently primarily covers the Japanese and South Korean markets, with over 10,000 cards submitted for grading each month.CardBox is dedicated to verifying, custodializing, and digitizing physical collectible assets such as raw cards, graded cards, unopened packs, and boxes, enhancing their global circulation efficiency. In the future, the platform will further integrate the agency grading and Vault custodial processes. Users will be able to directly deposit graded cards into the CardBox Vault, and eligible custodial assets can generate RWA digital certificates for subsequent management and circulation.The CardBox Beta is now live on BNB Chain, with over 20,000 registered platform users and a cumulative transaction volume exceeding $1 million.
on July 9 that Grayscale released research stating that stock tokenization will undergo three stages of development, with Ethereum, Solana, BNB Chain, Avalanche, and Canton Network most likely to benefit as ownership models evolve. Grayscale noted that third-party wrapped tokens account for over 70% of the tokenized stock market capitalization. In this model, traditional stocks are placed in special purpose vehicles, and investors receive tokens representing claims on the vehicle's equity, rather than direct ownership. Such wrapped assets operate on Ethereum, Solana, and BNB Chain, and can be traded and integrated into decentralized finance applications. Grayscale identified the pilot program planned by DTCC as the second stage of tokenized stock development, with Canton Network set to be the first blockchain used for the DTCC tokenization pilot. The third stage is issuer-sponsored tokenization, where companies natively issue securities on-chain. Securitize became the first publicly traded company to tokenize its own common stock when it listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Grayscale expects that wrapped tokens, the DTCC equity model, and issuer-sponsored issuance will coexist for the next several years. (Bitcoin.com News).
: Four.meme has partnered with MAME to launch Universal Subscription, which is open to all projects. During the subscription period, users participate in the allocation. In the event of oversubscription, tokens are distributed according to the subscription ratio, with excess BNB returned to the original address. Users only pay for the tokens they actually receive.Projects can customize parameters such as total token supply, sale quantity, liquidity configuration, whitelist, and transaction fees. The creation fee is 0.2 BNB (refundable if the fundraising is unsuccessful). Four.meme only charges a 10% platform fee on the funds retained by the project team; this fee is waived if all funds are added to the liquidity pool.This move further enriches the token issuance infrastructure on BNB Chain, providing a more transparent and orderly method for fundraising and distribution for high-traffic on-chain projects.
Binance Research has released an industry report titled "Stablecoins: Reshaping the Financial Landscape." The report shows that as of now, Binance's platform stablecoin reserves have reached $53 billion, with its market share increasing from 54% to 57%, surpassing the second-largest trading platform by approximately $42 billion.Meanwhile, in the first five months of 2026, the cumulative trading volume of TradFi-related perpetual contracts exceeded $1.1 trillion, with Binance's volume surpassing $500 billion, accounting for approximately 47% of the market share. Additionally, since 2022, Binance Earn has distributed $1.2 billion in yields to over 14 million stablecoin users. BNB Chain processes 10 million daily stablecoin transactions, with 15 million monthly active addresses, holding a market share of approximately 24% by transaction count. The report points out that stablecoins are evolving from tools for crypto asset trading into crucial settlement infrastructure for global finance, and Binance has established a one-stop stablecoin financial ecosystem covering trading, payments, yields, investments, and on-chain activities.
According to The Block, BNB Chain is building a new Layer 1 blockchain designed specifically for agent trading, targeting transaction pre-confirmation in under 50 milliseconds, and suppressing MEV behaviors such as sandwich attacks by eliminating the public mempool (adopting the TxStream mechanism). The new chain will also reserve block space for oracles, liquidations, and cross-chain bridges via PriorityLane, with a designed throughput target exceeding 100,000 TPS, and supporting sub-second block finality. This chain will become the fourth chain in the BNB Chain ecosystem, connected to BNB Smart Chain via a native bridge, with BSC serving as the settlement hub. The testnet is planned to launch at the end of 2026, and the mainnet is expected to deploy in early 2027.
BNB Chain has released its technology roadmap for the second half of 2026, announcing continued optimization around speed, throughput, and protocol stability. The network plans to double the throughput of the BSC mainnet again, while developing a next-generation Layer 1 architecture designed for the next decade.BNB Chain stated that in the first half of 2026, BSC completed several performance upgrades, including reducing the block interval from 750 milliseconds to 450 milliseconds, decreasing Memory Finality time from 1125 milliseconds to 650 milliseconds, and increasing baseline throughput from approximately 2800 TPS to around 5200 TPS. At the middleware level, BNB Chain has also advanced AI agent and payment infrastructure development, including the launch of BNB Agent Studio and BNB Agent SDK to support autonomous on-chain AI agent deployment. It has also continued to refine the Middleware Payment Protocol (MPP) SDK and is exploring institutional-grade privacy frameworks.For the second half of 2026, BNB Chain has outlined three core objectives:Double throughput: Through BEP-675, BAL integration, and EVM execution optimizations, drive further performance improvements on the BSC mainnet, with a long-term goal of achieving a 10x overall performance increase for the BNB Chain ecosystem;Mitigate network congestion impact: Enhance stability during peak periods through resource isolation, dedicated transaction channels, and a transaction inclusion mechanism based on the FOCIL concept;Lower barriers to entry: Optimize gas fee structures for different industries to reduce costs for enterprises entering Web2 and Web3 application scenarios.