TL;DR

• 2025 was a defining year for BNB Chain, with network activity reaching new highs across users, liquidity, and transactions.
• Total Value Locked grew by 40.5%, while the network processed an all-time high of 31 million daily transactions with zero downtime.
• Stablecoin market cap doubled to $14 billion, at its peak, real-world assets surpassed $1.8 billion, and institutional participation continued to expand.
• Infrastructure upgrades, security improvements, and active builders helped make scale a standard expectation rather than an exception.

Intro

2025 was the year scale stopped being a milestone and became the baseline.

Activity across trading, stablecoins, payments, and real-world assets didn’t just spike, it showed up consistently. Usage increased month after month, and the network had to operate reliably under sustained demand rather than isolated bursts.

This is a roundup of what the BNB Chain community delivered over the past year. It highlights the progress we’re proud of, the work that went into supporting growth at scale, and the lessons learned along the way. It also looks ahead, because making scale the standard in 2025 gives us the confidence to push further in the years to come.

Five Years of BNB Chain

2025 also marked five years since BNB Chain launched. The anniversary was celebrated with the community across multiple global cities, bringing together builders, developers, and long-time supporters.

From meetups in Tokyo, New York, and São Paulo to builder-focused gatherings in Mumbai, these moments reflected how global the ecosystem has become. Anniversary discussions focused less on looking back, and more on long-term themes such as real-world assets, DeSci, and sustainable growth across Web3.

The BNB Chain Annual Awards recognised builders and contributors whose work continues to shape the ecosystem, reinforcing a simple truth. Progress comes from people who keep building, year after year.

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Operating at Scale: The State of the Network

One of the clearest stories of 2025 was sustained growth across the network.

Total unique addresses exceeded 700 million, with both BSC and opBNB reaching new usage milestones with over 4 million daily active users.

Source: BscScan

Total Value Locked (TVL) increased by 40.5%, supported by activity across liquid staking, stablecoins, RWAs, and yield-focused applications.

Source: TokenTerminal

Transaction activity followed the same trend. Average daily transactions rose to 10.78 million before reaching an all-time high of 31 million daily transactions in October. That peak represented 150% year-over-year growth and reflected a network being used regularly, not just during short bursts of activity.

Source: BscScan

Network Performance and Reliability

Handling this level of activity was a meaningful achievement.

Throughout 2025, BNB Chain operated with zero downtime, even during periods of peak demand driven by trading surges and major ecosystem moments. At its busiest, the network processed up to 5 trillion gas per day while continuing to confirm transactions reliably.

Running the network under these conditions gave the ecosystem confidence in what is already possible today. It also highlighted where further improvements can continue to raise the bar as usage grows.

Infrastructure Progress

A series of infrastructure upgrades supported this performance.

Hardforks such as Lorentz, Pascal and Maxwell improved execution efficiency and reduced block times, bringing block production down from 3 seconds to as low as 0.75 seconds. Network capacity also increased, with bandwidth scaling beyond 133 million gas per second to support higher throughput during busy periods.

On the client side, improvements such as the BSC reth client and incremental snapshot upgrades reduced node overhead and improved performance. These changes were deployed and tested under live conditions, strengthening the foundation the network continues to build on.

Security and Fairness

As activity increased, protecting users became even more important.

In 2025, initiatives such as the Goodwill Alliance helped reduce sandwich attacks by 95%, improving transaction fairness during periods of heavy trading. Wallet-level protections and protocol-side measures worked together to limit malicious MEV and create a more predictable experience for users.

These efforts reflect a broader shift toward making security and fairness a default part of how the network operates as it scales.

Real Usage Across the Ecosystem

Stablecoins

Stablecoins continued to be one of the strongest signals of real usage. Market capitalization on BNB Chain doubled to $14 billion, at its peak, with the network leading all blockchains in daily active stablecoin users.

They became core infrastructure for trading, payments, and onchain financial activity, helping onboard new users while supporting existing ones at scale.

Real-World Assets

Real-world assets (RWA) also reached an important milestone. Total RWA value on BNB Chain surpassed $1.8 billion (at time of writing), supported by integrations from USYC and institutional players including BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, and VanEck.

This progress reflects growing confidence in onchain infrastructure as a foundation for regulated and institutional financial products.

Builders and the Ecosystem

Builders remained central to the ecosystem’s progress in 2025.

Through programs such as BNB Hack, MVB (now a track under YZi Labs’s EASY Residency from MVB 11), Demo Days & Nights, and targeted incentive initiatives, teams across the ecosystem moved from ideas to production-ready applications. More than 300 teams participated in BNB Hack alone, with projects spanning AI, DeSci, DePIN, RWAs, and infrastructure.

The focus increasingly shifted from launching quickly to building sustainably, with greater emphasis on real users, liquidity depth, and long-term growth.

In-Person Events and Community

Global gatherings like the Hong Kong Super Meetup, TOKEN2049, Korea Blockchain Week, and Binance Blockchain Week brought the ecosystem together at key moments. Builder-focused environments such as Hacker Houses, Builder Bunkers, and local hackathons created space for hands-on collaboration and faster feedback.

These events strengthened relationships across the community and helped turn online momentum into real-world progress.

Looking Ahead

2025 was a year the BNB Chain community can be proud of. Operating at scale became part of everyday reality, not a one-off achievement. Real usage showed up consistently, the network held up under pressure, and the ecosystem proved what it can deliver together.

Running the network at this level has given us clearer insight into where we can push further, from faster performance and lower costs to fairer execution and better tooling for builders. These aren’t abstract goals. They are informed by real onchain activity and the experience gained from supporting millions of users.

The next phase builds directly on this progress. With a stronger foundation in place and a growing global community behind it, BNB Chain is focused on raising the bar even higher and expanding what’s possible onchain. Our tech roadmap shares how we plan to take these lessons forward and continue making scale the standard.

Read the full tech roadmap to see what’s coming next for BNB Chain.

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