BNB Chain Weekly Ecosystem Report (Dec 25 - 31)

Another packed week on BNB Chain. From key metrics to ecosystem milestones, here’s your weekly snapshot—featuring the latest in DeFi, AI, Payments, DeSoc, and more. Dive into the top data, biggest updates, and the newest projects building onchain.

BNB Chain Key Data Highlights

• Average Daily Active Users (DAU):
  • BSC: 2,535,273 (Dec 25 - 31)
    • Source: Dune
  • opBNB: 1,845,116 (Dec 25 - 31)
    • Source: Dune
• Total Transactions:
  • BSC: 97,184,902 (Dec 25 - 31)
    • Source: BscScan
  • opBNB: 19,906,447 (Dec 25 - 31)
    • Source: opBNBScan
• Total Trading Volume:
  • The total trading volume is $41.2B (Dec 25 - 31)
    • Source: Dune
• Total Value Locked (TVL):
  • The TVL is $10.4B (Dec 31)
    • Source: Dune

Ecosystem Updates

Important: Action Required for Upcoming Fermi Hard Fork

The upgrade will reduce block interval on BSC from 750 milliseconds to 450 milliseconds, scheduled on 14 Jan 2026 at 02:30AM UTC. All validators and builders are required to complete the necessary upgrade before the fork activation date. Read Upgrade Guide

2026 Tech Roadmap

The 2026 Tech Roadmap outlines BNB Chain's strategy to enhance performance, execution quality and infrastructure resilience to support increased network usage. Read more

2025 Year End Report

The report breaks down how BNB Chain grew its user base, transactions, and liquidity in 2025 while maintaining zero downtime. Infrastructure upgrades, stronger security, and active builders kept the network stable at scale. Read more

BNB deposits and withdrawals now live on Gemini

BNB is now trading on Gemini. Read more

0 Fee Carnival for U, USD1 & USDC: Extended till 31 Jan 2026

U joins the lineup with USD1 and USDC, keeping stablecoin transfers gas-free on BNB Chain under the extended 0 Fee Carnival. Move your stablecoins with no gas fees using supported wallets. Read more

BEP-619 : Block interval reducing on BSC from 0.75s to 0.45s

This is a meaningful infrastructure upgrade that speeds up confirmations and improves the overall user experience on BSC. Read more

BEP-592: Block Access List (BAL) is now live

BAL is now live on BSC to reduce execution latency, improve parallel processing and speed up reorg recovery as BSC continues to scale and meet users’ needs. Read more

BEP-590: Improving BSC Fast Finality

BEP-590 improves BSC Fast Finality by allowing proposers to aggregate votes past the parent block, maintaining finality during congestion. This boosts reliability and supports shorter block intervals without changing core consensus or voting rules. Read more

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