BNB Chain Weekly Ecosystem Report (June 26 – July 2)

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 on-chain.

BNB Chain Key Data Highlights

• DAU: 
  • BSC: 2,535,356 (June 26 – July 2)
    • Source: BscScan
  • opBNB: 1,687,571 (June 26 – July 2)
    • Source: opBNBscan
• Trading volume: The past 7 days’ trading volume at $47.21B (June 26 – July 2)
  • Source: DefiLlama 
• Number of Transactions: 
  • BSC: 92,679,768 (June 26 – July 2)
    • Source: BscScan
  • opBNB: 18,963,905 (June 26 – July 2)
    • Source: opBNBScan
• TVL: $9.767B (July 2)
  • Source: DefiLlama 

Live Projects This Week

Please note that all the information in the table above is for informational purposes only and should not be considered financial advice. Please DYOR.

Ecosystem Updates

Maxwell Hardfork Live on June 30

The Maxwell Hardfork was successfully completed on BNB Smart Chain mainnet on June 30, reducing block times to 0.75 seconds and finality to 1.875s to improve scalability, network responsiveness and validator efficiency. More info

BNB Hack: Live Workshop on Jul 10

Two DeSoc track projects, UpTop.meme and BAS, will be sharing insights and lessons in a live BNB Hack workshop on Jul 10, 8AM UTC. Join the workshop

$100M Incentive Program: New Asset Purchases

The BNB Chain Foundation made four new purchases under the $100M Liquidity Incentive Program: 

$25K of $IDOL (1,575,733.72 tokens @ $0.0158) - Transaction

$50K of $CAKE (21,365.44 tokens @ $2.34) - Transaction

$50K of $LISTA (208,396.27 tokens @ $0.23) - Transaction

0 Fee Carnival Extended for USD1 & USDT

Transfers for USD1 and USDT are still free on BNB Chain thanks to the extended 0 Fee Carnival till 31 Jul. Move your stablecoins with no gas fees using supported wallets like Trust Wallet, SafePal, and Binance Web3 Wallet. Join the campaign

AI On BNB: Live AI Demo on Jul 8

Two AI projects, Alaya AI and SkyAI, will perform a live demo on Jul 8, 8AM UTC on BNB Chain’s YouTube and X accounts. Complete tasks to win $500 in rewards or comment under the live X post to win $100 in rewards if selected. Join here

Goodwill Alliance: Sandwich Attacks Slashed by 95%

The Goodwill Alliance slashed sandwich attacks by 95% to make on-chain trading on BNB Chain safer for users. Daily attacks fell from 140K to 1K thanks to full validator participation, infra builder support and built-in protection in partnering wallets. Read more

Featured Activities Series: $1.2M+ in Prizes Live

The Featured Activities Series continues with over $1.2M in prizes and token rewards live on DappBay. Users can complete quests and explore new dApps for points, tokens, and bonus incentives. See campaign

BNB Hack Cookbook: Winners Revealed

The bounty winners for BNB Hack are in - congrats to the teams building tools that make developers’ lives easier on BNB Chain. Read more

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