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BNB Chain is building a new layer-1 for high-frequency trading and AI agents
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BNB Chain is developing a new layer-1 blockchain built for high-frequency trading and autonomous AI agents, with a public testnet targeted for the end of 2026 and mainnet planned for early 2027.
Key facts
- Stablecoin market cap fell to $312B in June, its largest monthly drop since TerraUSD, while tokenized equity volumes surged 145% to a record $3.86B
- BNB Chain is developing a new layer-1 blockchain built for high-frequency trading and autonomous AI agents, with a public testnet targeted for the end of 2026 and mainnet planned for early 2027
- BNB Smart Chain holds roughly $5 billion in total value locked
- The roadmap targets transaction preconfirmations under 50 milliseconds, throughput above 100,000 transactions per second and sub-second block finality
Summary
The network aims to process over 100,000 transactions per second by streaming them directly, eliminating public queues to make trades faster and more secure. The project focuses on execution-layer optimizations like just-in-time compilation to achieve speeds comparable to centralized exchanges. The chain will run alongside the existing BNB Chain ecosystem rather than replace it.