In the third quarter of 2026, BNB Chain processed 1.51 billion transactions, averaging 16.4 million per day. This represents a 7.5% increase compared to the 1.41 billion transactions recorded in the second quarter.
Trading volume for tokenized equities and real-world assets surged to $25.6 billion, an 11-fold increase from the $2.4 billion reported in the previous quarter. BNB Chain accounted for over half of the tracked tokenized-asset trading volume.
Network revenue, termed REV by Blockworks, grew 54% quarter-over-quarter to $54.2 million. This figure includes $49.1 million from transaction fees and $5.1 million from miner extractable value payments.
Spot DEX volume rose 28% to $75.7 billion, while lending deposits increased 42% to $3.57 billion. Average transaction fees climbed 43% to $0.032, and net income for token holders reached $45.1 million.
Despite a 14% decline in daily active addresses, user activity intensified, with average transactions per address rising from 6.3 to 7.8. The Pasteur hard fork, implemented on August 25, 2026, improved block-building efficiency by 28%.
