In 2025 BNB Chain rolled out major upgrades (Lorentz, Maxwell), new runtime features (Fermi, BEP-7928 Parallel Execution, Super Instructions) that moved execution from sequential to parallel. Block times fell from ~3s to ~0.75s (target 0.25s), throughput exceeded 15 million daily transactions with a 20,000 TPS theoretical target, and average gas fees dropped ~98% to ~0.05 gwei. Daily active users peaked at 4.8M in December. A viral meme season in October pushed BNB Chain to No.1 L1 by DEX volume briefly; BNB reached a $1,370 ATH supported by token burns and gasless stablecoin utility. 2025 marked BNB Chain’s shift into a high-performance hub for AI, DeFi and sub-second transactions.

The story lists concrete, realized network upgrades (hard forks Lorentz and Maxwell; Fermi, BEP-7928, Super Instructions) that moved execution to parallel, resulting in measurable improvements: block time reduction (~3s → 0.75s), throughput >15M daily tx and a 20k TPS target, ~98% lower fees (~0.05 gwei), 4.8M DAU peak, and BNB reaching a $1,370 ATH aided by token burns and gasless stablecoin utility. Those are factual, market-relevant metrics supporting a positive outlook but are retrospective.