BNB Chain’s Lorentz Maxwell upgrades cut fees ~98% and block times to ~0.75s as daily users hit 4.8M and txs top 15M — burns ~6.25M BNB, BNB reached four‑digit ATH
first published 2026-01-02T09:11:01Z
CoinMarketCap says BNB Chain’s 2025 Lorentz (April) and Maxwell (June) upgrades added parallel execution and enhanced instruction capabilities, reducing block times from ~3s to ~0.75s (target 0.25s) and cutting transaction fees by ~98%. Daily active users reached ~4.8 million and daily transactions exceeded 15 million. Growth drivers included four.meme (briefly outsized Solana revenue), Aster perpetuals (2M+ users), and a gasless stablecoin promotion. Quarterly burns (30th–33rd) removed ~6.25M BNB and BNB hit a four‑digit all‑time high in October. CoinMarketCap frames the expansion as structural rather than speculative.
AI Analysis
Lorentz and Maxwell introduced parallel execution and enhanced instructions, cutting block time from ~3s to ~0.75s and lowering fees by ~98%; on‑chain metrics show ~4.8M daily users and >15M tx/day; burns removed ~6.25M BNB and BNB reached a four‑digit ATH. These concrete on‑chain throughput, fee and supply changes support a bullish view with material trading relevance.
Expected Investor Sentiment: Bullish
Potential Market Impact: Significant
