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BNB Chain's New L1 Plan Adds No Token and Targets 200ms Blocks

Documentation published on 22 October describes a second BNB Chain layer 1 with no token of its own. Testnet is due by year end, mainnet in early 2027.

· 26 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

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BNB Chain Destroys 1.64 Million BNB in Its 37th Quarterly Burn

The burn cut total supply to 131,512,085 BNB, about 31.5 million above the chain's 100 million target. Two accounts price the same burn differently.

· 19 Oct 2026· 🕐 3 min read

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LayerZero Ends Offchain Service for 13 Chains on 30 September

DVN and Executor service stops for Aurora, Taiko, opBNB, Gnosis and nine others. Stargate Hydra holders are told to bridge out before the date.

· 27 Sept 2026· 🕐 3 min read

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BNB Chain's Pasteur Fork Activates Tuesday With Bridge Fixes

Node operators have until 02:30 UTC on Tuesday to move to client v1.7.7. Pasteur closes a bridge verification gap and changes key rotation.

· 24 Aug 2026· 🕐 3 min read