BNB Chain unveils new L1 for high-frequency AI trading

The BNB Chain ecosystem has announced the development of a new, specialized Layer 1 blockchain designed for high-frequency trading and autonomous AI agents, with a public testnet targeted for late 2026 and a mainnet launch planned for early 2027. The announcement, part of the network's second-half technical roadmap, outlines an ambitious architecture aiming to bridge the performance gap between decentralized networks and centralized exchanges.

The proposed chain will operate alongside the existing BNB Smart Chain, opBNB, and Greenfield networks, connected via an official native bridge. BNB Smart Chain will continue to serve as the ecosystem's settlement hub, with the BNB token remaining the shared asset across all chains. The development is positioned as an expansion to capture new use cases rather than a replacement for the current infrastructure, which holds billions in decentralized finance value.

Technical targets for the new network include processing over 100,000 transactions per second, achieving block finality in under one second, and delivering transaction pre-confirmations in less than 50 milliseconds. Developers aim to reach these benchmarks through co-optimized...