Binance’s BNB Chain announced a new Layer 1 blockchain designed for agentic trading with sub-50-millisecond transaction speeds. The network targets over 100,000 transactions per second, sub-second finality, and a testnet launch by late 2026. Developers said the new chain will remove the traditional public mempool and introduce a “TxStream” mechanism to reduce latency and limit certain MEV extraction. BNB’s native token is down 2.8% on the day and nearly 6% over the past month. The project is part of a broader industry trend building infrastructure for AI agents that can execute transactions.
Binance’s BNB Chain said Wednesday it will launch a new Layer 1 blockchain designed for agentic trading with sub-50-millisecond transactions. The exchange’s developers say the network will target more than 100,000 transactions per second, sub-second finality, and a testnet launch by late 2026.
“Six months ago, BNB Chain set three priorities for BSC: speed, throughput, and protocol stability,” the developers wrote in a statement. “This roadmap opens with the receipts and closes with what comes next—a second half focused on doubling performance again, and an architecture designed for the decade ahead.”
According to BNB Chain, the new network is being built to eventually handle more than 100,000 transactions per second by processing multiple transactions at once and improving how data is stored and verified. The developers said it is also aiming to confirm transactions in less than 50 milliseconds and finalize blocks in under one second.
On the technical side, BNB Chain also said the new chain will remove the traditional public mempool and introduce a transaction transmission mechanism called “TxStream.” Under this design, transactions are sent directly to block producers to reduce latency and limit certain forms of MEV extraction, including sandwich attacks.
For BNB’s native crypto coin, the asset is down 2.8% on the day and just under 6% in the last month. Binance’s BNB Chain is just one of several crypto and technology companies that have begun building infrastructure for AI agents that can move money and execute transactions.
