BNB Chain handled 1.51 billion transactions in the third quarter, or about 16.4 million per day. That works out to a lot of activity for a network that had fewer people using it than in the previous quarter.
The figures come from Blockworks’ Q3 2026 Token Holder Report. They describe a chain where fewer wallets did more work, and where tokenized stocks went from side project to headline act.
The numbers behind the quarter
Start with throughput. The 1.51 billion transactions marked a 7.5% increase from Q2, when the network recorded 1.41 billion.
Trading in tokenized equities and real-world assets on BNB Chain reached $25.6 billion in Q3. In Q2, that figure was $2.4 billion, which makes the jump roughly 11-fold.
Decentralized exchange activity drove most of that volume. According to Blockworks, BNB Chain captured over half of all tracked tokenized-asset trading volume during the quarter.
Broader DEX numbers also moved up. Spot DEX volume rose 28% to $75.7 billion, while lending deposits climbed 42% to $3.57 billion.
Revenue climbs faster than usage
BNB Chain’s network revenue equivalent value, which Blockworks calls REV, grew 54% quarter over quarter to $54.2 million.
That total breaks into two pieces. Transaction fees contributed $49.1 million, and miner extractable value payments added $5.1 million.
Average transaction fees rose 43% to $0.032. Net income for token holders grew 57% to $45.1 million. Blockworks attributed the increase to firmer demand for BNB Chain’s blockspace.
Fewer wallets, heavier users
Daily active addresses averaged 2.10 million in Q3, down 14% from Q2.
Average transactions per address rose from 6.3 to 7.8, meaning the remaining users were considerably more active.
The Pasteur upgrade
The Pasteur hard fork went live on August 25, 2026. Pasteur targeted block-building efficiency. According to Blockworks, it lifted gas delivered per block by 28%.
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