TechFlow news, August 22 — Messari's latest BNB Chain Q2 2025 report reveals that BNB Chain maintained strong growth in the second quarter, achieving record highs in user activity and on-chain transactions. Daily active addresses and transaction volume surged significantly. DeFi activity remained solid, with DEX trading volume, stablecoin transaction count, and active users ranking first across all chains, reinforcing its leading position in the Web3 ecosystem.
Key Highlights
Market Cap & Investor Confidence: BNB’s market cap increased 7.5% quarter-on-quarter to $92.6 billion.
On-Chain Transactions & Activity: Average daily transactions rose 101.9% to 9.9 million; average daily active addresses grew 33.2% to 1.6 million; 17 million new addresses were added in May.
DEX Performance: Ranked #1 in DEX trading volume across all chains, with an average daily volume of $3.3 billion in Q2. PancakeSwap held an 85.1% market share, while Uniswap surged 755.4% quarter-on-quarter to $297 million. Network-wide fees dropped 90% to 0.1 gwei.
Stablecoins: Stablecoin market cap rose 49.6% to $10.5 billion. USD1 reached $2.2 billion upon launch, with USDT dominating at $6.3 billion. BSC ranked #1 across all chains for stablecoin transaction count and active users.
DeFi TVL: Increased 14% quarter-on-quarter to $9.9 billion, maintaining fourth place globally.
Technical Upgrades: The Lorentz and Maxwell hard forks reduced block time to 0.75 seconds.
opBNB and Volta upgrades: Cross-chain TVL rose to $64.9 million; Volta reduced block intervals to 500 milliseconds, enabling sub-second finality.
Ecosystem Support: MVB Season 9 supported 16 early-stage projects; the Zero-Fee Stablecoin Carnival subsidized $4 million in gas fees, accelerating user adoption.
