BNB Chain To Launch New Layer-1 For High-frequency Trading & AI Agents

BNB Chain is working on a new layer-1 blockchain built for high-frequency trading and autonomous AI agents. A public testnet is expected by late 2026, with the mainnet launch planned for early 2027. This new network will run alongside the current BNB Chain, not replace it.

It aims to confirm transactions in under 50 milliseconds, handle over 100,000 transactions per second, and settle transactions in less than a second. The project also focuses on reducing latency, stopping front-running, and supporting AI-powered apps that can trade and process transactions on their own.

This new blockchain is BNB Chain’s next big move to boost on-chain performance for advanced financial uses. The current BNB Smart Chain already holds almost $5 billion in value, but the new network is meant for tasks that need very fast execution, like algorithmic trading, automated market making, and AI-powered financial agents.

A major change is removing the traditional public mempool. Rather than showing pending transactions to everyone, transactions will go straight to the block leader. BNB Chain says this will cut latency and help stop front-running, where traders take advantage of visible pending transactions.

The network’s technical plan is focused on making execution faster, not just improving consensus. David Z, BNB Chain’s Chief Technical Officer, said that blockchain execution engines are still inefficient, even with better consensus and storage. To fix this, the new chain will add execution-layer upgrades like just-in-time compilation, which compiles smart contract code as it runs, and strength reduction, which swaps out slow computations for faster ones.

Along with speed upgrades, the blockchain will offer features for developers and institutional users. These include reserved blockspace for oracles, liquidations, and cross-chain bridges, as well as built-in privacy, account abstraction, gas sponsorship, transaction batching, scheduled execution, and passkey signing.

This project also shows the rising interest in autonomous AI agents that can make payments, trade, and use blockchain apps on their own. As more companies build tools for AI-powered financial services, the need for faster blockchain networks keeps growing.

BNB Chain is also looking into quantum-resistant security that would let users upgrade to quantum-safe protection without changing wallet addresses or affecting current decentralized apps. While this is still being researched, it shows the network’s long-term focus on security.

Beyond BSC, BNB Chain is also designing a next-generation L1 architecture:

• 100K+ TPS
• Sub-50 ms transaction preconfirmation
• Sub-1-second block finality
• No public mempool
• Reserved lanes for critical transactions
• Native privacy and account abstraction

Testnet is…

— BNB Chain (@BNBCHAIN) July 8, 2026

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