BNB Chain Leads Layer-1 Activity As Supply Of Stablecoins Double By 2025

Key Points:

• BNB Chain leads in Layer 1 Chains in regards to Daily Active Addresses in 2025.
• The stablecoin supply in the network has increased to a total of $14 billion after doubling in the year to date.
• Meme coins and Real World Assets (RWA) appear to be prominent drivers for the ecosystem’s growth.

BNB Chain has further consolidated its position as a dominant Layer-1 blockchain in 2025, supported by on-chain data showing leadership in daily active users alongside continued expansion of its stablecoin ecosystem.

Statistics provided by Token Terminal show BNB Chain to have had well over 5 million active addresses in a day this year with the highest market share in terms of the number of Layer 1 blockchains in the industry. The total DEX transaction volume within BNB Chain has also crossed $2 trillion.

Stablecoins have become one of the key drivers for the expansion of the BNB Chain. Overall, the supply of stablecoins in the BSC network and opBNB has increased over 100% from the start of the year, peaking at around 14 billion US dollars. The reason for this has been the low fee for transactions, zero-fee transfer campaigns, and network upgrades.

The meme coins were a major contributor during retail participation during the initial half of the year because BNB Chain momentarily led Solana and Ethereum on the meme DEX trade volume. Although the sentiment is less now, it resulted in a substantial increase in participation.

However, BNB Chain has also made its foray into the real-world asset (RWA) market. Currently, the RWA market capitalization on the BNB Chain network is above $1.7 billion, thanks to its adoption by institutional giants such as BlackRock, Circle, and Ondo Finance. These innovations are set to make BNB Chain an upcoming platform for compliant products on blockchain.

Noticing this trend are market analysts who point to the combination of increasing active addresses, stablecoin volume, and institutional engagement as representative of downstream demand for agile and affordable blockchain infrastructure. Research from third-party analytics firms suggests that usage patterns on BNB Chain are trending towards those associated with a settlement hub rather than simply an order routing network.

Presently there is no direct market response in relation to such metrics. The increasing stablecoin market liquidity may enhance the efficiency of capital usage, thus stabilizing BNB Chain’s competitive position in comparison to other Layer 1 chains.

Looking forward, the positive pressures on BNB Chain would include cost-effectiveness, scalability, and a tightly interconnected ecosystem with Binance. The dominant challenge would continue to be locking in value from intermittent peaks of usage into a sustained long-term economic foundation despite the rising competition on Layer 1 and macroeconomic trends.