In the latest post, Token Terminal stated that BNB Chain has emerged as the biggest blockchain in tokenized real-world asset (RWA) growth this year, as it holds more than $2.8 billion in tokenized treasuries, which is more than double Ethereum’s increase in the last few months.
JUST IN: @BNBCHAIN has seen the largest absolute increase in tokenized treasuries since the start of the year.
The issuers of TMMFs on BNB Chain have added a total of $2.8B in tokenized AUM year-to-date.
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— Token Terminal 📊 (@tokenterminal) July 16, 2026
According to the on-chain data, BNB Chain is now leading all blockchains in absolute growth for tokenized money market funds and treasury products year-to-date. Amid the growing demand for the real-world asset (RWA) market, BNB Chain has gained the attention of financial institutions to roll out their tokenized securities.
According to rwa.xyz, the distributed value locked on BNB Chain is around $15.94 billion.
However, Ethereum is still dominating the real-world asset market by holding around $15.55 billion in distributed asset value. Meanwhile, BNB Chain has $5.21 billion in distributed asset value.
BNB Chain Witnesses Growth in On-Chain Activities
In the last few months, BNB Chain has witnessed an impressive growth in on-chain activities and total value locked. There are various factors behind the growth in on-chain activities, including user activities, along with growth in DeFi. Apart from this, the tokenization of real-world assets is also becoming a major area for the blockchain to grow. As one of the leading smart contract platforms by transaction volume, the blockchain is rapidly growing with practical utility in a competitive blockchain sector.
According to on-chain data, BNB Chain is witnessing steady growth in daily active addresses and transaction volume. In the second quarter of 2026, the blockchain dominated many other blockchains in daily transactions, where it often outperformed Ethereum and Solana because of its low fees and high throughput.
According to the latest data from Binance Research, the network is currently averaging approximately 10 million transactions per day. As of now, the blockchain has executed 13.8 billion total transactions, according to Chainspect. The blockchain has a real-time TPS of 97 tx/s along with a block time of around 450 ms.
One of the major areas where BNB Chain has witnessed major growth is Real-World Assets. BNB Chain has become a strong contender in tokenizing traditional assets like government bonds, real estate, and commodities. Due to its scalability and direct integration with the Binance ecosystem, there are many projects, such as Franklin Templeton and CMB International, that have selected the blockchain. The RWA sector is actively contributing to boosting total value locked (TVL) in DeFi protocols along with stablecoin activity on the network.
BNB Chain has dominated in areas like decentralized exchange (DEX) trading volume and user activity metrics in the last few months. It has been consistently leading the blockchain leaderboard for spot trading volume on decentralized platforms. Its major decentralized exchange, PancakeSwap, is one of the most active DeFi protocols across all chains. This allows the chain to maintain high gas usage along with liquidity.
Earlier this month, BNB Chain revealed its plan to develop and launch a new Layer-1 blockchain specifically designed for agentic trading.
In the latest roadmap, it mentioned that “We’re also building for the next wave of institutions arriving onchain. That means making the infrastructure flexible enough to meet their requirements, exploring new token standards that make it easier to issue and move stablecoins, and developing privacy frameworks that work with different compliance and regulatory needs.”
“At the same time, AI-driven security will make the network safer, and teams building RWAs, stablecoins, and DeFi projects will get hands-on technical support and ready-made middleware,” it added.
