Although the problems of the crypto market and the broader sentiment have remained at the lowest levels in recent years, BNB Chain has shown resilience, building on the on-chain momentum of the past year, while taking important steps that affect the work of powerful builders and growing user participation. Now, the ecosystem has turned to AI agents, one of the fastest growing issues, to start preparing for the next market phase.
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BNB Chain’s AI Ecosystem Is Growing
In a recent development, BNB Chain introduced support for AI agent standards ERC-8004 and BAP-578, seeking to enable agent ownership at scale with “low fees, fast transactions, and infrastructure designed for the common work of agents.”
Notably, AI Agents are autonomous systems capable of making decisions, communicating with other systems, and performing tasks, including trading and managing data, without ongoing human involvement.
However, these agents have shown limitations that must be addressed to work beyond single applications or centralized platforms. As a result, BNB Chain announced earlier this month the deployment of ERC-8004 infrastructure to the BNB Smart Chain (BSC) Mainnet and Testnet.
ERC-8004 is an on-chain identity standard designed to provide autonomous AI agents with verifiable, portable identities across platforms. According to the announcement, they also introduced BNB Application Proposals (BAPs), a new standard for the application layer, to be compatible with the ERC-8004 infrastructure.
BAP-578, the first BAP, introduces the Non-Fungible Agent (NFA) standard, which allows AI agents to “exist as assets on the chain that can hold assets, use logic, interact with agreements, and be bought, sold, or hired. This marks the first step towards an open, predictable, and interactive Agent Economy in the BNB Economy.”
By February 17, its AI Agent ecosystem had reached 58 projects in 10 sectors, including infrastructure, social networks, DeFi, commerce, gaming and entertainment.
In addition, it saw more than 200 developers participate in its ongoing hackathon event “Good Vibes Only: OpenClaw Edition”, which focuses on AI/on-chain activities.
Ecosystem momentum
BNB Chain has continued to show strength across its ecosystem despite the recent market downturn and BNB price correction, holding key on-chain metrics and solid fundamentals.
Crypto market intelligence company Messari recently highlighted the performance of BNB Chain during the last quarter of 2025. Notably, BNB Chain remained the third largest network by DeFi Total Value Locked (TVL), ending the year with $6.6 billion in TVL across its entire ecosystem, up 23.6% YoY.
According to the report, average daily transactions increased by 30.4% QoQ, while daily active addresses increased by 13.3%. In addition, the total amount of Real-World Asset (RWA) grew to $2 billion, QoQ increased by 228.1%, and YoY by 554.6% from $3.6 million registered at the beginning of the year.
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As reported by NewsBTC, most of these metrics have taken part in the entire recent market struggle, with TVL throughout its ecosystem, daily active addresses, and average daily transactions showing continued growth from the end of 2025.
During that time, it has seen significant growth in the field of prediction markets, with the leading platforms within the ecosystem reaching a critical milestone after surpassing $20 billion in volume raised in late January.
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