BNB burns 1.65 million tokens: What it means for the BNB price

Published on 10/20/2026 at 07:34 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

BNB Chain's latest burn leaves 131.51 million tokens in total supply. The BNB price is 725.00 USD on October 20, 2026, up 0.25 percent.

Supply mechanics and network use

BNB Chain removed 1,646,196.44 BNB on October 19, 2026, in its 37th quarterly burn.
The operation left 131,512,085 BNB in total supply, according to the network.
The BNB price stands at 725.00 USD as of October 20, 2026, 0.25 percent above the UTC daily close of October 19, 2026.
Transfers worth at least 10,000 USD represented 0.4 percent of activity and 66.2 percent of value in the October 19, 2026 report.

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BNB (BNB) completed its 37th quarterly token burn on October 19, 2026, removing 1,646,196.44 BNB from supply, according to BNB Chain. The network said the operation left 131,512,085 BNB in total supply and was recorded at 10:05 AM UTC on October 19, 2026. The BNB price is 725.00 USD as of October 20, 2026, up 0.25 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 19, 2026.

The October 19 burn removes 1.65 million BNB

The burn is part of BNB's Auto-Burn system, which permanently removes tokens according to a formula that uses BNB's price and the number of blocks produced on BNB Smart Chain during a quarter. BNB Chain said the long-term target is a total supply of 100,000,000 BNB. The latest operation sent the tokens to a blackhole address, meaning the tokens can no longer circulate.

BNB Chain also said the latest burn and future quarterly burns will occur directly on BNB Smart Chain after the BNB Chain Fusion. The network reported that parameters in the Auto-Burn formula were adjusted because the Lorentz and Maxwell upgrades changed block production frequency. A separate real-time mechanism, introduced through BEP-95, burns part of the gas fees collected in each block, with the burn ratio determined through validator governance.

BNB Chain activity splits by transfer size

A separate October 19, 2026 report from Mercuryo and BNB Chain examined stablecoin use on the network during the third quarter of 2026, as The Cryptonomist reported. Transfers below 100 USD represented 77.4 percent of activity, while transfers worth at least 10,000 USD represented 0.4 percent of transfers but carried 66.2 percent of value. The median network fee for a stablecoin transfer was 0.0068 USD.

The report also recorded 22.7 million monthly active addresses in September 2026, up from 20.5 million in July 2026. The distribution of transfer value was concentrated among individual addresses, which held 63.3 percent in the August 22, 2026 snapshot, while centralized exchanges held 19.9 percent. These figures describe network usage and stablecoin flows rather than direct BNB market demand.

BNB price data for October 20, 2026

According to Investing.com, BNB trades at 725.00 USD as of October 20, 2026, up 0.25 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 19, 2026. The daily high is 729.50 USD and the daily low for the UTC day is 721.90 USD. Market capitalization is 95.37 billion USD, ranking BNB fourth, while 24-hour volume is 1.27 billion USD. Circulating supply is 131.51 million BNB.