BNB Foundation Completes 33rd Quarterly Token Burn
The BNB Foundation has completed its 33rd quarterly token burn. It permanently removed 1,441,281.413 BNB tokens, worth about $1.2 billion, from circulation. After the burn, the total BNB supply is 137.7 million tokens. The network aims to reduce this to 100 million tokens over time.
How the Burn Works
The burn follows BNB Chain’s Auto-Burn mechanism. This system adjusts based on BNB’s price and block production on Binance Smart Chain (BSC). It operates independently from the Binance exchange. Tokens are sent to a “blackhole” address, ensuring their permanent removal. This process maintains a transparent and predictable supply.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao highlighted the burn’s scale on X. He stated, “roughly $11,000 worth of BNB is burned every minute.”
BNB also uses a real-time burn introduced via BEP95. This continuously destroys a portion of gas fees from circulation. Since its launch, more than 276,000 BNB have been burned through this method.
Token Burns Becoming More Common
BNB’s recent burn coincides with other projects using token burns to control inflation. World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a DeFi venture backed by the Trump family, started its own buyback and burn program in September 2025.
This program was approved by community governance. It uses liquidity fees from operations on Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Solana. WLFI tokens are repurchased and then sent to a burn address.
BNB’s Auto-Burn remains a key reference for deflationary models. WLFI’s program shows how newer projects, including politically linked ones, adopt similar supply reduction strategies.
For more details on BNB’s latest developments, visit the official BNB Chain blog.
