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Something quietly significant happened in Hong Kong on July 8, 2026. Animoca Brands and Visa launched a live pilot of AI-powered digital commerce capabilities on the Minds platform — and for the first time, AI agents aren’t just browsing and suggesting. They’re actually buying. Key takeaways Animoca Brands and Visa launched a live pilot on July 8, 2026, enabling Minds AI agents to complete purchases and find rewards on behalf of users. The pilot started with the Bruce Lee Club Ltd eShop in Hong Kong, using Visa Intelligent Commerce infrastructure for tokenized, fraud-protected transactions. Users retain full control over their AI agents’ permissions and spending conditions at all times. A cardholder rewards and benefits directory lets agents surface personalized Visa offers based on a user’s eligible cards and purchase intent. Animoca Brands demonstrated the technology at the
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BNB Chain [BNB] has announced the launch of a new L1 blockchain for agentic trading. The focus is said to be on making trades faster, cleaner, and harder to manipulate. Has the announcement helped the native token’s price though? BNB Chain plans a faster L1 for agentic trading As part of its H2 tech roadmap, BNB Chain announced a new Layer 1. With this, automated systems and trading agents can execute transactions at high speed. The new chain is expected to be alongside BNB Smart Chain, opBNB, and Greenfield. The goal is to bring on-chain trading closer to the speed and efficiency of CEXs, while still allowing self-custody. We plan to ship it on testnet by the end of 2026, with mainnet release following in early 2027. More updates to come soon. A key part of the design is removing the public mempool, which is where many front-running and sandwich attacks begin. Instead,
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AI agents may be ready to trade crypto — but the blockchains underneath them are not. That is the problem BNB Chain is betting its next architecture on solving. The project has unveiled plans for a BNB Chain new blockchain, a dedicated layer-1 network engineered from the ground up to handle the demands of AI-driven finance, high-frequency trading, and a future where quantum computers could render today’s cryptography obsolete. Key takeaways BNB Chain plans a new layer-1 blockchain targeting over 100,000 transactions per second and sub-50 millisecond confirmations, separate from the existing chain. Testnet launch is expected by the end of 2026, with mainnet planned for early 2027. A new system called TxStream removes the public mempool, sending transactions directly to block leaders to cut latency and front-running risks. BNB Smart Chain already doubled throughput from roughly 2,800 to 5,20
BNB Chain's dominance in stablecoin transactions enhances DeFi growth but faces potential regulatory challenges impacting future expansion.
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In brief BNB Chain plans to launch a new layer-1 blockchain focused on high-frequency trading and AI-driven transactions. The developers say the network will target more than 100,000 transactions per second, sub-second finality, and a testnet launch by late 2026. Planned upgrades include AI agent tools, privacy features, and research into quantum-resistant security. AI agents may be ready to trade crypto—but BNB Chain says today’s blockchains aren’t ready for them. On Wednesday, BNB Chain unveiled plans for a new layer-1 blockchain built to handle high-frequency trading, automated payments, and AI-driven transactions at speeds closer to traditional financial markets. The new network will run alongside the existing BNB Chain blockchain, not replace it, according to its developers. Detailed in its H2 2026 technical roadmap, the new network is expected to launch on testnet by the end
The network’s 2026 roadmap targets faster transactions, AI-powered apps, and infrastructure aimed at competing with traditional financial systems, while preparing for a quantum future.
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BNB Chain disclosed today that it is already setting up the stack for the projected boom in on-chain agentic activity as it announced the ongoing development of a separate Layer 1 blockchain tuned for autonomous trading agents. The Binance-linked blockchain network said that the testnet is expected to become public by late 2026, with mainnet to launch in early 2027, according to its H2 2026 technical roadmap. BNB Chain, which already has BNB Smart Chain (BSC), opBNB, and Greenfield, is pitching the fourth chain in its stack as the solution for workloads its older chain was not designed for, rather than a replacement for the existing $8.4 billion DeFi ecosystem on BSC, per DeFiLlama data. Splitting BSC’s liquidity across the new chain is a real possibility that the technical team is planning to get ahead of. The plan, according to the project’s CTO, is to connect the new chain to BSC t
