BNB burns 1.65 million tokens on October 19: What it means for the BNB price

Published on 10/20/2026 at 18:34 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Supply falls to 131.51 million BNB after the latest burn. The BNB price is 739.00 USD on October 20, 2026, up 1.53 percent.

Supply and network activity

On October 19, 2026, BNB Chain removed 1,646,196.44 BNB in its 37th quarterly burn.
The Auto-Burn program targets a total supply of 100 million BNB.
The BNB price stands at 739.00 USD as of October 20, 2026, 1.53 percent above the UTC daily close of October 19, 2026.
On October 19, 2026, transfers of at least 10,000 USD represented 0.4 percent of stablecoin transactions but 66.2 percent of their value.

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BNB (BNB) had 1,646,196.44 tokens permanently removed on October 19, 2026, in the network's 37th quarterly burn, according to CoinAlert News. The BNB price stands at 739.00 USD as of October 20, 2026, up 1.53 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 19, 2026, according to Investing.com.

The 37th burn removes 1.65 million BNB

The October 19, 2026, operation used BNB Chain's Auto-Burn mechanism, which permanently sends tokens out of circulation. CoinAlert News reported that the burned tokens were valued at 1.197 billion USD at the time of the operation and that the program continues to target a total supply of 100 million BNB. The report also said the burn amount is determined by BNB's price and quarterly block production, while the supply reduction does not represent 1.197 billion USD of new open-market buying.

The operation is separate from the real-time fee burn. According to Blockonomi, a portion of gas fees is burned through the BEP-95 mechanism, with the ratio determined through validator governance. That mechanism links the additional token removal to activity on BNB Smart Chain rather than to the quarterly schedule.

Stablecoin transfers concentrate 66.2 percent of value

A separate report released on October 19, 2026, by Mercuryo and BNB Chain found that transactions worth at least 10,000 USD represented 0.4 percent of stablecoin transfers but carried 66.2 percent of the value, according to CryptoNews. Transfers below 100 USD accounted for 77.4 percent of activity, and the median network charge for a stablecoin transfer was 0.0068 USD. Monthly active addresses rose from 20.5 million in July 2026 to 22.7 million in September 2026, showing that transaction frequency and transferred value were distributed differently across users.

BNB Chain's next documented development is the Jenner upgrade. The network documentation dated October 13, 2026, schedules its testnet release for late October 2026 and its mainnet release for late November 2026, with exact fork times to be announced, according to BNB Chain documentation.

BNB trades at 739.00 USD

According to Investing.com, BNB trades at 739.00 USD as of October 20, 2026, with a 1.53 percent gain compared with the UTC daily close of October 19, 2026. The daily high is 741.50 USD and the daily low is 725.00 USD. Market capitalization is 97.23 billion USD, ranking BNB fourth, while 24-hour volume is 1.22 billion USD. Circulating supply is 131.51 million BNB.