According to the team behind the network, on June 30, 2025, Binance Smart Chain (BSC) “successfully completed” the final fork known as Maxwell.
Among the improvements reported by Cryptootics in Maxwel, the main commitments are Reduced block processing time by halfGoing from 1.5 to 0.75 seconds increases scalability.
According to explorers such as BSCSCAN, the block was processed In about 0.8 secondsresults supported by Exchange OKX Block Explorer.
Additionally, BSCSCAN reports it The trading rate averaged $0.02 The BNB chain has lost 1.16% over the last 24 hours, keeping the network as a low-cost option for users and developers.
Impact on the Defi ecosystem
On-chain metrics reflect a significant impact on the amount of distributed exchange (DEX) in BNB chains.
Daily peaks were recorded on June 29th and 30th, according to Defillama. $8,000 millionDuplicate the previous day’s values as seen in the following image.
When accumulated in June, the amount of dex reached Up to $170 million in historyaccording to Defill. This increase suggests greater activity in the Defi application, perhaps based on the expectations of faster, more economical transactions after branching.
However, other metrics, such as the number of transactions, active accounts, and new accounts created, do not show much variation compared to the previous day.
This may indicate that the explorer does not yet reflect Maxwell’s full influence. Large adoption of these improvements takes integration.
Maxwell branches, which include three major improvement proposals (BEPs), also introduce technical optimizations such as better database management, communication and synchronization between nodes, as explained by Cryptonoticia.
Finally, the ecosystem’s native token price, BNB, 1% has risen in the last 24 hoursQuoted at the time of this wording in the area of $654 per currency.