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YZi Labs entices founders to the BNB ecosystem with $1B Builder Fund

YZi Labs has established a $1 billion Builder Fund to enhance its support for founders in the BNB ￰2￱ initiative also aims to invite more long-term founders to focus on BNB-based innovations in trading, RWA, AI, DeSci, payments, wallets, and ￰3￱ firm argued that founders on BNB Chain will be able to leverage the network’s high-performance, low-cost infrastructure, as well as enhanced tools, funding, integrations, and access to more than 460 million users in the ￰4￱ Labs revealed its commitment to leveraging the BNB ecosystem in Web3 for democratized access and ￰5￱ Labs targets BNB’s democratized access and ownership Keep building in BNB Ecosystem, on #BNBChain – Trading – RWA – AI – DeFi – DeSci – Payment – Wallet Unlimited resources, unlimited support, unlimited ￰6￱ here: 👉 ￰0￱ ￰1￱ — Ella Zhang (@ellazhang516) October 8, 2025 The investment firm also said it aims to leverage the BNB blockchain in AI to enhance human potential and in biotech to improve quality of ￰7￱ Labs claims that it empowers founders to transform such principles into realities through targeted incubation, strategic investments, and partnerships.

On-chain data revealed that BNB Chain recorded more than 26.3 million transactions on Tuesday, ranking it as the top in DEX trading volume and daily active ￰8￱ is also the third-largest digital asset by market capitalization after it hit an all-time high of $1,330. “Through this $1B BNB Builder Fund, YZi Labs is committed to supporting BNB builders across sectors such as DeFi, AI, RWA, DeSci, and more – those building the next generation of open systems that connect technology back to human progress.” – Ella Zhang , Head of YZi ￰9￱ Labs noted that BNB’s Maxwell Hardfork in May improved its performance after reducing block times to 0.75 seconds and lowering its transaction fees to 0.05 ￰10￱ investment firm acknowledged that the initiative has attracted a large inflow of users and builders to the BNB ￰11￱ firm also believes that such milestones reflect massive adoption of BNB’s fast, scalable, and accessible ￰12￱ Labs revealed that it has played a pivotal role in supporting BNB’s growth over the past ￰13￱ firm stated that its team has supported projects on the BNB network, including PancakeSwap, ListaDAO, Aspecta, and ￰14￱ team has also participated in initiatives, including the BNB Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) by BNC, the RWA fund by China Renaissance, and the BNB Yield Fund by Hash ￰15￱ Labs added that it has convened global gatherings in Seoul and Singapore to bring traditional institutional investors, conglomerates, and family offices together with Web3 investors and partners to ￰16￱ investment firm said its Most Valuable Builder (MVB), BNB Chain’s flagship accelerator, will operate under YZi Labs’ EASY Residency for BNB builders starting October ￰17￱ investment firm announced that the initiative will establish a unified program offering up to $500,000 in ￰18￱ initiative also aims to give builders direct access to the BNB Chain core team, alongside the company’s network of investors, mentors, and ￰19￱ refutes claims that YZi Labs seeks outside investors Late last month, Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao refuted claims that YZi Labs was considering opening up to outside ￰20￱ confirmed that, since rebranding from Binance Labs, the investment firm has neither sought nor requested a single external ￰21￱ responded to a Financial Times report that cited Zhang claiming the venture capital firm may convert into a $10 billion externally facing investment ￰22￱ also maintained that YZi Labs was not spun out of Binance, but the firm operates ￰23￱ your strategy with mentorship + daily ideas - 30 days free access to our trading program

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