BNB records a new all-time high above $1,111

On-chain data shows that BNB has hit an all-time high of $1,111.61, and is up 7.45% to $1,110 in the last 24 ￰1￱ digital asset has seen a 17.6% surge in the last 7 days, and is up by 100% for the last 12 ￰2￱ data shows $396 million in positions were liquidated across the BNB market over the past 24 ￰3￱ were $268 million in short liquidations and $127 million in long ￰4￱ shutdown fuels BNB momentum ATH szn in full swing 🫡 1 BNB = $1111 ￰5￱ — BNB Chain (@BNBCHAIN) October 3, 2025 BNB’s surge in price to ATHs echoes the broader crypto market gains as Uptober euphoria ￰6￱ surge follows an unexpected drop in ￰7￱ payrolls that adds to a growing list of signals that the Fed may begin easing monetary policy sooner than ￰8￱ jobs data paused on Thursday due to the ongoing ￰9￱ ￰10￱ have leaned heavily on the weak ADP report, which showed a 32,000 job decline in September against expectations for a 50,000 ￰11￱ the government shutdown halts official labor data, it leads to increased bets on rate ￰12￱ CME FedWatch tool shows there’s a 97.8% chance the Fed may cut interest rates by another 25 bps at the October 29 Fed ￰13￱ central bank also expects another rate cut before year-end during the December 10 Fed meeting.

“Markets appear to have responded with relative stability in the first 24 hours following the ￰14￱ shutdown. It’s worth noting that during the last major shutdown in 2018-2019, which lasted 35 days, markets remained largely resilient, and we may see similar dynamics this time.” -Philipp Zentner, CEO and Founder of LIFI Protocol As the shutdown drags on and economic signals decline, investors appear to be turning to alternative assets, such as gold and cryptocurrencies like ￰15￱ co-founder Markus Levin argued that the market is entering one of Bitcoin’s historically most dynamic months and that traders should be prepared for ￰16￱ Chain reduces its gas fees Today, all BNB Smart Chain (BSC) validators and builders have adopted the new minimum gas price of 0.05 Gwei and BSC is fully ready to accept transactions at this rate.

That’s ~$0.005 per transaction, making BSC one of the most cost-efficient blockchains in ￰17￱ this… ￰0￱ ￰18￱ — BNB Chain (@BNBCHAIN) October 1, 2025 BNB’s outperformance of the wider market was also fueled by token-specific ￰19￱ asset reduced its minimum gas fees earlier this week from 0.1 Gwei to 0.05 Gwei, making the network one of the cheapest among other ￰20￱ proposal follows previous decisions in April 2024 to reduce the gas price from 3 Gwei to 1 Gwei, and again in May 2025 to lower it to 0.1 ￰21￱ on the proposal also reduced block intervals from 750 milliseconds to 450 ￰22￱ validators are now proposing that gas fees should be reduced to ~$0.005 per transaction to make the virtual asset more competitive with chains like Solana and ￰23￱ Chain validators also stated that APY remained stable above 0.5%, supported by higher trading activity and the digital asset’s price ￰24￱ noted that trading is currently the dominant activity on BNB Chain – and gas fees matter most for ￰25￱ proposed that the asset strive to have the lowest gas fees possible, as long as the staking APY remains above 0.5%.

They stated that the initiative strikes a balance between network growth and validator rewards, ensuring long-term ￰26￱ validators revealed that their goal is for gas fees to drop to $0.001 per transaction, representing a more than 90% reduction from past levels and aligning with the most competitive ￰27￱ digital asset’s activity is dominated by trading-related transactions, surging from 20% at the start of 2025 to 67% by June. Kazakhstan’s state-backed Alem Crypto Fund also named BNB as its first investment asset. Kazakhstan’s government website revealed that it established the crypto reserve in partnership with ￰28￱ country did not specify the amount of BNB purchased to seed the fund and didn’t provide further details about potential other digital asset ￰29￱ Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development established the Alem Crypto Fund, while the Qazaqstan Venture Group, under the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC), manages the reserve.

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