EP 39
BNB Chain Launches Jenner Hardfork on Testnet
In this episode
Crypto markets traded lower over the last 24 hours, with Bitcoin holding at $80,285 and BNB slipping -2.38% to $742.21 amid macro pressure from a hawkish Federal Reserve. On BNB Chain, the Jenner hardfork deployed to BSC testnet featuring a dedicated Payment Lane and CAS20 token standard, prompting CZ to encourage developers to 'Keep building.' Meanwhile, Binance Futures expanded its derivatives suite by launching multiple TradFi USDⓈ-Margined perpetual contracts alongside various spot and P2P community campaigns.
- CZ quoted BNB Chain's announcement that the Jenner hardfork is live on BSC testnet, adding 'Keep building.'
- BNB Chain deployed the Jenner hardfork to BSC testnet, introducing a Payment Lane reserving 5% of block gas for payments, millisecond timestamps, and the CAS20 standard.
- Binance Futures announced the launch of multiple TradFi USDⓈ-Margined Perpetual Contracts on 2026-10-29.
- Bitcoin fell -1.48% to $80,285, while BNB decreased -2.38% to $742.21 over the last 24 hours.
- BSC total value locked stood at $5.52B, recording a 0.2% 24-hour gain despite a 7-day drop of -4.4%.
- Bitcoin spot ETFs added $137M, bringing three-day inflows to $424M and pushing October net inflows to $111M.
- Utah Attorney General Derek Brown filed criminal charges against prediction market Kalshi and its executives over alleged illegal gambling.
- Curve Finance deployed natively on Stellar mainnet, marking its first deployment outside the EVM ecosystem.
- The crypto Fear & Greed index remained neutral at 51.
- Binance launched Season 10 of its Spot Trading Tournament offering up to 300,000 USDC in token vouchers.