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<a href="https://x.com/BNBCHAIN" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">@BNBCHAIN</a> has completed the 37th quarterly token burn on BNB Smart Chain (BSC), removing 1,646,196 <a href="https://x.com/search?q=%24BNB&amp;src=cashtag_click" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$BNB</a> from supply. The tokens were worth about $1.197 billion at the time of the burn.
The headline in the original copy refers to nearly $2 billion, but published figures put the value of this burn at roughly $1.2 billion. The BNB Foundation announced the burn of 1,646,196.44 BNB, valued at $1,197,344,519.40, which reduces the total supply to 131,512,085.
<h2 id="how-the-auto-burn-works">How the Auto-Burn works</h2>
The burn is not decided case by case. The BNB Auto-Burn follows a formula built on two inputs: the price of BNB and the number of blocks BSC produces in a quarter. BNB Chain describes the process as independently auditable and objective, and says the mechanism is independent of the Binance centralized exchange.
The burned tokens are permanently removed from circulation. They move to the blackhole address 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000dEaD. Following the network's upgrade to Lorentz and Maxwell, which increased block production frequency, the related burn calculation parameters were also updated.
The system has a defined end point. BNB employs an Auto-Burn system to gradually reduce its total supply to 100,000,000 BNB. With 131,512,085 BNB remaining, that leaves about 31.5 million BNB before the 100 million target.
<h2 id="size-of-the-burn-and-market-context">Size of the burn and market context</h2>
In July 2026, BNB Chain conducted its 36th quarterly burn, destroying about 1.62 million BNB worth $931.7 million. The latest event removed a slightly larger number of tokens, and because BNB's price was higher, its dollar value was larger. BNB was trading near $725 as it continued to struggle below key technical resistance.
The quarterly burn is one of two supply-reduction tools. The other is a real-time burn under BEP-95, which permanently removes a portion of gas fees from every transaction on BSC.
Burns reduce supply but do not by themselves guarantee a price move. The mechanism does not represent a new $1.197 billion purchase of tokens on the open market.
Sources:
<a href="https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/34717" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">TokenPost: BNB Foundation Completes Its 37th Quarterly Burn</a> <a href="https://blockonomi.com/bnb-chain-completes-37th-bnb-burn-removing-1-65m-bnb-from-supply" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Blockonomi: BNB Chain Completes 37th BNB Burn</a> <a href="https://www.bnbchain.org/en/blog/33rd-bnb-burn" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">BNB Chain Blog: BNB Burn and Auto-Burn explained</a>

BNB Chain burns nearly $2B worth of tokens in 37th quarterly burn

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