YZi Labs announces investment of US$1 billion in construction funds into the BNB ecosystem! EASY Residency Season 2 Recruitment Innovation Project

Binance took advantage of the victory to pursue the recently popular BNB chain, and YZi Labs announced a US$1 billion investment in building a fund.
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The encryption market is currently booming with BNB Chain, meme coins plus BNB The skyrocketing price of tokens has caused a boom on the chain. YZi Labs, currently led by Binance founder Changpeng Zhao CZ, has announced a US$1 billion "Builders Fund" to match the last wave of EASY Residency Season 2 to recruit BNB ecosystem developers, taking advantage of the opportunity.

1 billion US dollar fund launched

YZi Labs announced that it will invest 1 billion US dollars in the BNB Chain ecosystem, giving priority to support on-chain entrepreneurial projects. Official information states that BNB Chain has the advantages of high performance and low handling fees, with a minimum handling fee of 0.05 gwei per transaction, and serves more than 460 million users. The fund will provide tools, capital and market resources to help the team shorten product iteration time and expand capital channels through cooperation with 10X Capital.

YZi Labs’ current investment portfolio has reached US$10 billion, and it has jointly established a US$1 billion BNB inventory with B Strategy, highlighting its long-term bet on BNB’s liquidity and reserve value.

In addition to direct investment, YZi Labs also operates the "Most Valuable Builder (MVB) Accelerator" with Binance and BNB Chain, allowing early-stage projects to grow simultaneously in terms of technology, connections and funds.

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— YZi Labs (@yzilabs) October 8, 2025

EASY Residency Season 2

EASY Residency Season 2 opens final recruitment on October 6, focusing onTrading, Real World Assets (RWA), Artificial Intelligence, Decentralized Science (DeSci), Decentralized Finance (DeFi), payment, walletand other eight major areas.

BNB Chain’s data is strong and its performance upgrade blueprint is clear

BNB Chain’s current monthly active addresses have reached 58 million to 60 million, which is higher than competitors such as Solana. The craze for decentralized applications and NFTs has boosted on-chain activity, with Aster DEX TVL increasing by more than 500% year-on-year to $2.4 billion. The official plan is to increase the transaction volume per second to 20,000 in 2026, compress the transaction confirmation time to 150 milliseconds, and introduce native privacy and upgradeable virtual machines.

BNB token simultaneously benefited from the growth of the Internet and reached a new high at the end of 2025, exceeding US$1,300. The token destruction mechanism, pledge income and governance functions allow institutional funds to continue to flow in, further strengthening ecological stickiness.