BNB Chain officially announced its new L1 (New L1), which is not an upgrade to BSC, but a completely redesigned, high-performance EVM chain specifically designed for extremely low latency. Key information includes: coexistence with BSC, native cross-chain bridge connection, no new token issuance, continued use of BNB for gas + staking + governance; 200ms block time, approximately 20ms pre-confirmation, sub-second finality; no public mempool + native account abstraction + privacy pool; already running multi-validator Devnet; testnet launch at the end of 2026, mainnet launch in early 2027. This signals a direct challenge to Hyperliquid and others to compete on-chain high-frequency trading and agent financial infrastructure. BSC continues to focus on the mass ecosystem, while the new chain specializes in achieving top-tier performance. This represents pure incremental demand for BNB. With the testnet launch, early protocol and liquidity opportunities are worth closely monitoring. @BNBCHAIN @binancezh @cz_binance