BNB opened 8 September 2026 at $739.68, according to CoinGecko's daily snapshot at 00:00 UTC. That is up 7.0% from $691.14 a week earlier and up 23.2% from $600.33 on 9 August. The rise came two weeks after BNB Smart Chain's Pasteur hard fork, which was set to activate on mainnet at 02:30 UTC on 25 August 2026. Seven weeks later the price has barely moved: CoinGecko showed $742.68 on 25 October 2026, still about 46% below the all-time high of $1,369.99.
The week in numbers
All figures are CoinGecko daily snapshots at 00:00 UTC.
| Metric | 9 Aug 2026 | 1 Sep 2026 | 8 Sep 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price (USD) | $600.33 | $691.14 | $739.68 |
| Market cap (USD) | $79.94B | $92.03B | $98.50B |
| 24h trading volume, all tracked venues (USD) | $588.8M | $704.9M | $868.2M |
What the numbers show
- Seven days: +7.0% in price (1 to 8 September). Market cap grew by about $6.5B.
- Thirty days: +23.2% in price (9 August to 8 September). Market cap grew by about $18.6B.
- Volume rose with price. Daily volume on 8 September was about 47% higher than on 9 August. The rise came with more trading, not on thin activity.
- Distance from the peak: at $739.68, BNB was about 46% below its all-time high of $1,369.99. CoinGecko records that high in October 2025.
BNB from testnet fork to late October
Step through the dated events around BNB's move to see what happened on the network and what the price did, in order.
- 21 Jul 2026, 02:30 UTCChapel testnet forks to Pasteurconfirmed
The Chapel testnet took the Pasteur hard fork with client release v1.7.6, ahead of mainnet.
- 9 Aug 2026Start of the 30-day windowconfirmed
CoinGecko's 00:00 UTC snapshot: price $600.33, market cap $79.94B, 24h volume across all tracked venues $588.8M.
- 25 Aug 2026, 02:30 UTCPasteur set to activate on mainnetannounced
Release v1.7.7 set this as the mainnet hard fork time, and the update was mandatory for all mainnet nodes. BEP-673 groups BEP-682 (rejects duplicate validators in light block validation) and BEP-695 (staking and governance security). Only the scheduled time is stated; no source links the fork to the price.
- 1 Sep 2026Start of the 7-day windowconfirmed
CoinGecko snapshot: price $691.14, market cap $92.03B, 24h volume $704.9M.
- 8 Sep 2026Week closes higherconfirmed
Price $739.68: up 7.0% in seven days and 23.2% in thirty. Market cap $98.50B; volume $868.2M, about 47% above 9 August. Still about 46% below the all-time high of $1,369.99 from October 2025.
- 25 Oct 2026Seven weeks later, little changedconfirmed
CoinGecko showed $742.68, only about 0.4% above the 8 September level, ranked #4 by market cap. Circulating supply 131.512M BNB, max supply listed as 200M.
This shows dated CoinGecko snapshots and scheduled protocol events only: it does not explain the cause of the price move, include funding or other market data, or say anything about where the price goes next.
What changed on the network: the Pasteur hard fork (25 August 2026)
The most recent protocol event before this week was Pasteur, a BNB Smart Chain hard fork.
- Timing: client release v1.7.7 states that it "is for BSC Mainnet" and sets "the hard fork time" at 2026-08-25 02:30:00 UTC. The update was mandatory for all mainnet nodes. The Chapel testnet forked earlier, at 2026-07-21 02:30:00 UTC, with v1.7.6.
- Scope: the umbrella proposal, BEP-673 "Hardfork Meta-Pasteur", lists two changes that need the fork:
- BEP-682: rejects duplicate validators during CometBFT light block validation. This check matters for cross-chain bridge security. - BEP-695: strengthens staking and governance security.
- Related change without a fork: BEP-675 lets builders propose blocks that validators sign without inspecting their contents. Its validator-side path switches on only after Pasteur activates.
Pasteur is mainly an infrastructure and security upgrade for validators and block builders. No source here links it directly to the price move, and this article does not claim a cause.
Reading the move
- The trend was broad, not one spike. Price went up across both the 30-day and the 7-day windows, and volume grew alongside it.
- It did not last. By 25 October 2026 BNB was at $742.68, only about 0.4% above its 8 September level. CoinGecko ranked it #4 by market cap that day.
- Supply context (25 October 2026, CoinGecko): circulating supply 131.512M BNB, total supply 131.512M, max supply listed as 200M.
- Funding rates on perpetual futures: a positive rate means holders of long positions pay holders of short positions. That usually signals leveraged demand on the long side. No cross-market funding data for this week was verified, so no figure is given here.
Limitations: all price, market cap and volume figures come from a single source, CoinGecko, and other aggregators report slightly different values.
Crypto assets are volatile and you can lose your capital. Nothing here is investment advice.
