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Franklin Templeton Partnership: In a significant move, global asset manager Franklin Templeton has partnered with Binance to develop tokenized products, leveraging the BNB Chain for Real-World Asset (RWA) integration. This collaboration aims to bring traditional finance products, like their BENJI tokenized money market fund, to the BNB ecosystem.

VanEck ETF Filing: VanEck has filed for the first U.S.-registered spot BNB ETF (Exchange-Traded Fund). If approved by the SEC, this could significantly boost institutional adoption and potentially mirror the price surges seen with Bitcoin ETFs.

Coinbase Integration: The major U.S. exchange Coinbase expanded its services to include BNB trading pairs and custody services, citing growing user demand.

Ecosystem & Utility Expansion:

AI Integration: Over 60 AI-powered projects are already deployed on BNB Chain, with plans for a 2025 upgrade to include AI-powered developer tools (Code Copilot), decentralized data monetization, and autonomous AI agents in wallets.

Network Upgrades: The 2025 technical roadmap includes the "Fermi" hardfork and other upgrades aimed at achieving sub-second transaction finality, 20,000+ transactions per second (TPS), and expanding gasless transaction options.

Regulatory Progress: Binance continues to work with global regulators, recently obtaining an Anti-Money Laundering (AML) registration in Pakistan as it pushes for broader compliance.