67.81 million BNB burned as supply falls 20.2% below its 2021 level

In short

• Crypto analyst Captain X says 67.81 million BNB has been burned, 99.1% of it through BNB Chain's Quarterly Auto-Burn.
• The same post puts BNB's total supply 20.2% below its 2021 level, while Ethereum's supply is up 3.8% and Solana's up 13.4% since 2023.
• The 36th burn on 15 July 2026 destroyed 1,615,827.8 BNB, worth about $932m at the time, leaving roughly 133.17 million coins, per CryptoTicker.
• The 37th burn is expected in mid-October 2026, and BNB Chain has not yet named a date for it.

In a post on X dated 15 October 2026, crypto analyst Captain X says 67.81 million BNB has been burned in total, and that 99.1% of it went through BNB Chain's Quarterly Auto-Burn. The same post puts BNB's total supply 20.2% below where it stood in 2021, against a 3.8% rise in Ethereum's supply over the same period and a 13.4% increase in Solana's supply since 2023. It's a long way from 2017, when the author of this article watched BNB change hands at about $2.

A supply that shrinks every quarter

BNB is the native coin of BNB Chain, a blockchain that grew out of Binance, the crypto exchange. Yahoo Finance calls BNB the fourth-largest cryptocurrency; the same outlet puts Binance's trading volume at $11.4tn in the first half of 2026, with 323 million registered users as of July. The burn runs on a fixed formula four times a year, and the amount destroyed depends on BNB's price and the number of blocks produced on BNB Smart Chain, according to CryptoTicker. Roughly 1.2% of supply goes each quarter, and BNB Chain says the process runs independently of the exchange, Yahoo Finance reports.

What the 36th burn removed

The 36th burn, completed on 15 July 2026, destroyed 1,615,827.8 BNB, worth about $932m at the time, and left the supply at roughly 133.17 million coins, CryptoTicker reports, citing BNB Chain's own blog. CryptoRank says the 37th burn is expected this quarter.

How far BNB sits below its record

The shrinking supply hasn't lifted the price out of its range. BNB cost about $767 late on 2 October 2026, according to CoinGecko figures cited by CryptoTicker, roughly 44% below its record high of $1,369.99 set on 13 October 2025. CryptoRank said on 8 October 2026 that BNB had fallen about 5% from recent highs as Bitcoin slid toward $81,000, placing resistance at $790 to $807 and support near $750, then about $720.

What a smaller supply means for holders

Ordinary users feel the burn only indirectly. Anyone using BNB Chain needs BNB to pay network fees, so a shrinking float is background to daily use rather than a cash payout. For traders, the burns are predictable, and CryptoRank says they can already be partly reflected in the market price. The longer-term effect comes from steadily reducing the supply that is available to buy, rather than from a sudden jump in demand.

What BNB holders are saying on X

Reaction on X to the burn figure has been mostly bullish. T_Khanh2026.eth said the numbers don't lie, AhXiongWeb3 said people are sleeping on BNB, vøv said deflationary supply beats inflationary hype, NoToKYC.COM described the supply doing a disappearing act and Topveemedia called BNB a go-to for the season ahead. Karan Sharma pushed back, asking why so much supply was brought to market if it was always going to be burned, and Energy joked that the 67.81 million coins gone feel like years of gym membership fees.

The next step on the chain's roughly 90-day rhythm is the 37th burn, expected in mid-October 2026, though BNB Chain has not named a date, according to CryptoTicker. The programme is designed to keep running until the total supply reaches 100 million BNB.

Questions readers ask

How much BNB has been burned so far?

In a post on X dated 15 October 2026, crypto analyst Captain X says 67.81 million BNB has been burned in total, with 99.1% of that going through BNB Chain's Quarterly Auto-Burn. The same post puts BNB's total supply 20.2% below its 2021 level, against a 3.8% rise for Ethereum and a 13.4% rise for Solana since 2023.

What did the 36th BNB burn remove?

The 36th burn, completed on 15 July 2026, destroyed 1,615,827.8 BNB, worth about $932m at the time, according to CryptoTicker, which cites BNB Chain's own blog. It left the supply at roughly 133.17 million coins, with 100 million BNB as the long-term target.

When is the next BNB burn due?

CryptoRank says the 37th burn is expected this quarter, and CryptoTicker says the roughly 90-day rhythm points to mid-October 2026. BNB Chain has not named a date, and CryptoRank notes that burns are predictable, so they can already be partly reflected in the market price.

Our view

BNB's quarterly burn makes it a deflationary asset in a market where most large tokens keep inflating, and that is a structural advantage. It is why I have stayed with it since it traded near $2 in 2017. The arithmetic is simple: 67.81 million coins gone, supply down 20.2% since 2021, and a formula that keeps removing about 1.2% of the float each quarter. A token native to Binance, an exchange with 323 million registered users, is having its supply cut into a deep market.

Scarcity alone guarantees nothing. The burn is published in advance, so much of each quarter's reduction is already in the price, and demand has to hold up for the effect to show. The figure to watch is not the announcement date but the totals: the next quarterly disclosure against the 100 million BNB target, and whether fee demand on BNB Chain grows as the float keeps shrinking.

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What to watch: The 37th burn is expected in mid-October 2026, and BNB Chain has not yet named a date for it.