BNB Chain sets Jenner hardfork for testnet on October 28

BNB Chain has scheduled its next protocol upgrade. The Jenner hardfork goes live on the BNB Smart Chain testnet on October 28, 2026, and node operators have homework to do first. The upgrade bundles three BNB Evolution Proposals (BEPs). One reserves block space for payments, one creates a standard for regulated assets, and one makes the chain’s clock far more precise. What Jenner actually changes The headline feature is BEP-703, which BNB Chain calls the Payment Lane. By default, it sets aside 5% of each block’s gas for qualifying payments. Eligible traffic, such as plain BNB transfers sent to non-contract accounts, gets a guaranteed slice of the block. The rest of the network can still jam up, but simple payments are meant to keep moving. The second piece is BEP-702, which introduces a standard called CAS20, short for Compliant Assets. It is designed to support issuing stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) with compliance controls built directly into the token. Those controls include governance features such as allowlists and blocklists, giving issuers the ability to decide who is permitted to hold or move a token at the protocol level rather than through custom code....