BNB Chain has surpassed Ethereum to become the world's leading public blockchain network for AI agent deployments.

Odaily reported that since the AI Agent concept emerged in the cryptocurrency sector this January, the number of on-chain AI Agents has skyrocketed from about 337 to over 123,000 in just three months, representing a surge of more than 36,000%.

According to the latest data from third-party aggregation platforms Agentscan and 8004scan, which focus on AI Agent data tracking, these platforms—based on the ERC-8004 standard launched by Ethereum this year—conducted a cross-chain comparison and found that BNB Chain has surpassed Ethereum, becoming the global leader in AI Agent deployments among public chain networks.

The industry generally believes that the agent economy will become the next trillion-dollar core narrative in the crypto sector. Autonomous agents will execute DeFi strategies, NFT issuance, DAO governance, user services, and cross-chain arbitrage tasks around the clock, fundamentally eliminating Web3's biggest usage friction—the reliance on manual operations.

In terms of ERC-8004 standard deployments and on-chain activity, BNB Chain is already in the lead. BNB Chain's competitive advantage is further highlighted by its native BAP-578 standard (Non-Fungible Agent, NFA). This standard, fully upgraded while remaining compatible with ERC-8004, grants AI Agents complete on-chain ownership, tradability, and upgradability, and supports persistent intelligent memory, Merkle tree-based learning proof mechanisms, asset holding, and autonomous execution, among other advanced features.

NfaScan, the exclusive verification tool for BAP-578 on BNB Chain, shows:

- Total AI Agents: approximately 122,033

- Verified Agents: 117,551

- 96% have completed ERC-8004 registration (consistent with Agentscan data, covering the full ecosystem)

Agentscan only tracks data from the ERC-8004 dimension (where BNB Chain already ranks first), while the addition of the BAP-578 layer has pushed BNB Chain’s total verified AI Agents past 120,000, far exceeding any other public chain’s performance under the pure ERC-8004 benchmark. This “dual-standard parallel” strategy (ERC-8004 compatibility + BAP-578 enhanced features) provides developers with low-cost, high-throughput infrastructure, truly serving the construction of the real agent economy rather than merely staying at the identity registration level.