According to Odaily Odaily, since the concept of AI Agents emerged in the cryptocurrency field in January this year, the number of on-chain AI Agents has surged from approximately 337 to over 123,000 in just three months, an increase of more than 36,000%.
According to the latest data from Agentscan and 8004scan, third-party aggregation platforms that focus on tracking AI agent data, after comparing multiple public chains based on Ethereum's ERC-8004 standard launched this year, the platforms found that BNB Chain has surpassed Ethereum and become the public chain network with the largest number of AI agents deployed globally.
Industry experts widely believe that the intelligent agent economy will become the core narrative for the next trillion-dollar industry. Autonomous intelligent agents will execute DeFi strategies, NFT issuance, DAO governance, user services, and cross-chain arbitrage around the clock, fundamentally eliminating the biggest friction in Web3 usage—reliance on manual operation.
In terms of ERC-8004 standard deployment and on-chain activity, BNB Chain is already in a leading position. However, BNB Chain's competitive advantage lies even more in its native BAP-578 standard (Non-Fungible Agent, NFA). This standard, while compatible with ERC-8004, has undergone a comprehensive upgrade, granting AI agents complete on-chain ownership, tradability, and upgradeability. It also supports persistent intelligent memory, a Merkle tree-based learning proof mechanism, and advanced features such as asset holding and autonomous execution.
NfaScan, BAP-578's dedicated verification tool on the BNB Chain, displays:
Total number of AI agents: approximately 122,033
- 117,551 verified agents
- 96% of them have completed ERC-8004 registration (consistent with Agentscan's data standards, and covering the entire ecosystem).
Agentscan only tracks data in the ERC-8004 dimension (where BNB Chain already ranks first), while the addition of the BAP-578 layer has brought the total number of verified AI agents on BNB Chain to over 120,000, far exceeding the performance of any other public chain under the pure ERC-8004 benchmark. This "dual-standard parallel" strategy (ERC-8004 compatibility + BAP-578 enhancements) provides developers with a low-cost, high-throughput infrastructure, truly serving the construction of a real-world intelligent agent economy, rather than merely remaining at the identity registration level.
