BNB Chain added $3.62 billion in real-world asset value during 2026, the largest growth figure in CryptoRank's latest blockchain ranking. Solana and Stellar followed closely behind, while Ethereum still holds the largest total RWA share despite adding less value than BNB Chain this year.
BNB Chain added $3.62 billion in RWA value during 2026, topping CryptoRank's ranking of blockchains by year-to-date growth. The figure puts BNB Chain roughly $960 million ahead of Solana, which recorded a $2.66 billion increase over the same period.
BNB Chain leads growth, not total value
CryptoRank reported the figures on Sept. 11, ranking BNB Chain first for year-to-date RWA growth. Stellar placed third after adding $2.50 billion. Ethereum followed with a $1.6 billion increase. BNB Chain's growth was roughly 36% larger than Solana's gain and around 45% higher than Stellar's.
BNB Chain shared the ranking on social media. According to BNB Chain: "Who run the (RWA) world?" The underlying chart came from CryptoRank, making the ranking an external estimate rather than a figure independently confirmed by BNB Chain. CryptoRank's post did not publish the opening value for each network or the assets counted toward each total.
Solana and Stellar stay close behind
Solana recorded $2.66 billion in RWA growth during the same period, according to CryptoRank. The difference between Solana and third-ranked Stellar was only $160 million. Avalanche placed fifth with a $1 billion increase. ZKsync and Monad rounded out the published list with gains of $750 million and $370 million.
The figures compare absolute dollar increases, which can favor networks receiving large issuances. CryptoRank did not provide percentage growth for each blockchain, so its public figures cannot show whether BNB Chain recorded the fastest proportional expansion or simply the highest increase from a smaller initial base.
Ethereum still holds the largest RWA share
Despite placing fourth for value added during 2026, Ethereum continued to hold the largest share of total RWA value, CryptoRank said. Its $1.6 billion increase represented less than half of BNB Chain's measured gain, illustrating the difference between market size and current growth.
CryptoRank reported that total onchain RWA value exceeded $39 billion after growing more than 50% since the beginning of 2026. No deadline was announced for the next blockchain ranking, and a full audit of BNB Chain's figure would still require starting and ending balances, valuation timestamps and asset-level detail that CryptoRank's post did not disclose.
Source: crypto.news
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