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BNB Chain Sets Fermi Hard Fork For January 14 Upgrade

DATE POSTED:January 7, 2026

BNB Chain is preparing to activate its Fermi hard fork on January 14 at 2:30 AM UTC, marking one of the most performance-focused upgrades in the network’s recent roadmap.

The update introduces faster block intervals, stronger finality, more efficient execution, and smoother application performance, especially under periods of high activity. The announcement was confirmed directly by BNB Chain through its official update post.

Fermi is coming to BNB Smart Chain on 14 Jan, 02:30AM (UTC).

With Fermi, BSC gets: