{"id":3484,"date":"2026-03-10T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.benfen.org\/blog\/?p=3484"},"modified":"2026-03-10T15:22:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T07:22:03","slug":"benfen-mainnet-upgrade-busd-to-usdt-and-usdc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benfen.org\/blog\/index.php\/benfen-mainnet-upgrade-busd-to-usdt-and-usdc\/","title":{"rendered":"BenFen Mainnet V1.24.5 Upgrade Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benfen.org\/\">BenFen<\/a> will conduct a mainnet upgrade and maintenance <strong>on March 10, 2026, at 15:00 (UTC+8)<\/strong>. The primary purpose of this upgrade is to <strong>enhance and optimize the stablecoin system<\/strong>, gradually enabling the <strong>ecosystem split and expansion from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benfen.org\/blog\/index.php\/with-depegging-events-on-the-rise-busd-redefines-stablecoin\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2329\">BUSD<\/a> to USDT and USDC<\/strong>, thereby improving stablecoin liquidity and cross-chain compatibility within the BenFen ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the upgrade is completed, the BenFen Chain will introduce the following improvements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Stablecoin System Upgrade:<\/strong> BUSD will be split and expanded into USDT and USDC within the ecosystem.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>New USDT \/ USDC Cross-Chain Support:<\/strong> Users will be able to bridge USDT and USDC into and out of the BenFen Chain at a 1:1 ratio, though USDT and USDC cannot be converted into each other.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>BUSD Cross-Chain Function Unchanged:<\/strong> Users can continue using BUSD for cross-chain transfers and on-chain interactions as usual.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Expanded Ecosystem Application Support:<\/strong> Applications and services within the BenFen ecosystem will gradually support use cases for USDT and USDC.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>During the upgrade period, <strong>on-chain operations (including cross-chain transfers, payments, staking, and asset interactions) will be temporarily unavailable<\/strong>. To avoid disruption, please plan your operations in advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The upgrade is expected to be completed <strong>on March 10, 2026, at 17:00 (UTC+8)<\/strong>, after which normal network operations will resume. Following the upgrade, the BenFen stablecoin system will be further strengthened, enhancing ecosystem liquidity and asset interoperability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the upgrade, the BenFen team will closely monitor the network status to ensure the process proceeds smoothly and will publish a recovery announcement immediately after completion. We apologize for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your understanding and support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BenFen Official Community:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/BenFen_Official\">https:\/\/t.me\/BenFen_Official<\/a><br>BenFen Team March 10, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BenFen will conduct a mainnet upgrade, enabling the ecosystem split and expansion from BUSD to USDT and USDC, improving stablecoin liquidity and cross-chain compatibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[163],"tags":[270,274,355,353],"class_list":["post-3484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcement","tag-benfen-mainnet-upgrade","tag-busd-en","tag-usdc","tag-usdt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benfen.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benfen.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benfen.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benfen.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benfen.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.benfen.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3486,"href":"https:\/\/www.benfen.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3484\/revisions\/3486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benfen.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benfen.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benfen.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benfen.org\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}