Tagged: base

September 18, 2026 @ 11:16 am By JD Alois  |  

A seismic shift for global finance as the US regulator brings the $75 trillion plus US equity market into the digital age As the tokenization market is predicted to quickly top trillions of dollars in securities within a few years, global participants in the tokenization… Read More

September 15, 2026 @ 5:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum (ETH) and Base developers have ended a months-long attempt to merge two competing account abstraction designs into a single standard. The talks, which sought to reconcile Base-led EIP-8130 with Ethereum’s EIP-8141, known as Frame Transactions, collapsed last week. Both networks will now ship their… Read More

September 11, 2026 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has restored the Coinbase Wallet name to the self-custodial app it relaunched as Base App in July 2025. The change, confirmed on September 10, 2026, marks a clear shift away from a social-first “everything app” and back toward fast, permissionless trading across many… Read More

August 25, 2026 @ 9:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) tokenized stocks are now on Base using its B20 standard. The group quickly points out that these are “real ownership” and not a “workaround,” as each digital asset represents 1-to-1 shares held by a custodian. The digital asset is not a synthetic product… Read More

July 16, 2026 @ 4:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jesse Pollak, the key architect of Coinbase‘s (NASDAQ:COIN) Base layer-2 blockchain, has publicly recognized shortcomings in the project’s earlier consumer strategy centered on on-chain social experiences. In a detailed reflection shared on social media, Pollak described how his emphasis on creator-driven content, messaging apps, and… Read More

June 27, 2026 @ 9:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase’s (NASDAQ:COIN) Ethereum Layer 2 network Base faced its second significant mainnet technical setback in as many days, with block production stalling again on June 26, 2026, after a similar incident the previous day. The repeated halts briefly disrupted transaction processing and related services across… Read More

June 20, 2026 @ 7:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Base, Coinbase’s (NASDAQ:COIN) Ethereum Layer 2 network, is set to activate its second major network upgrade, known as Beryl, on mainnet on June 25, 2026. The upgrade, already deployed to the Base Sepolia testnet, introduces the B20 native token standard while delivering improvements in withdrawal… Read More

June 9, 2026 @ 2:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Morpho has reportedly raised $175 million in a new investment round. The funding was led by venture firms Paradigm, Ribbit Capital, and Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto arm (a16z crypto), with additional participation from backers including Apollo Funds, Circle’s venture unit, and VanEck. This token-based investment values… Read More

May 28, 2026 @ 5:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase‘s (NASDAQ:COIN) Ethereum Layer 2 network, Base, has taken a significant step toward merging artificial intelligence with decentralized finance by launching Base MCP. This innovative tool enables users to link their Base Accounts directly to popular AI platforms, allowing seamless onchain interactions through natural language… Read More

May 12, 2026 @ 3:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Centrifuge, a platform specializing in bringing real-world assets onchain, has taken a major step forward by deploying its decentralized real-world asset (deRWA) infrastructure on Base, Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer-2 network. This rollout seamlessly merges institutional-grade tokenization with decentralized finance (DeFi) capabilities, enabling tokenized assets to function… Read More

February 19, 2026 @ 9:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain infrastructure firm Eco recently spotlighted compelling on-chain data from Dune Analytics, revealing explosive growth in USDC activity. Across 49 queried networks, monthly USDC transactions jumped from 31 million in July 2024 to 613 million by January 2026—a 20-fold increase in just 18 months for… Read More

September 1, 2025 @ 4:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Base, the L2 blockchain developed by Coinbase, has crossed an astonishing $200 billion in trading volume on Uniswap, the decentralized exchange (DEX) protocol. This milestone, reported on August 30, 2025, underscores Base’s ascent in the DeFi ecosystem and highlights its role as a bridge between… Read More

July 20, 2025 @ 4:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets exchange Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has rebranded its Coinbase Wallet as the Base App. Unveiled recently at the company’s “A New Day One” event in Los Angeles, this transformation marks a shift, positioning the Base App as a “superapp” that integrates trading, payments, messaging, and… Read More

May 12, 2025 @ 9:54 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Wirex, a provider of Web3 banking solutions, has expanded its Wirex Business platform to BASE, a new layer-2 blockchain developed by Coinbase. This new integration with BASE will enable corporate clients to manage treasury functions, issue corporate cards, and handle expenses using stablecoins like USDC and EURC. This… Read More

March 7, 2025 @ 6:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets exchange Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has reportedly acquired a team to accelerate privacy efforts on Base. According to a blog post by Coinbase, privacy is “critical for unlocking the full potential of an onchain future.” Coinbase further explained that this is why they’re “bringing on… Read More

November 17, 2024 @ 9:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Earlier this week, it was revealed that Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) is acquiring team to accelerate onchain payments. This strategic move aligns with a global Fintech trend in the payments sector that’s focused on enabling stablecoin transactions across borders with minimal cost and greater overall efficiency as… Read More

September 28, 2024 @ 2:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Folks Finance has integrated Chainlink CCIP and Price Feeds across the Avalanche, Base, and Ethereum mainnets, leveraging CCIP’s arbitrary messaging functionality to enable highly secure cross-chain lending. By integrating Chainlink Price feeds, Folks has access “to high-quality, tamper-proof price feeds needed to support secure markets… Read More

July 10, 2024 @ 9:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle has provided an update regarding stablecoin EURC which is coming to Base. According to a blog post from Circle, here’s what this means for the Base ecosystem. Circle notes in an update that they are pleased “to bring EURC to Base, its first euro-backed… Read More

October 16, 2023 @ 4:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Reserve Protocol is now live on Base, marking its first expansion beyond the Ethereum mainnet. This update matters because it aims to empower accessible innovation. As noted in a blog post by the Reserve Protocol team, the “low-cost,” and developer-friendly Ethereum L2 environment launched by… Read More

October 15, 2023 @ 11:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

API3’s managed dAPIs are available on Base. Developers on Base can now “access over 120 verifiable, decentralized data feeds powered by first-party oracle nodes, which are operated directly by the data providers.” Base is an Ethereum L2 solution incubated by Coinbase that is “built on… Read More