x402 transactions on Solana exceeded Base transactions for the first time.

Hosts vibeathon hackathon starting on January 20, 2026 with $40K in prizes and 10M XP rewards for reputation-powered app development.

Featured as one of multiple blockchains supported by Zerion Feed's trader tracking tool, alongside Solana and others.

Integrated with Jumper Exchange Earn, allowing users to earn Aave-powered yield on Base.

Holds 46% of L2 DeFi value and processes 90% of all L2 transactions alongside Arbitrum and Optimism.

Everclear (clearing protocol) is integrating into the Base ecosystem.

Grok achieved #1 ranking in AI wealth accumulation on Base.

flock_io, a decentralized AI training platform on Base, launches $FLOCK token on Solana via Base-Solana bridge.

Active loans for Morpho on Base surpassed $1 billion, representing a ~10x year-over-year increase.

Supports seamless cross-network swaps in Glyph Wallet alongside ApeChain, Ethereum, Arbitrum, BNB Smart Chain, and HyperLiquid.

Supports QUICK token cross-chain transfers via Chainlink CCIP, enabling movement between Base and Polygon networks.

Relay Protocol became the #1 sender of transactions on Base.

Lombard Vaults deployed on Base reached $5.27M TVL as part of $31M total across 5 chains.

Beezie (The Claw Machine for Pokémon grails) launches on 2026-01-15.

Listed in a daily crypto news summary as the chain for a new social-fi project called Liqfid.

Generated $1,115,169 in total fees from the autonomous AI-created token $DRB deployed on the network.

Launched beep mini app where attention is priced by default and every message pays the reader.

Moving Castles launched full tactical espionage game on Base on January 9, 2026.

Anotherblock distributed $1,400 in NFT royalties to 114 holders on Base for Q3 2025 royalties from "So Far Away" track.

Phishing campaign targets Base wallet users via email, impersonating official Base communications to steal credentials or funds.

GMX introduces 5 new perpetual swap markets on Base (along with Ethereum, Arbitrum, and BNB Chain), increasing total available perpetual swaps to 103, including SYRUP/USD from Maple Finance.

Wasabi Protocol deployed its first agent (Wasabot) via Virtuals Protocol on Base, representing one of the first agent-native DeFi protocols on the network.

wrsETH supply cap on the Aave v3 market increased to 20,000 wrsETH.

Leads in finance-related gas fees among Layer 2 networks when excluding Ethereum mainnet.

Ranked #4 among the top 10 prediction markets of 2025 by volume on DeFiLlama through trylimitless.

Inco Lightning testnet launched on Base Sepolia with improved stability, additional features, and enhanced developer experience for confidential applications.

Mentorable app launches on Base on 2026-01-19.

Processed 84.7 TPS during the ecosystem-wide ATH event when total ecosystem TPS reached 58,786.

JPMorgan is expanding JPMCoin integration to Base.

Consumed 44.31% of Ethereum's data availability (blob space) in the past 7 days, remaining the largest consumer among all rollups.

Processes approximately 1,400 transactions per second with 16-minute finality using sequential execution architecture.

Launched 18+ local stablecoins across Asia-Pacific, LATAM, and Europe to support everyday payments in local currencies, expanding beyond USD.

Average transaction fee is $0.0020.

Launched USDC incentive campaign for cbETH and cbXRP pools with total rewards of 915,000 USDC distributed over 8 weeks on Aerodrome and Curve Finance pools.

EigenCloud begins multi-chain rollout starting with Base.

Stake DAO vlAURA delegation went live on Base on January 5, 2026, enabling users to delegate and claim rewards every Thursday.

Allora Network's mainnet launched on Base on January 5th, 2026, providing predictive AI signals for DeFi applications.

Hosts AlignerZ_Labs IWO (Initial Wallet Offering) event on January 7, 2026.

Cited as a potential airdrop opportunity for users of Avantis perp DEX on Base.

Ranked 6th among all chains by fees (revenues) for 2025.

Reached an all-time high of 926,000 ERC-4337 UserOps in December 2025, driven by Coinbase Wallet to Base App upgrades.

Paid $0.0092 in rent to Ethereum L1 per active address over the past 30 days.

Ionic Money offers supply APRs of up to 117% on uSUI, 39% on uSOL, and 32% on eUSD, plus borrow APRs of 5% on AERO, with additional ION rewards for veION stakers on Base.

Ranked 3rd among chains by total transactions in 2025 with 3.29 billion transactions.

Partnered with Billions Network, with Rewards Snapshot #1 completed following Billions Network's $5M public sale on Kaito's Capital Launchpad.

Collaborated with REKT Drinks to produce co-branded drinks.

SemanticLayer launched user-deployed onchain trading agents (interns) that execute trades on prediction markets with fully onchain execution via x402.

Mentioned as a potential opportunity if it launches a blast-style incentive program in 2026.

Supported by BitMart DEX alongside Solana, BNB Chain, and Ethereum, covering 1.49 million tokens through the decentralized exchange launched in September 2025.

Nansen AI supports trade execution on Base.

MorpheusAIs V4 contracts went live on Base, enabling builder emissions that accrue every block and allowing MOR holders to restake to Builder subnets.

Integrated TRON/USDf for cross-chain liquidity.

Processed more transactions than all other EVM chains combined on Bebop DEX.

Partners with Korea's largest payment infrastructure provider to pilot a payments program in the Base App.

Has achieved $4.44B in Total Value Locked (TVL) as of December 30, 2025.

Received $12M in cross-chain volume via Mayan Finance during the last week of December 2025.

Processed over $15 trillion in stablecoin transfer volume in 2025.

Exploring a network token as a potential tool for decentralization, with leadership stating that without such a token, the mission of building a global economy may not be fulfilled.

HeyElsaAI project on Base announced its airdrop eligibility checker will be released in January 2026, with V1 and V2 points counting toward allocations and TGE targeted for January 2026.

Recorded a positive change in stablecoin supply over the last 24 hours ending December 27, 2025, making it one of only three networks with positive stablecoin supply growth during this period.

Powers the backend of Coinbase's SuperApp layer, with Coinbase maintaining control of distribution while providing developer ecosystem access.

Tea Protocol postpones TEA token generation event to 2025-02-05, to be powered by Aerodrome Ignition on Base.

reached approximately $2 million TVL across Ethereum and Base allocations for yoEUR vault, earning 5.3% APY over 7 days

Shipped a native Solana bridge via Chainlink CCIP.

Credifi v1 launched with USDC support on Base, enabling uncollateralized crypto loans from $100 to $20,000 at 4% fixed interest for 3 months for US users with 680+ credit scores.

Experienced a 78% decline in active addresses over the one-year period ending in December 2025.

Hiring a senior motion designer to work with the design/creative team on projects, campaigns, and in-product animations.

Enables SOL deposits and withdrawals on the network through Coinbase integration.

Achieved Stage 1 decentralization in April with the launch of permissionless fault proofs and implementation of a security council.

FriendSpaceApp is scheduled to launch on Base in January 2025.

ZEC/USD perpetual trading pair launched on GMX with up to 100x leverage, available on Ethereum, Arbitrum, BNB Chain, Solana, and Base.

RAVE token integrated with Stargate for cross-chain transfers across Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Base using the OFT Standard.

Enabled FX token on Base to allow users to withdraw funds during the Function X to PundiAI migration following an exploit that paused the Ethereum smart contract.

RUSSELL token on Base surged after an Elon Musk reply, reaching approximately $10.1M market cap.

The cbBTC pool on Base crossed $1 billion in total borrowed.

Extended the Base Holiday Season deadline to December 22, 2025 at 12pm PT for account verification and referral activities.

Virtuals Protocol and its ecosystem tokens account for 9.89% of trading volume for all Base tokens and 9.45% of Base chain volume excluding stables and majors, bringing 53,554 new unique users to Base.

SteakhouseFi powers USDC lending in the Farcaster native experience on Base.

Ethos Network deployed reputation and credibility systems on Base, building a database of reviews and consensus around nefarious actors for both agentic and human participants.

Reached 6.4 million holders of native USDC on the network, making it the most widely held Circle onchain asset by holder count.

USDC settled by Base commerce reached a new daily high of $89,712.87 on December 19, 2025, with $275,471.86 settled in December 2025 and $730,294 total settled.

Nockchain is deploying bridge contracts to Base on December 19, 2025.

Umbrae DLMM token is fully migrating from Solana to Base.

Banana Gun's desktop trading app now supports Base.

Released "The Base Watch" merchandise for sale at $70 USDC with a limited supply of 1,500 units.

Beezie is launching on Base in January 2025.

Supports over 200,000 smart contracts scanned and secures over $10B in assets through AgentLISA deployments.

Featured in a SLAM Nation BREAKOUT 2025 stream interview scheduled for December 19, 2025 at 3:30pm ET to discuss 2025 milestones and the Base App.

Rolled out a referral rewards program worth $2 million USD in total rewards over a 3-day period for users who bring new users to the Base app.

Partnering with Sehaj to become the leverage layer of the Base app.

Updated logo design from square to pentagon shape.