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$base

what's base?

Base is a Layer 2 blockchain solution built in partnership with Optimism, offering sub-second and sub-cent payments with deep Coinbase integration. The project focuses on global payments, financial services, and creator monetization tools.

Snapshot

DeepNodeAI XP claim went live on Base, alongside new projects, builder programs, and stablecoins.

16H ago
VISIBILITY EVENT

Included as one of fourteen supported destination chains for Circle's new crosschain forwarding service for Bridge Kit and Circle Gateway.

MARKET ACTIVITY

DX Terminal Pro completed a Genesis Token presale on Base.

17H ago
ONCHAIN METRICS

Achieved a 24-hour peak revenue rate of $14,900 per hour.

22H ago
ONCHAIN METRICS

Reached $750M+ total inflows across three deployments (Plasma, Ethereum, Base) for Aave integrations with syrupUSDC and syrupUSDT.

1D ago
MARKET ACTIVITY

Available as a deposit network for ROBO token listing on Bybit spot trading platform on February 27, 2026.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Supports deposits and trading on MetaMask's self-custodial crypto debit card launched with Mastercard across 49 U.S. states.

TECH EVENT

Onyxpacks GachaMachines went live on Base.

TECH EVENT

Upshot Cards launched prediction play feature on Base.

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated with Ethos Network for human verification solutions on the network.

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated with Alchemy for AI agent payments using stablecoins via x402 protocol, starting February 26, 2026.

PARTNERSHIP

Vaulted (vaultedgefi) opened private beta on Base, offering a credit layer where users can deposit wstETH, weETH, or Morpho vault receipts as collateral to mint USDVE stablecoin with zero interest.

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated with Hinkal Protocol for universal privacy features in February 2026.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Reached $3 million in trading volume in a fully agentic trading environment through DX terminal.

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated with Origin Protocol's stablecoin infrastructure through Morpho markets deployment on Base.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Participated in a community AMA hosted by DefinitiveFi on February 26, 2026 at 9:00 AM PT, featuring team members and traders discussing trading activity and product updates.

TECH EVENT

flowdotbid launched on Base on February 26th, 2026.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Launched GLDY on Base, representing 1 oz of physical gold, as the first institutional-grade gold token with yield.

2D ago
RISK ALERT

A malicious contract deployed on Base extracted 4,588,196,709,531 FOOM tokens from "Foom Club: Lottery", which were then bridged to Ethereum via LayerZero and swapped for approximately 161 ETH (~$332K).

MARKET ACTIVITY

Enabled as a deposit and withdrawal network on BitMEX for USDC and USDT with low-fee transactions.

PARTNERSHIP

Launched learning hub in collaboration with luly_io to provide onchain education for retail users.

PARTNERSHIP

Nansen's API integrates x402 to accept USDC payments on Base.

PARTNERSHIP

Frame partners with Base to provide free Claude AI access to Base builders who connect their GitHub accounts.

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated with easya_app, welcoming the application to launch on the network.

PARTNERSHIP

Avantis (avantisfi) integrated gasless transactions on Base

TECH EVENT

Launched leaderboards on Coinbase_NFT platform and base.dev featuring builder codes for potential rewards.

PARTNERSHIP

Talent Protocol, backed by Coinbase, provides access to 6 million builders on Base through a strategic partnership with SELFCLAW.

PARTNERSHIP

Left Optimism's Superchain in early February 2026, taking 97% of the collective's real economic value, citing faster shipping, reduced dependencies, and keeping fees in-house to build a proprietary stack.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Continues to drive the onchain AI meta, contributing to Virtual's 20% rebound.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Holds 31,582 BTC ($2.15B) in wrapped or bridged Bitcoin on the network as of February 25, 2026.

TECH EVENT

Supervisor V2 launches on Base, featuring guardian and depositor veto capabilities on material vault changes during timelock periods.

3D ago
PARTNERSHIP

Collaborates with Bankr, CRED, and Helix to build agentic infrastructure for the crypto industry.

MARKET ACTIVITY

GPS (GoPlus) listed on Bithumb's KRW market on February 24, 2026, as a Web3 security layer on the Base network.

PARTNERSHIP

Partnered with Coinbase Australia and Infinex to launch Red Packets (digital red envelopes) on Base blockchain for Lunar New Year celebration, with $888 USDC distributed through the program.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Included as one of the supported chains in MoonPay's multi-chain agent product alongside Solana, Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, BNB Chain, Avalanche, Tron, and Bitcoin.

PARTNERSHIP

JPMorgan launched a deposit token on Base.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Led the Self-Sustaining Agents hackathon at ETHDenver focused on autonomous agent business models and revenue streams.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Hosts a large-scale agentic finance simulation with mid-six-figure inference costs for LLM-powered agent activity conducted onchain.

PARTNERSHIP

Enables direct messaging integration with Lens Protocol and Worldcoin through XMTP.

TECH EVENT

Released filter and sort functionality in the Base app to help users manage wallet contents.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Hosting a community AMA on 2026-02-27 at 9:00am PT featuring live discussion with the Base team and traders, including product updates, marketing updates, and community Q&A.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Reached $10 million in revenue within 377 days of launch

VISIBILITY EVENT

Compared to Base in a podcast discussion about Vision Chain positioning itself as "the Base of Europe" for regulated finance.

MARKET ACTIVITY

A WETH-AIX liquidity pool is available on Base through QuickSwap with 116.35% APR and $56,910 TVL.

MARKET ACTIVITY

A USDC-AERO leveraged farming vault is available on Base through Extra Finance with 18.18% current APY, 18.87% 30-day average APY, and $7,550,000 TVL.

MARKET ACTIVITY

A HYDX-USDC liquidity vault is available on Base through Ichi Foundation with 46.03% APR and $723,690 TVL.

4D ago
ONCHAIN METRICS

Ranks first among all chains by stablecoin transaction volume.

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated with Stargate Finance to enable bridging of FT token between Base, Sonic, Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Avalanche.

TECH EVENT

Supports native ETH bridging via Hyperlane's Nexus with Arbitrum, Ethereum, and Optimism without unwrapping.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Basenames (base.eth subdomains) have been minting at a rate of 10,000-30,000 daily since December 2025.

5D ago
UNCATEGORIZED

dammnxyz is a DeFi protocol specializing in automated microsaving onchain and is deployed on Base Chain.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Processed $17 trillion in stablecoin volume.

6D ago
TECH EVENT

Launched CLI tool (npx awal) for Coinbase smart wallets on Base, authenticates via email verification, enables AI agent-controlled trading with sponsored gas fees, and deployed programmable, gasless infrastructure for agent-native wallets.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Captured 40% of Ethereum L2 inflows over a 30-day period, ranking #1 in inflows with over $242M in same-chain swaps.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Uptopia supports a collaboration campaign with Legend Base ETH and MrFreeman0 featuring a $1000 prize pool, promoting building on Base.

1W ago
PARTNERSHIP

Hosts a wstETH incentive campaign that achieved $9,900 in TVL per $1 spent.

TECH EVENT

GenLayer went live on Base, enabling multiple AI models to browse the web and reach onchain consensus together for subjective decisions.

PARTNERSHIP

MVL Chain integrated with Base App to provide free rides to ETH Denver attendees who booked via the Tada mini app.

TECH EVENT

Royaltiz brought athletes to Base including Aurélien Tchouaméni.

TECH EVENT

Compound v4 will launch on Base, offering yield, lending, and borrowing that can be embedded directly into other apps on Base.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Mentioned in a promotional tweet about Avatar48's $AYA token launch, highlighting Base as the deployment chain.

RISK ALERT

Malicious actors are actively monitoring and exploiting upgradeable smart contracts on the Base blockchain by targeting non-atomically deployed and initialized proxies.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Activates Uniswap protocol fees on all v3 pools across eight additional blockchain networks, including Base, Arbitrum, and Optimism.

PARTNERSHIP

Received a 118 million OP grant from Optimism contingent on continued Superchain participation, with 42 million OP vested and 76 million OP unvested as of February 2026, vesting at 4.47 million OP per quarter.

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated with Sovra (an autonomous AI agent by Gajesh) which uses Base for onchain contracts enforcing the agent's identity and treasury, alongside Solana.

TECH EVENT

Upshot Cards beta launched on Base, a prediction market card game with points earning available before TGE.

TECH EVENT

Supports deployment of Universal Profiles through the openclaw AI agent.

FINANCIAL EVENT

Awarded $50,000 grant to Upshot; Virtuals launched Base Batches 003 with Startup, Student, and Robotics tracks, offering mentorship, up to $50k in funding, and a Demo Day stage in San Francisco.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Uniswap ranks #1 for fee revenue on Base, with volume mostly consisting of $clanker tokens.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Clanker_world ranks #2 for fee revenue on Base.

TECH EVENT

Emblem AI wallets expanded to Base network.

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated with Hustle to provide support for all of Hustle's advanced features on Base.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Total Value Locked declined from $5.3 billion to $3.9 billion.

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated f(x) Protocol as fxUSD launches on Base, enabling pay-as-you-go X API access using USDC for agent services and onchain AI payments through Heurist for 30+ AI models.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Hosts a trading contest from February 18 to March 20, 2026, offering over $50,000 in prizes including $50,000 USDC and up to 50% of Definitive revenue to up to 50 top traders by PnL.

TECH EVENT

Integrated with Anoma's Multi Asset Shielded Pool (MASP) to enable shielded USDC transactions using zero-knowledge proofs that conceal sender, receiver, amount, and asset type.

TECH EVENT

Supports USDC vaults on Base as part of Summer Finance's DAO Managed Vaults infrastructure launching in the week of February 23, 2026.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Contributes 13.4 ETH per day (94%) to Optimism Collective, generated 3,886 ETH revenue ($7.61 million) over 13 months.

UNCATEGORIZED

Beezie app expanded to Base and generated approximately $13 million in revenue within a few weeks, with over $25 million in volume and 150,000+ claw pulls recorded on the chain.

TECH EVENT

Works on on-chain attribution system using Builder Codes and ERC-8021 standard to enable tracking of app-level user activity, conversion rates, and retention metrics across applications built on the network.

TOKEN ECONOMICS

Increased fees by 2.5x, raising minimum base fee from 2M to 5M wei.

TOKEN ECONOMICS

Ends sequencer revenue sharing with Optimism, representing over 90% of Superchain revenue. Enables future optionality for potential native token launch.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Coinbase expanded its crypto-backed lending product on Base to support XRP, ADA, and LTC as collateral via Morpho, allowing U.S. users to borrow up to $100,000 in USDC.

TECH EVENT

Goes live on 2026-02-19 at approximately 01:56 GMT

WHALE ACTIVITY

A wallet bridged 100 ETH from Ethereum mainnet to Base and deployed the entire amount into Claunch in two transactions.

TECH EVENT

Hosts Treasure_DAO's AI Frens platform, a UGC platform for creating autonomous AI agents that earn compute, self-improve, and build virtual worlds.

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated with mteamisloading's transaction aggregation service, which has processed over $500M in volume and is expanding to Base mainnet.

TECH EVENT

$BOY, powered by ASI:One (Fetch.ai's product), went live on Base.

TECH EVENT

Emmet's Universal Profile deployed on Base and Ethereum networks at address 0x1089E1c613Db8Cb91db72be4818632153E62557a.

TECH EVENT

Doubled upgrade cadence to 6 hard forks per year, transitioning to an independent codebase with a bi-monthly schedule and smaller hard forks after the unified stack launch.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Processed $1 billion per week in transaction volume on Base as of February 2026.

PARTNERSHIP

Ended fee revenue sharing arrangement with OP Collective, previously 13.15 ETH per day vs 0.84 ETH from other Superchain chains.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Generates 97% of Superchain revenue, operates as highest-revenue L2 in the OP Stack ecosystem. Represents 91% of Superchain revenue in February 2026.

TECH EVENT

Pivoted to a sovereign L2 stack, utilizing a Reth-centric stack with TEE/ZK proofs and validity proofs. Launched "Base V1" hardfork independent from Optimism's OP Stack on February 18, 2026.

TECH EVENT

Targets 99.99% non-empty blocks and predictable, low fees as reliability metrics.

TECH EVENT

Integrates Xyber's x402 payment protocol on Base for pay-per-task AI agents and research tools, hosts queryable Epstein emails at $0.001 per query in USDC.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Reached 500 ETH in trading volume within the first 24 hours on Abstract Chain for ClankerZone deployments.

TECH EVENT

DXRG financial simulation scheduled to go live on February 24, 2026, expected to generate millions of agent transactions.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Generated $465k in gas fees from trading activity over the past 7 days, representing 47% of total gas fees on the network.

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated with deBridge Finance to power cross-chain swaps in Anchorage Porto, supporting Base alongside Solana, BNB Chain, and 22+ other chains.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Ranked second among chains in weekly mindshare growth with +2.47%, behind Solana at +6.6% and ahead of Zora at +0.74%.