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Friend.Tech Hype Sees Base Surpass Rival Layer 2 Blockchains in Average Transactions per Second
22.8.2023
Base, the layer 2 blockchain backed by Coinbase (COIN), averaged a record high of 15.88 transactions per second (TPS) over the past 24-hours, beating Ethereum and rival layer 2 blockchains Arbitrum and Optimism
Mantle Stakes $66M of Ether on Lido as Part of Treasury Management Strategy
22.8.2023
Layer 2 network Mantle has staked 40,000 ether (ETH) on staking protocol Lido after it passed a governance vote on treasury management earlier this month
Base Network's Friend.tech App Leads in Activity, Surpassing Arbitrum and Optimism
22.8.2023
Base-based, Twitter-linked Friend.tech app has seen revenue, fees, and activity jump significantly since Friday - surpassing a number of large projects, Layers 2, and Layers 1.
Looking at the revenues at 9:20 on Tuesday morning (CET), over the past 24 hours, Friend.tech took the 3rd place with...
Ethereum Layer-2 Arbitrum Sustains Growth and User Influx Following ARB Airdrop, Total Assets Reach $5.77 Billion: Report
20.8.2023
Per Nansen's Arbitrum Quarterly Report for Q2 2023, the Arbitrum (ARB) airdrop on March 23, 2023, led to a peak in users and transactions. Following the ARB airdrop, daily transactions and user numbers have consistently exceeded the chain's past averages.
Arbitrum, an Ethereum rollup hosting asset...
A Based week: Looking back at the first 7 days of Onchain Summer
17.8.2023
In just one week, Base has attracted hundreds of thousands of new users, attention from mainstay brands and artists, and unfortunately, scammers as well
Shiba Inu Developers Launch Shibarium, Ushering In New Era of Growth for SHIB Ecosystem
16.8.2023
Shiba Inu developers have launched their highly anticipated, purpose-built Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution Shibarium, ushering in a new era of growth for one of the crypto industry’s largest decentralized communities.
The launch announcement was made at the Blockchain Futurist Conference/ETH...
Shiba Inu’s Ethereum Layer-2 Blockchain Shibarium Goes Live Amid Push for DeFi Growth
16.8.2023
The much-awaited Shibarium network saw over 21 million wallets created during its testnet phase and is expected to position Shiba Inu as a serious DeFi contender
SwirlLend rugs on new Coinbase layer 2 Base as large number of scammers reported
16.8.2023
The SwirlLend scam is the second in as many days, and losses on the platform have already mounted into the millions, one week after it opened to users
Immutable zkEVM begins testnet phase with 12 Web3 games in development
15.8.2023
The Web3 gaming company announced that its fully Ethereum-compatible network is now available for public testing
Bitcoin centralized by corporate giants should not be feared – Michael Saylor
13.8.2023
During a recent podcast interview, Saylor explained that Bitcoin being bought and centralized by corporations should not be feared, and outlined three main reasons driving the need for custodians
Biggest Movers: SHIB Climbs to 4-Month High, as Meme Coins Rally on Saturday
12.8.2023
Shiba inu surged to a multi-month high on Saturday, as the meme coin extended its recent run of bullish momentum. The rally began as a result of the hopes surrounding its upcoming layer 2 launch. Dogecoin also extended recent gains to start the weekend. Shiba Inu (SHIB) Shiba inu (SHIB) was one...
Coinbase Layer 2 Base Overtakes Optimism in Daily Active Users as Friend.Tech Hype Soars
11.8.2023
A grayed-out "airdrop" icon at the top of the Friend.Tech app suggests the platform will release a token
Coinbase layer-2 network Base hits 136,000 daily active users
11.8.2023
Around 30% of Base's users on Aug. 10 were new to the blockchain which launched only a day prior
First Mover Americas: Coinbase Seeks New Revenue Stream From Layer 2 Network
10.8.2023
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for August 2, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
Coinbase Steps Into Unchartered Territory As Its Layer-2 Blockchain Base Goes Live
9.8.2023
Coinbase’s new Ethereum layer-2 blockchain Base went live at 1200 EDT on Wednesday.
That marks a step into unchartered territory for the largest US-based cryptocurrency exchange, which is the first publicly traded company to launch its own public crypto network....
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Coinbase Officially Launches 'Base' Blockchain, in Milestone for a Public Company
9.8.2023
The big U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase says its blockchain is the first ever to be launched by a publicly traded company, and represents a major push into a new revenue opportunity
Is Bitrock Price Going To Zero? Down 80%, New ERC-20 Token Launches This Week
8.8.2023
After a stratospheric run-in mid-July that saw the Bitrock (BITROCK) nearly 8000x from its decentralized exchange (DEX) launch price of $0.000037 to reach highs of around $0.30 per token, the token has come under massive sell pressure.
BITROCK was last trading slightly below $0.06, more than...
Base Opens Ethereum Bridge, Mainnet to Launch August 9
5.8.2023
Base, the Ethereum L2 (layer 2) scaling layer backed by Coinbase, has opened bridging for selected assets from Ethereum. In a blog post, the protocol also announced that the Base mainnet deployment was slated for August 9, allowing free access to developers to launch their apps on top of it. Base...
Polygon Claims Matter Labs Copied Its Code Without Attribution
3.8.2023
In a blog post, Polygon shared that Matter Labs had copy-pasted part of the code from their Plonky2 library
Google Cloud Partners with Celo Network as Validator, Facilitating Ethereum Layer 2 Migration
3.8.2023
Google Cloud has partnered with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible blockchain network Celo (CELO), and is already running a Celo network validator, according to an announcement.
The initiative builds on a collaboration between the two sides that was originally announced in April, when...