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Coinbase Is Building Private Transactions for Base, CEO Brian Armstrong Says
The move is part of Coinbase's effort to prioritize privacy, which was bolstered by its March 2025 acquisition of the team behind Iron Fish.
Crypto’s ‘Decentralized’ Illusion Shattered Again by Another AWS Meltdown
The October AWS outage took down some of crypto’s most prominent companies and networks. Many in the community pointed out their lack of decentralization.
Centrifuge Launches Tokenized S&P 500 Index Fund on Coinbase's Base Network
The SPXA offering is the first blockchain-based index fund licensed by the S&P Dow Jones Indices.
Base Explores Issuing Native Token, Says Creator Jesse Pollak
At the BaseCamp event, Jesse Pollak revealed the layer-2 network is considering a native token, though plans remain in early stages.
Boundless Launches Mainnet on Base, Ushering in Universal Zero-Knowledge Compute
The milestone builds on the network’s incentivized testnet, which went live in July and stress-tested Boundless’ architecture under real-world conditions.
Ethereum DeFi Lags Behind, Even as Ether Price Crossed Record Highs
Institutional inflows are driving ETH's price highs, while retail DeFi activity remains subdued compared to previous cycles.
Zora Surges 50% as Perps Listings and Base Ecosystem Flows Drive Breakout
The rally was likely driven by a large purchase in anticipation of future volatility, despite no immediate news catalyst.
Base Says Sequencer Failure Caused Block Production Halt of 33 Minutes
The outage began at 06:07 UTC on Aug. 5, when the active sequencer fell behind due to congestion from on-chain activity, according to Base.
Base Network Suffers 1st Downtime Since 2023, Halts Operations for 29 Minutes
The Coinbase-backed layer-2 blockchain went offline due to a block production issue, marking its first service disruption since 2023.
Base Takes Solana's Crown in Token Creation as Coinbase's 'SocialFi' Ignites Zora Boom
Coinbase’s Base App rebrand fuels surge in creator coins as Zora transforms content into tradable tokens.
