Blockchain


Videos

Coinbase Exec: Seeing 'Mainstream Users Start to Come in' on Base Blockchain

Base, the new Ethereum layer 2 blockchain built on OP Stack by the U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase, went live on Wednesday. Jesse Pollak, creator of Base and Coinbase's head of protocols, joins "First Mover" to discuss the launch in the latest move that aims to bring mainstream awareness to the the on-chain economy. Plus, Pollak's outlook on DeFi and crypto regulation in the U.S.

Recent Videos

Tech

Coinbase's Much-Hyped New Base Blockchain Draws Modest $10M of Inflows on Launch Day

Nearly $166 million had already flowed to the blockchain ahead of the official launch.

(Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Learn

4 Actual Use Cases for Blockchain and AI That Are More Than Just Hype

Blockchain and AI could be the 21st century's most culturally significant pairing that could change the way we think about creativity, identity and verification.

(Hiroshi Watanabe/Getty Images)

Videos

Coinbase's Layer 2 Blockchain 'Base' Officially Goes Live, With Over 100 Dapps Deployed

Coinbase (COIN) announced that its new "Base" blockchain has gone live, heralding the start of a new era of public companies running their own distributed networks. "The Hash" panel discusses their outlook on the layer 2 blockchain and the crypto exchange's decision amid recent U.S. regulatory pressures.

Recent Videos

Videos

Coinbase's Layer 2 Blockchain 'Base' Opens to the Public on Aug. 9

Coinbase (COIN) announced that its layer-2 blockchain named Base will be open to the public next week. Built with Optimism's OP Stack, Base went live for developers in July for testing and users will be able to bridge their ether (ETH) to the blockchain on Thursday. "The Hash" panel weighs in on the new development at the crypto exchange.

Recent Videos

Tech

Shiba Inu Takes Step to Become DeFi Contender With Digital IDs

Digital identity verification will be a part of all Shiba Inu developments in the future, including on the upcoming Shibarium layer 2 blockchain.

Shiba Inu (Atsuko Sato)

Markets

Crypto Traders Might Want to Track Ether 'Slippage' Indicator. Here's Why

Hyblock's slippage indicator has consistently marked short-term trend changes in the second-largest cryptocurrency this year.

(geralt/Pixabay)

Opinion

How AI, Web3 and Humans Can Work Together to Solve Complex, Global Problems

Fear abounds about AI, but the technology combined with blockchain can serve as an excellent complement to human ingenuity.

(Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images)

Videos

Author Outlines the Need for CBDCs in a 'Multi-Money Universe'

Koray Caliskan, author of "Data Money: Inside Cryptocurrencies, Their Communities, Markets, and Blockchains," argues that nothing could be more wrong than avoiding a central bank digital currency, emphasizing that “the public needs to have" CBDCs to follow the movement and discuss the nature of uses of a multi-money universe in our new economies.

Recent Videos

Tech

Shibarium Blockchain's Ethereum Bridge Goes Live for Testing as SHIB Tries to Shed Meme Coin Tag

The Shiba Inu-based layer 2 blockchain is expected to start operations next month.

A Shiba Inu, the breed which inspired Dogecoin. (Payless)