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The Secular Investment Case for Bitcoin and Crypto Adoption Remains Intact: Coinbase
The combined effect of expansionary fiscal and monetary policies should support bitcoin long term as a hedge against fiat debasement and profligate spending, the report said.

Legal Expert on Sam Bankman-Fried Being Ordered to Jail After Judge Revokes Bail
Hermine Wong, former Coinbase head of policy and current principal at herminewong.xyz, weighs in on FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried being sent to jail ahead of his trial in October. "I don't think that we're going to pretend here that Sam Bankman-Fried is acting in a manner that the general public, or anyone, would consider to be rational," Wong added.

Base Is Here, But Some of Its Projects Raise Red Flags
This week, Coinbase launched its new Base blockchain while DeGods NFTs are way up after the project announced its upcoming Season III series. Plus, Microsoft and Aptos are teaming up to launch new blockchain AI tools.

U.S. Senator Lummis, Crypto Lobbyists Urge Court to Dismiss SEC's Coinbase Lawsuit
The Crypto Council for Innovation, Blockchain Association, Chamber of Digital Commerce and DeFi Education Fund all filed amicus briefs late Friday.

Coinbase Layer 2 Base Overtakes Optimism in Daily Active Users as Friend.Tech Hype Soars
A grayed-out "airdrop" icon at the top of the Friend.Tech app suggests the platform will release a token.

Coinbase's New Blockchain Sees Muted Inflows on Launch Day; Is a Spot Bitcoin ETF Coming?
“CoinDesk Daily” host Jennifer Sanasie dives into today’s hottest stories in crypto, as the Securities and Exchange Commission seeks to appeal a judge's ruling on Ripple's programmatic sales of XRP. Dune analytics tracks inflows to Coinbase’s newly launched 'Base' blockchain. And, Matrixport analysts predict that the SEC will likely greenlight several spot bitcoin ETFs in quick succession, leading to another rally for bitcoin's (BTC) price.

Is Coinbase Disillusioned With Crypto?
The exchange recently argued that cryptos are like Beanie Babies. So does it still think Bitcoin and Ethereum are the future of finance?

Early Base Whales Have a 'Heavy Meme Coin Bias': Nansen Analyst
According to the crypto analysis firm L2Beat, around $150 million of deposits are locked into apps and protocols on Coinbase's new Base network. This comes as Nansen notes the top 22 depositors to Base as of July 31 have allocations in a telegram trading bot token, several meme tokens and an on-chain casino token. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."

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.

First Mover Americas: Coinbase Seeks New Revenue Stream From Layer 2 Network
The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for August 10, 2023.

