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Base Introduces Earn & Borrow Tools for Stablecoin Yield and Crypto-Backed Loans

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Base12 Oct, 2026

Base Expands Tokenized Stocks as Trading Volume and DeFi Activity Grow

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Base6 Oct, 2026

Base Ecosystem Adds 25 New Products and Markets in September

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Base5 Oct, 2026

Base Weekly: Cobalt Upgrade, Tokenized Stocks and New Launches

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Base2 Oct, 2026

Base TVL Hits $6.27B as Ethereum Layer 2 Reaches New High

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Base1 Oct, 2026

Base Cobalt Upgrade Adds New Tools for Tokenized Assets

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Base29 Sept, 2026

El Salvador Reportedly Builds Digital Dollar App on Coinbase’s Base

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Base24 Sept, 2026

Coinbase Tokenized Stocks See Early Growth in Daily Volume on Base

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Base24 Sept, 2026

Base Sets Sept. 30 Date for Cobalt Mainnet Upgrade

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Base23 Sept, 2026

Coinbase CEO pushes back on bank-style rules for USDC rewards

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Base22 Sept, 2026

Base Global Buildathons Offered 100 ETH in Prizes

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Base19 Sept, 2026

This Week on Base: Tokenized Stocks, Batches 004 and New Infrastructure

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Base16 Sept, 2026

Coinbase Deploys AI Agents for Continuous Security Testing

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Base15 Sept, 2026

Ethereum and Base Split on Account Abstraction Standards

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Base12 Sept, 2026

Base Weekly Roundup: DeFi TVL Hits $5.7B as New Apps Launch

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Base11 Sept, 2026

Coinbase, Moov link stablecoins to 1,000+ banks

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Base8 Sept, 2026

Base Gains Momentum as Onchain Finance Enters a New Growth Phase

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Base2 Sept, 2026

Base Invites Builders to Create New Products Around Tokenized Stocks

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Base2 Sept, 2026

Crypto Safety Starts With a Conversation: 5 Ways to Protect Your Family

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Base1 Sept, 2026

Webull Partners With Coinbase to Launch Crypto Trading in Canada

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Base29 Aug, 2026

Armstrong and CZ Bitcoin Price Calls Lack Predictive Value, Analysis Shows

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Base26 Aug, 2026

Stablecoin Rewards Debate Puts Banks and Crypto Industry at Odds

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Base26 Aug, 2026

Coinbase Integrates Chainlink Oracles for Tokenized Stocks on Base

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Base26 Aug, 2026

Coinbase Launches Tokenized Stocks on Base

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Base25 Aug, 2026

Coinbase Tokenized Stocks Go Live on Base With Chainlink Price Feeds

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Base24 Aug, 2026

The Sandbox Contains SAND Bridge Vulnerability Affecting Base and BSC

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BaseEmma Collins · 20 hours ago · 4 min

Base DeFi Expands as Tokenized Stocks and AI Payments Gain Ground

Base’s DeFi ecosystem is expanding through lending, decentralized trading, tokenized equities, and AI-driven payments. A reported September 2026 total value locked of $18.5 billion highlights the growing interest in onchain financial services, while new integrations connect traditional assets with blockchain-based applications.

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BaseEmma Collins · 23 Oct, 2026 · 4 min

Base Active Addresses Rise 50% as Transactions and Fees Decline

Base active addresses climbed another 50%, even as transaction activity fell 8.7% and dollar-denominated user fees declined 20% on October 22. The mixed performance came as a GMGN trading competition continued on the Ethereum Layer 2 network.

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BaseEmma Collins · 22 Oct, 2026 · 3 min

Base Active Addresses Jump 82.5% to 629,142 High

Base active addresses surged 82.5% to 629,142 on Oct. 21, marking a 30-day high. Transactions and user-paid fees also rose during the session, signaling stronger onchain activity on the Ethereum Layer 2 and renewed engagement across wallets and applications.

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BaseJames Walker · 16 Oct, 2026 · 3 min

Base Ranks Third in Daily Spot DEX Volume, Nearly Double BNB Chain

Base has become the third-largest blockchain by daily spot decentralized exchange volume, with trading activity nearly twice that of BNB Chain. The milestone highlights Base’s growing role in on-chain trading.

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BaseJames Walker · 14 Oct, 2026 · 4 min

Base Introduces Earn & Borrow Tools for Stablecoin Yield and Crypto-Backed Loans

Base has introduced Earn & Borrow, an infrastructure offering that lets platforms provide customers with variable stablecoin yield and loans backed by digital assets. The service combines Base infrastructure with third-party lending markets to help applications add earning and borrowing features.

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BaseJames Walker · 12 Oct, 2026 · 5 min

Base Expands Tokenized Stocks as Trading Volume and DeFi Activity Grow

Base is seeing growing activity in tokenized stocks, stablecoin payments, and decentralized finance, with new products and partnerships spanning multiple markets. Recent milestones include $500 million in weekly Coinbase Tokenized Stocks trading volume and more than 2 million validity transactions since Cobalt launched.

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BaseJames Walker · 6 Oct, 2026 · 6 min

Base Ecosystem Adds 25 New Products and Markets in September

Base builders launched and announced 25 products across DeFi, payments, tokenized assets, trading and prediction markets in September, expanding the network’s onchain financial ecosystem.

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BaseJames Walker · 5 Oct, 2026 · 4 min

Base Weekly: Cobalt Upgrade, Tokenized Stocks and New Launches

Base enters the new week with its Cobalt upgrade live, record tokenized-stock activity, new lending and payments products, and 10 teams selected for Base Batches 004.

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BaseEmma Collins · 2 Oct, 2026 · 3 min

Base TVL Hits $6.27B as Ethereum Layer 2 Reaches New High

Base has reached a new all-time high of $6.27 billion in total value locked, according to the latest update from Base. The milestone highlights continued growth in liquidity across the Coinbase-backed Ethereum Layer 2.

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BaseJames Walker · 1 Oct, 2026 · 4 min

Base Cobalt Upgrade Adds New Tools for Tokenized Assets

Base has activated its Cobalt upgrade, adding new B20 controls for tokenized assets and introducing Validity Transactions. The upgrade expands Base’s infrastructure for compliant tokenized finance and conditional onchain transactions.

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BaseEmma Collins · 29 Sept, 2026 · 4 min

El Salvador Reportedly Builds Digital Dollar App on Coinbase’s Base

El Salvador is reportedly developing a government-backed application for sending and holding digital dollars on Coinbase’s Base network, marking a new phase in the country’s digital-asset strategy.

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BaseEmma Collins · 24 Sept, 2026 · 5 min

Coinbase Tokenized Stocks See Early Growth in Daily Volume on Base

Coinbase’s tokenized stocks are showing early growth in trading activity on Base, adding momentum to the network’s push to bring traditional equities onchain. The market remains new, but daily volume has climbed rapidly since launch.

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BaseJames Walker · 24 Sept, 2026 · 4 min

Base Sets Sept. 30 Date for Cobalt Mainnet Upgrade

Base will activate its Cobalt upgrade on September 30 after completing the Sepolia testnet rollout, marking another major infrastructure update for the Ethereum Layer 2.

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BaseJames Walker · 23 Sept, 2026 · 2 min

Coinbase CEO pushes back on bank-style rules for USDC rewards

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong pushed back on Sept. 19 against treating USDC stablecoin rewards like bank-deposit interest, arguing fully reserved stablecoins carry different risks than fractional-reserve banking. The stance intensifies a policy fight over whether crypto reward programs should face bank-style capital and liquidity requirements.

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BaseJames Walker · 22 Sept, 2026 · 5 min

Base Global Buildathons Offered 100 ETH in Prizes

Base's Around the World program brought regional buildathons to Africa, India, Southeast Asia and Latin America with 100 ETH in total prizes.

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BaseEmma Collins · 19 Sept, 2026 · 5 min

This Week on Base: Tokenized Stocks, Batches 004 and New Infrastructure

Base saw major growth across stablecoins, tokenized stocks, AI, derivatives and onchain finance this week. Base Batches 004, new applications and upcoming infrastructure upgrades also highlighted the network’s expanding builder ecosystem.

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BaseJames Walker · 16 Sept, 2026 · 6 min

Coinbase Deploys AI Agents for Continuous Security Testing

Coinbase has introduced CAT, an internal AI-powered security platform designed to continuously test its applications, infrastructure, smart-contract integrations and AI systems.

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BaseEmma Collins · 15 Sept, 2026 · 5 min

Ethereum and Base Split on Account Abstraction Standards

Ethereum and Base developers have ended efforts to align EIP-8141 and EIP-8130, choosing separate account abstraction standards. The split could leave wallet developers managing two native transaction formats.

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BaseEmma Collins · 12 Sept, 2026 · 5 min

Base Weekly Roundup: DeFi TVL Hits $5.7B as New Apps Launch

Base’s DeFi ecosystem reached a reported $5.7 billion TVL, while Coinbase Wallet evolved into the Base App and a wave of tokenized-stock, payments, AI, privacy and DeFi products launched on the network.

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BaseJames Walker · 11 Sept, 2026 · 2 min

Coinbase, Moov link stablecoins to 1,000+ banks

Stablecoin payments, settlement, custody, and real-time funding will reach more than 1,000 community banks and credit unions through a new Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ: COIN) and Moov integration announced Sept. 10. The tie-up links Coinbase’s digital asset infrastructure to Moov’s payments platform, removing the need for separate crypto systems at smaller institutions.

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BaseJames Walker · 8 Sept, 2026 · 4 min

Base Gains Momentum as Onchain Finance Enters a New Growth Phase

Base is expanding beyond Ethereum scaling as tokenized assets, stablecoin payments, developers and AI-powered applications become central to its next growth phase.

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BaseJames Walker · 2 Sept, 2026 · 5 min

Base Invites Builders to Create New Products Around Tokenized Stocks

Tokenized stocks are now live on Base for eligible non-U.S. users, opening new possibilities for programmable equities across brokerage, rewards, lending, AI portfolios, and prediction markets.

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BaseJames Walker · 2 Sept, 2026 · 4 min

Crypto Safety Starts With a Conversation: 5 Ways to Protect Your Family

As crypto scams become more sophisticated, simple conversations can help families protect their savings, wallets and digital assets from fraud.

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BaseJames Walker · 1 Sept, 2026 · 2 min

Webull Partners With Coinbase to Launch Crypto Trading in Canada

Webull announced it will bring cryptocurrency custody and trading services to Canadian customers through a partnership with Coinbase. The Florida-based trading platform will leverage Coinbase's crypto-as-a-service infrastructure and liquidity to offer digital assets on its platform, marking another international expansion after similar launches in Australia and Brazil.

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BaseJames Walker · 29 Aug, 2026 · 3 min

Armstrong and CZ Bitcoin Price Calls Lack Predictive Value, Analysis Shows

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao rarely offer specific Bitcoin price predictions, according to Bitcoin News. Both executives maintain long-term bullish stances but typically make statements that follow existing price action rather than forecast future movements.

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BaseJames Walker · 26 Aug, 2026 · 3 min

Stablecoin Rewards Debate Puts Banks and Crypto Industry at Odds

Coinbase argues that evidence does not support banks’ warnings that stablecoin rewards will drain community-bank deposits, intensifying the debate over the CLARITY Act.

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BaseJames Walker · 26 Aug, 2026 · 4 min

Coinbase Integrates Chainlink Oracles for Tokenized Stocks on Base

Coinbase has selected Chainlink Data Feeds as the oracle infrastructure for its tokenized stocks on Base, enabling DeFi applications to use blockchain-based equities for lending, trading and other financial products.

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BaseJames Walker · 26 Aug, 2026 · 4 min

Coinbase Launches Tokenized Stocks on Base

Coinbase has launched tokenized stocks on Base, giving eligible non-U.S. users access to blockchain-based exposure to major companies including Nvidia, Apple, Meta and Alphabet.

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BaseJames Walker · 25 Aug, 2026 · 5 min

Coinbase Tokenized Stocks Go Live on Base With Chainlink Price Feeds

Coinbase has launched tokenized U.S. stocks on Base, bringing assets such as Apple and Nvidia onchain with Chainlink price feeds for DeFi integration.

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BaseJames Walker · 24 Aug, 2026 · 6 min

The Sandbox Contains SAND Bridge Vulnerability Affecting Base and BSC

The Sandbox contained a SAND bridge vulnerability affecting Base and BNB Smart Chain, with unbacked tokens minted before bridging was disabled.