Noise is building a prediction market for the relevancy of social media topics, similar to "a stock market for trends."
FRNT, issued under the Wyoming Stable Token Act, represents the first blockchain-based asset backed by a U.S. state.
The Ethereum blockchain recorded its strongest operational year in history in 2025, processing record transaction volumes and securing the vast majority of the DeFi market. However, the crypto asset that powers the network failed to mirror that growth, posting double-digit losses for the year. According to CryptoSlate's data, ETH is trading down 10% year-to-date at […]
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Builders on Base are pushing back against the network’s close alignment with Zora, arguing the creator-coin narrative sidelines established projects.
2025 has been the year that the Layer 2 narrative bifurcated: most new launches have become ghost towns shortly after airdrop farming cycles, while only a small handful of L2s have managed to escape this phenomenon. Rollup ecosystems have matured from pure scaling experiments into distribution networks, while the key to growth is no longer […]
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Base, the layer-2 network incubated by Coinbase, exploded in popularity this year.
The U.S. crypto exchange chose Chainlink’s cross-chain interoperability standard as the “exclusive bridging solution” for its wrapped assets.
The integration enables users to move these assets across different networks and applications, leveraging Chainlink's secure oracle networks.
Horizen, born from a 2017 project, aims to enable regulatory-compliant privacy as a 'practical option' on Base through its mainnet Layer 3.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Popular Ethereum Layer 2 Base will now support Solana-based assets natively, and enable the export of Base assets onto Solana.
The bridge, secured by Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, allows users to trade and interact with Solana-based tokens on Base-based dapps.
The network introduces intent-based routing and multi-source liquidity, with unified verification expected later through Avail DA.
SKALE on Base allows agents to take advantage of the chain's scalable infrastructure and Base’s liquidity, users, onramps, and distribution.
Two traders captured more than $1.3 million in profits by exploiting Base’s new “flashblocks” system during the debut of the network founder’s creator coin.
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Dromos Labs announced a major overhaul of its decentralized exchange infrastructure with the launch of Aero, a unified trading system that will merge its existing platforms across its networks.
Dromos Labs unveiled a central liquidity hub called Aero to serve as a home base for additional EVM extensions beyond Base and Optimism.
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Kalshi anchor partner Robinhood processed $2.5 billion in prediction-market volume in October — implying a $300 million annualized run rate.
KRWQ is not yet offered to South Korean residents, as local regulations on stablecoin are under development.
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.
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.
Coinbase has introduced decentralized trading to nearly all its U.S. customers, broadening access to one of its most ambitious products yet. The company confirmed on Oct. 8 that its decentralized exchange (DEX) service is now live inside the main Coinbase app for users across the country, except those based in New York, where state regulations […]
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Coinbase’s Base team is hiring a “token & governance research specialist,” suggesting formal token and decentralization planning.
Ethereum is entering its next phase of evolution with the Fusaka upgrade. With more than just another technical iteration, Fusaka represents a major step toward solving Ethereum’s long-standing scalability and efficiency challenges. Why Fusaka Matters For Ethereum’s Next Era Of Decentralized Innovation Crypto markets are buzzing with the anticipation of the Ethereum Fusaka Upgrade. According to the CryptosRus post on X, VanEck has mentioned that the upcoming Fusaka upgrade, expected in December, could unlock one of the most transformative moments in the network’s history, making ETH faster, cheaper, and more scalable than ever before. Related Reading: Big Move: Ethereum Foundation Trades $4.5M ETH For Stable Assets The Fusaka upgrade will introduce PeerDAS (Peer Data Availability Sampling), a breakthrough that allows validators to verify blocks without downloading them in full. This innovation will significantly improve efficiency, increase blob capacity, enhance throughput for rollups, and reduce transaction costs for users across the ecosystem. As CryptosRus explains, the best way to imagine this is like ETH upgrading its plumbing, resulting in cheaper and faster operation for everyone using the network. However, VanEck believes Fusaka could be a game-changer, especially for rollups such as Arbitrum, Optimism, and Base, which depend on ETH for settlement. By reducing data overhead and optimizing block verification, the upgrade strengthens ETH’s foundation as the global base layer for crypto’s financial infrastructure. Furthermore, as network fees drop, ETH’s monetary importance rises. VanEck also believes that ETH is evolving from a simple gas token into the settlement currency of the entire rollup economy. Fusaka represents the next major phase in ETH’s journey, transforming it from a programmable chain into the financial backbone of Web3, ready to power the next wave of global digital finance. Analyst Tom Tucker shared his thoughts that Ethereum might be on track for a revolution. If the price continues to follow a pattern correlated with this increase in global money supply (M2) liquidity, it could climb to $15,000. Tucker highlights that the rapid increase in M2 is causing Fiat money to lose value fast, and ETH is being viewed as a smart hedge against global monetary debasement. “Doubters are gonna doubt, but this looks like a solid opportunity to me,” the expert noted. The Hidden Correlation Fueling ETH’s Next Rally Ethereum’s path to a new all-time high may be building faster than many in the market are expecting. Economist trader known as MikybullCrypto highlighted that the Russell index, which measures the performance of small-cap US stocks and tends to track the credit cycle, has just broken a new all-time high for the first time in four years. Related Reading: Global M2 Money Supply Says Ethereum Price Will Reach $20,000, Here’s When The trader noted that ETH has maintained a positive correlation with the Russell 2000 cycle. In addition, this historical breakout indicates a fresh wave of capital rotation into ETH and the broader altcoin market. Featured image from Adobe Stock, chart from Tradingview.com
The following article is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons.
Jesse Pollak, Coinbase's head of Base, said that local currency-pegged stablecoins can provide meaningful local utility.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the crypto exchange's next goal is to achieve $100 billion in onchain borrow originations.