Base

The institutional real-world asset lending market combines Coinbase’s layer-2 network, Base, and Morpho Vaults using three varieties of tokenized Treasury bills.

By Ian Allison

Aug 27, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. UTC

Aug 27, 2024

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Technology

Depin

DePIN Media Network PKT Starts Up on Coinbase's Base to Bring Transparency to Making Movies

Behind PKT are Hollywood talent who say they're sick of the black box that is the industry's film production process.

By Helene Braun Sam Reynolds

Aug 21, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. UTC

Aug 21, 2024

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Finance

Wbtc

Coinbase Promotes cbBTC, Wrapped Bitcoin Alternative for Base Blockchain

Tweets from the crypto exchange and Jesse Pollak, the creator of Base, suggest cbBTC could run on the layer-2 blockchain.

By Sam Reynolds

Aug 14, 2024 at 8:47 a.m. UTC

Aug 14, 2024

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Analysts expect Coinbase's earnings to take a hit in the second-quarter as trading volume slowed down from the prior months. (PiggyBank/Unsplash)

News Analysis

Analysis

Coinbase Earnings Hurt by Low Volume But Trump Could be Wild Card, Analysts Say

The exchange reports second quarter earnings after the market close on Thursday, with revenue and earnings-per-share expected to have decreased from the prior quarter.

By Helene Braun

Jul 30, 2024 at 6:57 p.m. UTC

Jul 30, 2024

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Ben Leventhal, Blackbird founder (Blackbird)

Technology

A16z

Blackbird, Web3 Startup From Resy Co-Founder, Wants Diners to Pay for Meals in Crypto

Blackbird Pay would allow diners to pay for their food using $FLY, the cryptocurrency that doubles as loyalty points in Blackbird's restaurant rewards system.

By Sam Kessler

Jul 30, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

Jul 30, 2024

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A person playing a PC game. (Florian Olivio/Unsplash)

Web3

Base

NPC Labs Raises $18M to Scale Gaming on Base Network

Round brings total raise to $21 million and includes participation from Makers Fund, Hashed, amongst others.

By Sam Reynolds

Jul 22, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

Jul 22, 2024

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How Blackbird Brings Dining Experiences On-Chain

Video

Stablecoins

How Blackbird Brings Dining Experiences On-Chain

Base creator Jesse Pollak discusses how Blackbird, a product built on Base, is bringing dining experiences on-chain and improving transaction methods for small businesses thro...

By CoinDesk Staff

Jul 16, 2024 at 6:16 p.m. UTC

Jul 16, 2024

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How On-Chain Consumer Products Represent an Industry Shift

Video

Stablecoins

How On-Chain Consumer Products Represent an Industry Shift

Base creator Jesse Pollak weighs in on the crypto industry's shift from building mostly financial products to real-world use cases on the blockchain. Plus, the significance of...

By CoinDesk Staff

Jul 16, 2024 at 6:15 p.m. UTC

Jul 16, 2024

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Markets

Base

Normie Dumps 99% as Attacker Calls Meme Coin’s Tax Contract a 'Copy-Paste' Job

Attackers exploited a tax function in the token’s code that allowed them to issue more tokens and completely drain liquidity pools.

By Shaurya Malwa

May 27, 2024 at 7:33 a.m. UTC

May 27, 2024

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Technology

Ethereum

Farcaster, Blockchain-Based Social Media Startup, Raises $150M, Led by Paradigm

Dan Romero's Farcaster made waves earlier this year with the introduction of "Frames," a feature allowing apps to run within posts, so users don't have to click off to another...

By Bradley Keoun

May 21, 2024 at 4:44 p.m. UTC

May 21, 2024

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