Base is an Ethereum Layer 2 network developed by Coinbase that uses optimistic rollups to execute transactions off-chain while settling and securing them on Ethereum. As Ethereum activity increasingly ...

Coinbase’s Layer-2 network Base briefly went offline for about 30 minutes. Block production has since resumed, and the issue is now resolved. While no official cause was shared, a spike in network ...

Protocol revenue expanded roughly 27 times during 2025. The network captured about 62 percent of total layer-2 revenue by ...

Kraken, the 6th-largest crypto exchange in the world, said Thursday that it is launching its own layer-2 network atop the Ethereum blockchain, based on technology borrowed from Optimism – the same ...

Coinbase's new Base network, built on top of the Ethereum blockchain, addresses the shortcomings of the popular Layer 1 ecosystems, Ethereum and Solana. Cryptocurrency is described as the “native” ...

Shopify has begun an early rollout of USDC stablecoin payments through Coinbase’s Base network, marking a major shift in how merchants and customers can transact across borders. In collaboration with ...

Opinion by Kyle Torpey, a Bitcoin journalist since 2014. Crypto began as an idealistic movement to decentralize digital finance, but the long-term trend since Bitcoin originally launched in January ...

Coinbase is exploring the possibility of offering tokenized shares of its stock, COIN, to U.S. users via Base, its Ethereum layer-2 network. Jesse Pollak, a Base developer, shared the news on January ...

The runaway success of Base, the Coinbase-owned Ethereum overlay blockchain designed for faster, cheaper transactions, has prompted the creation of a market linked to the fluctuating cost of the total ...

Financial giant JPMorgan will expand its JPM Coin from Base to Canton Network, just days after Canton’s coin set a new peak price.

Coinbase aims for $2 billion in subscription and services revenue by 2024, up from $1.4 billion in 2023, diversifying beyond crypto trading. The company is enhancing its ecosystem with EURC stablecoin ...