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The exploiter behind the $46 million crypto theft against KyberSwap has demanded its execs and tokenholders ease up on the hostilities, threatening to push out negotiations until everyone is “more civil.”In an on-chain message addressed to KyberSwap executives, tokenholders and ...

On October 20, the team behind Ethereum layer-2 Base network announced that it's launching an eight-week training course to turn traditional software developers into blockchain developers. Called “Base Bootcamp,” the new program doesn't cost anything to attend. However, it's designed ...

Coinbase layer-2 network Base has announced it has open-sourced its code repositories and smart contracts to increase transparency and accountability while simultaneously allowing public contributions to the project. In an Oct. 19 blog post, Base announced that as of today, developers ...

Manta, a blockchain network focusing on zero-knowledge (ZK) applications, will migrate its software from OP Stack to Polygon CDK, according to an October 16 announcement. This means that Manta will not be integrated into the upcoming Optimism Superchain and will instead become part of the Polygon ...

Base network’s “Onchain Summer” promotion in August resulted in over 700,000 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) minted by over 268,000 unique wallets, according to a Sept. 6 announcement from the team.Coinbase launched Base, its Ethereum layer-2, on Aug. 9. To spur adoption, the network’s team imp ...

Coinbase's Ethereum layer-2 network Base has suffer its first major outage since its public launch on Aug. 9. For approximately 45 minutes on Sept. 5, no new blocks were produced on the Base chain. Its developers first identified the "stalled" block production at 9:36 pm UTC, according to ...

Circle’s USD Coin (USDC) has launched natively on both Base and Optimism networks, allowing Circle account holders to send USDC stablecoin from their accounts to Base or Optimism. Coinbase has also made USDC transfers to Base available, according to a Sept. 5 social media post. Circle claim ...

Circle’s United States dollar stablecoin, USDC, will launch natively on the Base network “next week,” according to an Aug. 29 social media post from CEO Jeremy Allaire. The new version will replace the current US Dollar Base Coin (USDbC) that most users rely on as a substitute. ...

What is Base? Unpacking Coinbase’s new layer-2 network and its impact Base, Coinbase’s new layer-2 blockchain network, was built to enhance Ethereum’s capacity for decentralized applications, improve user interfaces, and r ...

The team behind the viral decentralized social media platform Friend.tech has refuted a report that claimed that the personal information of more than 100,000 of its users was “leaked.” The now-amended report, first posted by The Block, suggested that data posted by Banteg, a pseudonymous develop ...

Base project RocketSwap Labs has outlined its emergency program to bounce back from a brute force hack that swiped $865,000 or 471 Ether (ETH) from the protocol on Aug. 14.The team explained on Aug. 15 that they plan on redeploying a new farm contract and open-source it on-chain, reli ...

The world’s largest soft drinks brand is delving deeper into the realm of non-fungible tokens, launching its first collection on the Coinbase layer-2 network Base.On Aug. 13 Coinbase announced the new Coca-Cola collection as part of its “Onchain Summer” event.&ldqu ...

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the rise of on-chain activities on its new layer-2 network Base has exposed how “broken” the Coinbase app is for user experience, and has pledged to improve it. In an X (Twitter) post on Aug. 13, Armstrong said a number of pain points have ...

Daily active users on Coinbase's layer 2 blockchain have exceeded 100,000 for the first time, just the day following the official launch of the network.Dune Analytics figures from Aug. 10 show over 136,000 daily users, the highest daily number in its short history, which also coincides wit ...

Coinbase’s Base network has officially launched after spending a few weeks in an “open for builders only” phase. The network is now ready to onboard users, according to an Aug. 9 announcement from the team.Several Web3 development teams have simultaneously announced that ...

Decentralized exchange LeetSwap, which operates on Coinbase’s Base network has announced a pause on trading, citing concerns of a potential exploit.LeetSwap tweeted on Aug. 1 that it noticed some of its liquidity pools may have been compromised and temporarily stopped trading to inve ...

Memecoin madness has arrived on Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution Base, bringing with it everything from remarkable shitcoin surges to classic token rug pulls.On July 30, memecoin traders were snapping up a suite of questionable tokens on Base, with one Brian Armstrong-the ...

Base, a new layer 2 application-focused protocol by Coinbase, has just one criterion left to fulfill before being ready for mainnet launch.On June 29, the team said the Optimism-powered, Ethereum-secured network has been subject to six months of rigorous security audits — both intern ...

Fortune reporter Leo Schwartz caught up with participants at the Miami Bitcoin 2023 conference about the policies of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and its chairman Gary Gensler. Covering the Miami conference, Leo Schwartz was surprised to hear words of suppor ...

The developer cited five criteria for launching the mainnet Only two have been completed so far, with a third on the way This is the Bedrock update, scheduled for June 6 The team also said there will be no airdrop Yesterday, May 24, the Ba ...

Coinbase, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has recently launched a test network for its second-level Base solution. The technology is based on Ethereum and utilizes Optimism technologies. The Base network, aimed at becoming the primary platform for building decentralized applications, ...