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Coinbase Acquires Iron Fish Team to Boost Privacy on Base

The Iron Fish blockchain will continue to operate independently, and its CEO will continue serving on the Iron Fish Foundation's board.

Coinbase app opening screen on mobile phone (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Tech

Blackbird, Blockchain Restaurant Loyalty App, Goes Live With Flynet Mainnet

Blackbird’s layer-3 mainnet, Flynet, is built on Coinbase’s Base chain. The team claims that building a layer-3 for its program benefits the restaurant industry because it eliminates middlemen and reduces transaction costs.

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Markets

Base Team Member Refutes Claims That Its Sequencer Coinbase Has Been Selling ETH

"Coinbase has accumulated $300M+ in ETH, which is more than 2x all of Base's ETH earnings over time," Base member Kabir.base.eth said on X.

Base team member refutes claims of selling ETH. (Pixabay)

Tech

Is Optimism's 'Superchain' Winning the Ethereum Layer-2 Race?

One of the biggest trends of 2023 among the leading layer-2 projects on Ethereum was the emergence of “blockchain in a box,” where teams encouraged developers to clone their code to spin up new layer 2s. Now, one project in particular, Optimism, appears to be pulling away as the clear leader.

Optimism Foundation Chief Growth Officer Ryan Wyatt (Optimism Foundation)

Finance

Franklin Templeton Takes Its Tokenized Treasury Fund to Base, Becomes First Asset Manager on the Layer 2

The $410 million fund is also available on Stellar, Aptos, Avalanche, Arbitrum and Polygon.

Base booth at ETHDenver (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Starknet Claims to Shatter Transaction Speed Record Among Ethereum Layer-2 Networks

According to the team, Starknet reached "a max TPS of 127.5 over the past 24 hours," eclipsing the speed record from Coinbase's Base.

Chart purporting to show Starknet breaking TPS record (Starknet/Voyager.online)

Finance

Christie's to Offer Blockchain-Based Ownership Certificates for Photography Collection

Wednesday's sale of "An Eye Towards the Real: Photographs from the Collection of Ambassador Trevor Traina," in New York will see digital certificates issued for each of the 130 lots, which will be minted by Kresus on Base.

Chritie's in Manhattan, New York. (Spatuletail/Shutterstock)

Markets

Base Creator Jesse Pollak Tapped to Lead Coinbase's Wallet Team

Pollak will also be joining Coinbase's executive team.

Jesse Pollak (courtesy Winni Wintermeyer/Coinbase)

Finance

Coinbase's Version of Wrapped Bitcoin, 'cbBTC,' Goes Live

The token will initially be offered on Ethereum and Coinbase’s Base networks, with plans to expand to more blockchains in the coming months.

Coinbase (PiggyBank/Unsplash)

Finance

Tokenization Pioneer Centrifuge Unveils Lending Market With Morpho, Coinbase

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

Lucas Vogelsang (left) and Base creator Jesse Pollak at the 2023 RWA Summit in New York City. (Centrifuge)

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