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Jesse Pollak Reflects on Coinbase's Layer 2 Blockchain 'Base' Launch This Year

CoinDesk's Most Influential 2023 recognizes 50 people who defined the year in the digital assets space, which includes Jesse Pollak, the creator of Coinbase's layer 2 blockchain "Base." Pollak discusses building on layer 2s and the benefits of bringing assets and customers on-chain. Plus, insights on how artificial intelligence (AI) technologies can accelerate on-chain developments.

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Consensus Magazine

Rebecca Rose: 'What Goes on Inside That Brain' of Jesse Pollak's?

The artist made an NFT of the Base leader for our Most Influential package.

Rebecca Rose, the artist behind the NFT.

Consensus Magazine

Karl Floersch's 'Optimism' Tech Paved the Way for Coinbase's 'Base' Blockchain

The CEO of OP Labs helped create a set of tools that let developers build their own layer-2 chains.

Karl Floersch (Portrait by Mason Webb for CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Jesse Pollak Is Putting the Base in Coinbase

Coinbase's layer-2 blockchain, which launched this year, helps the exchange to scale and reduce transaction fees. Rivals, like Kraken, are now said to be launching their own layer 2s. That's why Pollak is part of CoinDesk's Most Influential 2023 list.

Rebecca Rose's image of Jesse Pollak for Most Influential 2023.

Tecnologie

Circle to Enable Cross-Chain USDC Transfers With Cosmos's Noble Later This Month

Decentralized exchange dYdX will be the a user of CCTP, as the project expands beyond Arbitrum, Base, Ethereum and Optimism.

Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder and CEO, Circle (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finanza

Tokenized U.S. Treasuries Arrive on Coinbase’s Base with Backed’s RWA Token Issuance

The market for tokenized U.S. Treasuries has grown sixfold this year to $666 million, according to a real-world asset data provider.

(Ryan Quintal/Unsplash, Modified by CoinDesk)

Tecnologie

Blackbird, Crypto Restaurant App, Raises $24M in Funding Led by A16z

The target audience is restaurant users, but the blockchain-based project comes with its own "Flypaper" and fungible FLY tokens.

Ben Leventhal, Blackbird founder (Blackbird)

Tecnologie

At Last, Blockchain Developer OP Labs Delivers ‘Fault Proofs’ Missing From Core Design

The developer’s OP Stack software, the blueprint for Coinbase’s new Base blockchain, had been criticized for the lack of a crucial security feature – likened to driving a fast car without airbags.

OP Labs CEO Karl Floersch. (Optimism)

Mercati

Coinbase’s Base Blockchain Hits Record High for Daily Transactions, Eclipsing Rivals

FriendTech, which is only available on Base, is driving a significant portion of the activity, according to IntoTheBlock.

Base's daily transaction hit record high (IntoTheBlock)

Finanza

Coinbase-Backed Insurance Alternative OpenCover Debuts on Layer 2 Blockchain Base

OpenCover, which raised $4 million in a seed round led by the likes of NFX and Jump Crypto, received a $200,000 funding bump from Coinbase to bolster its debut on Base.

Insurance (Vlad Deep/Unsplash)

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