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Shopify, Stablecoins & Tattoos — Your 2-Minute Hit

📨 Welcome to Based AF

Your daily 2‑minute cheat sheet for everything happening on Base. News, memes, alpha, and raw onchain moves, delivered fast and straight to your inbox.


🚀 Shopify, Stablecoins & Tattoos — Here’s What’s Cooking Today


📌 Today’s Base Buzz

Shopify CEO greenlights stablecoins via Base
Shopify’s CEO @tobi confirmed USDC payments are now possible natively through Base. A huge win for mainstream crypto commerce — fewer fees, faster settlements, and a flex for Base adoption.
👉 See it


Brian Armstrong signals Base growth momentum
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong shared a nudge about Base’s rapid ecosystem expansion and hinted that the app layer is growing faster than people realize. Solid signal that more builders and more onchain action are ahead.
👉 Read it


🧩 Farcaster dev @XenBH drops open-source code live from Berlin
Xen is currently hacking in Berlin and just shipped open-source tooling to make building Farcaster-integrated dapps on Base smoother than ever. Builders take note — less friction, more composability.
👉 Code drop


🔥 Indexy spotlight: Kaloh wakes up Base
Indexy (@indexy_xyz) tracks Base memecoins and other alts in real time — a clean dashboard for degens. Today, Kaloh is stealing the show: I is up 76% and getting serious traction. Base is starting to notice.
👉 Check Indexy


Meme of the Day

BRAD ($BRAD): Up 41% today with a clean chart pattern. Wild part? One true believer just tattooed the logo on themselves — that’s Base degen culture at its peak.
👉 See it

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📊 Quick Stat

Base raking in fees: Base generated $1.5 million in protocol fees yesterday — now consistently outranking many L1s.
👉 Source


📣 Where’s Bill Today

🎙 Today I’m live with the ENB & Boomer community — a special session sponsored by Onchain Summit SF. Tune in:
👉 Stream Link

👉 Want a Topi? Buy one on OpenSea & write its lore: [OpenSea] | [Topipedia]


Stay Based AF — Bill the Bull 🐂

Disclaimer:
Nothing in this newsletter is financial advice. All information here is strictly for educational and entertainment purposes only and should not be considered investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any assets. Always do your own research and consult with a professional before making any financial decisions. Remember — I’m just a degen with opinions and I like to talk.

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