# Shopify, Stablecoins & Tattoos — Your 2-Minute Hit

By [Based AF](https://paragraph.com/@basedaf) · 2025-06-17

base, coinbase, onchain, shopify, stablecoins

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📨 **Welcome to _Based AF_**
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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.

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🚀 **Shopify, Stablecoins & Tattoos — Here’s What’s Cooking Today**
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📌 **Today’s Base Buzz**
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🟦 **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](https://x.com/tobi/status/1933236205027799254)

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🟣 **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](https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/1934981926055551296)

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🧩 **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](https://x.com/XenBH/status/1934918468958290072)

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🔥 **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](https://x.com/indexy_xyz)

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📈 **Meme of the Day**
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**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](https://x.com/BradTokenOnBase/status/1934983209496010828)

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/245b1b0b7a70d07e80292a4bfc24d079.png)

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📊 **Quick Stat**
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**Base raking in fees:** Base generated $1.5 million in protocol fees yesterday — now consistently outranking many L1s.  
👉 [Source](https://x.com/Cryptoyieldinfo/status/1934874001391980839)

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📣 **Where’s Bill Today**
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🎙 **Today I’m live with the ENB & Boomer community — a special session sponsored by Onchain Summit SF. Tune in:**  
👉 [Stream Link](https://x.com/latenightonbase/status/1934977919761404069)

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**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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