# Onchain Daily Recap | Week of 01-06-2025 By [This Week on Base](https://paragraph.com/@thisweekonbase) · 2025-01-10 --- New year, new internet. As 2025 kicks off, Base is alive with fresh ideas, projects, and moments that remind us why building onchain matters. Here’s what happened this week: 🖼 **Portrait: Your Forever Website** Your online space should feel like home: secure and personal. [Portrait](http://portrait.so) just launched on Base after two years of building with a vision for a new internet where you own your identity — and in just 48 hours, 1,000+ portraits were minted. Ready to bring your website onchain? [![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/5ec115ab023a10104b2427a3c8b47764.png)](https://portrait.so/) 📷 **Base Camera: Moments in Low-Res** Want to see the world through a different lens? [Base Camera](http://base.camera) is a nostalgic camera created by [Lanton Mills](https://x.com/lantonmills). Snap three low-res frames and preserve the magic onchain. [![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/56ee203b654abc5b6b15e6230184713d.png)](https://www.base.camera/) 👨‍🦲 **Bald for $10B TVL: LIvestream and AMA** This week, [Jesse Pollak](https://x.com/jessepollak) celebrated Base hitting $10B TVL by going bald — live. [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/707c4d1c0b91cfd828d88e44585cfaa1.jpg)](https://twitter.com/jessepollak) [jesse.base.eth](https://twitter.com/jessepollak) [@jessepollak](https://twitter.com/jessepollak) [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/jessepollak/status/1877137242914701598) watch me go bald — plus a live AMA on [@base](https://twitter.com/base) ![](https://pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/1877136666072383488/img/CSUWoExfoBsS3IJN.jpg) [![Like Icon](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/twitter/heart.png) 962](https://twitter.com/jessepollak/status/1877137242914701598)[ 3:36 PM • Jan 8, 2025 ](https://twitter.com/jessepollak/status/1877137242914701598) During the shave, Jesse hosted an AMA with questions asked onchain via a [commemorative mint](https://zora.co/collect/base:0xe4dd75511f6887ec1222d3683df589f03fe3692a/1?referrer=0x9652721d02b9db43f4311102820158aBb4ecc95B). Proceeds went to the [Susan G. Komen Foundation](https://www.komen.org/). ![](https://zora.co/api/thumbnail/8453/0xe4dd75511f6887ec1222d3683df589f03fe3692a/1) [Collect NFT](https://zora.co/collect/base:0xe4dd75511f6887ec1222d3683df589f03fe3692a/1?referrer=0xd3271DF159F18E07AAD79E79A24580BB5c4776e9) 🎙 **Bet on Yourself: Stories that Build** NBA star [Fred VanVleet](https://x.com/FredVanVleet) has brought his podcast onchain, for all the builders making moves in culture and impact. Latest guest: Clarence Ford, who scaled a nonprofit teaching circus arts to the kids who need it most. Listen on [Pods](https://x.com/podsdotmedia). [![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/e5ed52e86938ed529c2822472c9b5bd3.jpg)](https://pods.media/bet-on-yourself/choreographing-a-stronger-community-with-clarence-ford) 📖 **Kneaded: Publishing is moving onchain** [Knead Magazine's](https://x.com/kneadmag) 2025 membership gets you interviews with creators like [fvckrender](https://x.com/fvckrender), [Dylan Abruscato](https://x.com/DylanAbruscato) of [Crypto the Game](https://x.com/cryptothegame_), and [gmoney](https://x.com/gmoneyNFT) — digging into the overlap of tech, art, food, and music. [![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/004b92030a20a59b8c005cfb06ca1251.png)](https://kneadmag.com/join) * * * Last week, [Meowphasaurus](https://x.com/meowphasaurus) sparked an idea: [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/4e50349553a627bee1f8c6a4a2ed9446.jpg)](https://twitter.com/meowphasaurus) [meowphasaurus](https://twitter.com/meowphasaurus) [@meowphasaurus](https://twitter.com/meowphasaurus) [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/meowphasaurus/status/1876035151815393774) January 10th, for one day only, I am asking the [](https://twitter.com/base)[](https://twitter.com/base)[@base](https://twitter.com/base) team to PFP their favorite @base NFT Doesn’t matter which collection, as long as it’s @base! [![Like Icon](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/twitter/heart.png) 172](https://twitter.com/meowphasaurus/status/1876035151815393774)[ 2:36 PM • Jan 5, 2025 ](https://twitter.com/meowphasaurus/status/1876035151815393774) The team took the invitation to heart. Every PFP on Base tells a story about the creativity and community being built here. [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/4f6aaf1df4980b709ccfce9e6bb3c695.jpg)](https://twitter.com/base) [Base](https://twitter.com/base) [@base](https://twitter.com/base) [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/base/status/1877766923540148296) based pfps are based ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/169e8bca0d8173876fa8f2bbee72de3d.jpg) [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/e5d8b70f99414c7032f1a236671e3c6f.jpg)](https://twitter.com/meowphasaurus) [meowphasaurus](https://twitter.com/meowphasaurus) [@meowphasaurus](https://twitter.com/meowphasaurus) [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/meowphasaurus/status/1876035151815393774) January 10th, for one day only, I am asking the [](https://twitter.com/base)[](https://twitter.com/base)[@base](https://twitter.com/base) team to PFP their favorite @base NFT Doesn’t matter which collection, as long as it’s @base! [![Like Icon](https://paragraph.xyz/editor/twitter/heart.png) 222](https://twitter.com/base/status/1877766923540148296)[ 9:18 AM • Jan 10, 2025 ](https://twitter.com/base/status/1877766923540148296) Now it’s your turn. Choose your favorite Base NFT, make it your PFP, and tag us. To bring the world onchain, everyone needs to find their place (and face) in this growing ecosystem. Let’s see what you’ve got. --- *Originally published on [This Week on Base](https://paragraph.com/@thisweekonbase/01-06-2025)*