# This week on Base: A New Day One, Onchain Summer, Dispatches from EthCC, and more By [This Week on Base](https://paragraph.com/@thisweekonbase) · 2025-07-12 --- #### A New Day One Mark your calendar: **July 16th.** It's time for [**A New Day One**](https://www.anewdayone.xyz/), and you’re invited. Join us as we share what’s next for Base. Hear from Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, Base creator Jesse Pollak, and the builders shaping a more open internet. A new way to create. A new social network. A global economy for everyone. [Register now to attend in person, or watch the livestream](https://www.anewdayone.xyz/). [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/be25001edab884c102882d5b797d15b8.jpg)](https://twitter.com/base) [Base](https://twitter.com/base) [@base](https://twitter.com/base) [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/base/status/1943441494846902435) Here's who's taking the stage on July 16th. A new day one. ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/65d631784021cf2a05ab0d5b15609cb5.jpg) [![Like Icon](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/heart.png) 968](https://twitter.com/base/status/1943441494846902435)[ 3:45 PM • Jul 10, 2025 ](https://twitter.com/base/status/1943441494846902435) * * * #### Onchain Summer is back 🌞 Ship what you love. Get rewarded. All summer long. [**OnchainSummer.xyz**](http://OnchainSummer.xyz) is your launchpad, whether you're building an app, making art, or just getting started. Onchain Summer is for everyone, so make sure you [get the toolkit](https://www.figma.com/community/file/1521907740878441668/onchain-summer-3-brand-kit). More details revealed on July 16th. [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/d7e462e0de80873bd5369ca7ad91f0cd.jpg)](https://twitter.com/base) [Base](https://twitter.com/base) [@base](https://twitter.com/base) [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/base/status/1940466404362539028) Onchain Summer is here Ship what you love and be rewarded, all season long [onchainsummer.xyz](https://t.co/pQJ7MzcDDL) ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/a3fbb14104e398f9eb0dff3dc6fff393.jpg) [![Like Icon](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/heart.png) 639](https://twitter.com/base/status/1940466404362539028)[ 10:43 AM • Jul 2, 2025 ](https://twitter.com/base/status/1940466404362539028) * * * #### The Onchain Summer Awards We're getting ready to celebrate the most innovative and widely-used apps on Base. Top teams will win prizes and take the stage live this fall at BaseCamp. Got something cooking? [Apply now](https://onchain-summer-awards.devfolio.co/overview). [![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/fec6ea9cb06ef36afc71ac0f5f2466c5.png)](https://onchain-summer-awards.devfolio.co/overview) * * * #### “My art is a conversation with my own consciousness.” What happens when art becomes a conversation with your own consciousness? As part of [Brand in the Open](https://brand.base.org/), we invited 10 artists to explore what it means to build a brand for the decentralized internet. One of them was [LGHT](https://x.com/notbylght), a visual storyteller who hides layered ideas in “simple beauty.” “My art is an extension of my curiosity and desire to articulate,” he said. “I like to hide these convos in simple beauty, always wondering if anyone on my wavelength can read the color-pages.” For LGHT, creating onchain is a core part of his work. “It’s the basis of my new career. I don’t come from polished resume world. I’m a drop out, reformed delinquent... Onchain changed all that. It’s given me and my family security. And it let me do it on the merit of my own mind and character.” What does he want to see more of from creatives? “Courage. You can’t wait for the okay or the sign off or the recognition. You’ve got to be courageous, over and over and over and over again.” [![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/3fd9d0b5a9b0abf2d6a38376d24867d4.png)](https://www.instagram.com/p/DL2fhcxxDSx/?img_index=1) * * * #### Dispatches from EthCC The team from [**Boys Club**](https://x.com/BoysClubWorld) went to EthCC to learn about the next big thing. [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/ffe128a3e8f1437bb38024733b44b992.jpg)](https://twitter.com/base) [Base](https://twitter.com/base) [@base](https://twitter.com/base) [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/base/status/1943000142724092020) "it's kinda crazy how every viral tech product starts off looking like a toy" [@BoysClubWorld](https://twitter.com/BoysClubWorld) went to [@EthCC](https://twitter.com/EthCC) and saw what’s coming ![](https://pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/1942997208753659904/img/Gtubyb2Z9lonWADy.jpg) [![Like Icon](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/heart.png) 351](https://twitter.com/base/status/1943000142724092020)[ 10:31 AM • Jul 9, 2025 ](https://twitter.com/base/status/1943000142724092020) [Naomi](https://x.com/afrochicksnft/status/1942979551694319993) onboarded a restaurant in Cannes to accept payments, and found that the city was more crypto-friendly than she thought. [![User Avatar](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/c4bcc2f98ce890fb3ed4e6dbf67bcb93.jpg)](https://twitter.com/base) [Base](https://twitter.com/base) [@base](https://twitter.com/base) [![Twitter Logo](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/logo.png)](https://twitter.com/base/status/1943018038976254427) "I accept crypto because crypto is the future" BASED ![](https://pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/1942979302078795777/img/7vVteH8xDooSLTIi.jpg) [![Like Icon](https://paragraph.com/editor/twitter/heart.png) 902](https://twitter.com/base/status/1943018038976254427)[ 11:42 AM • Jul 9, 2025 ](https://twitter.com/base/status/1943018038976254427) * * * _As always, this is just a slice of what’s happening onchain. Around the world, people are building, creating, and reshaping what the internet can be — and it’s happening on Base._ --- *Originally published on [This Week on Base](https://paragraph.com/@thisweekonbase/07-07-2025)*