a16z just released their State of Crypto 2025 report, ranking the top chains founders are building on. Ethereum and Base are the #1 and #2 chains founders choose. That's based.

Base Build

@buildonbase

Ethereum and Base are the #1 and #2 chains founders choose to build on

Read more about what founders are doing in a16z's 2025 State of Crypto:

a16z crypto

@a16zcrypto

Our latest State of Crypto report is here.

The main theme for the year is the maturation of the crypto industry:

• Traditional financial institutions and fintechs launched crypto products
• DeFi and stablecoins went mainstream
• Blockchains got faster and cheaper
• The

676

5:46 PM • Oct 22, 2025

Flexa now supports Base Pay across major U.S. merchants:

• Chipotle

• Regal Cinemas

• Barnes & Noble

• Sheetz

• And more

Pay with crypto straight from mini apps in the Base app.

Base

@base

Base Pay is now live across @FlexaHQ's merchant network.

Pay at merchants like Chipotle, Regal, Barnes & Noble, and Sheetz, right from mini apps inside of @baseapp.

Flexa

@FlexaHQ

Now available: faster, more seamless USDC checkout with Base Pay.

Flexa and @base are teaming up to make it easy for any merchant to accept digital asset payments with the fastest onchain checkout experience for USDC.

No wallets to manage, no risk of fraud, no added complexity.

955

4:51 PM • Oct 16, 2025

Big moves in the capital stack: Coinbase acquired Echo, the leading onchain fundraising platform. New rails for raising capital are available to the Base ecosystem.

Coinbase 🛡️

@coinbase

Bringing back Up Only was just the warm up.

We’ve acquired @echodotxyz, the leading onchain capital raising platform.

→ Joining builders with community capital
→ Giving investors access to new opportunities
→ Growing economic freedom worldwide

4,316

10:11 AM • Oct 21, 2025

Daylight raised $75M to build a decentralized energy network that powers the grid of the future. Distributed energy meets onchain coordination.

Daylight

@daylightenergy_

We’ve raised $75M to build the decentralized energy network powering the world’s most important commodity: electricity.

This funding helps us move faster toward an electric grid that delivers what the old one no longer can: affordability, reliability, and abundant power.

1,911

12:38 PM • Oct 16, 2025

• Chainlink has integrated S&P Global Ratings onto Base, making stablecoin risk assessments accessible directly to smart contracts.

• LiveArtX introduced DeFi for Cultural RWAs, bringing art and luxury assets like Picassos and Rolexes onchain.

• Memory Protocol launched FollowSync, letting you take your X follows to the Base app.

• Solv Protocol integrated $cbBTC natively on Base.

• AllUnity launched EURAU, a Euro-backed stablecoin.

• Velora integrated Base’s native bridge for seamless ETH–Base transfers.

• Hacken arrived to run protocol audits + pen tests on Base.

• Recall is bringing AI competitions onchain, with transparent model rankings.

• Common lets communities launch tokens, mint namespaces, run contests, gate access, and swap natively.

Base

@base

keep climbing

2,895

5:18 PM • Oct 21, 2025

Based builders keep shipping. The onchain world keeps expanding.

See you next week

a16z just released their State of Crypto 2025 report, ranking the top chains founders are building on. Ethereum and Base are the #1 and #2 chains founders choose. That's based.

Base Build

@buildonbase

Ethereum and Base are the #1 and #2 chains founders choose to build on

Read more about what founders are doing in a16z's 2025 State of Crypto:

a16z crypto

@a16zcrypto

Our latest State of Crypto report is here.

The main theme for the year is the maturation of the crypto industry:

• Traditional financial institutions and fintechs launched crypto products
• DeFi and stablecoins went mainstream
• Blockchains got faster and cheaper
• The

676

5:46 PM • Oct 22, 2025

Flexa now supports Base Pay across major U.S. merchants:

• Chipotle

• Regal Cinemas

• Barnes & Noble

• Sheetz

• And more

Pay with crypto straight from mini apps in the Base app.

Base

@base

Base Pay is now live across @FlexaHQ's merchant network.

Pay at merchants like Chipotle, Regal, Barnes & Noble, and Sheetz, right from mini apps inside of @baseapp.

Flexa

@FlexaHQ

Now available: faster, more seamless USDC checkout with Base Pay.

Flexa and @base are teaming up to make it easy for any merchant to accept digital asset payments with the fastest onchain checkout experience for USDC.

No wallets to manage, no risk of fraud, no added complexity.

955

4:51 PM • Oct 16, 2025

Big moves in the capital stack: Coinbase acquired Echo, the leading onchain fundraising platform. New rails for raising capital are available to the Base ecosystem.

Coinbase 🛡️

@coinbase

Bringing back Up Only was just the warm up.

We’ve acquired @echodotxyz, the leading onchain capital raising platform.

→ Joining builders with community capital
→ Giving investors access to new opportunities
→ Growing economic freedom worldwide

4,316

10:11 AM • Oct 21, 2025

Daylight raised $75M to build a decentralized energy network that powers the grid of the future. Distributed energy meets onchain coordination.

Daylight

@daylightenergy_

We’ve raised $75M to build the decentralized energy network powering the world’s most important commodity: electricity.

This funding helps us move faster toward an electric grid that delivers what the old one no longer can: affordability, reliability, and abundant power.

1,911

12:38 PM • Oct 16, 2025

• Chainlink has integrated S&P Global Ratings onto Base, making stablecoin risk assessments accessible directly to smart contracts.

• LiveArtX introduced DeFi for Cultural RWAs, bringing art and luxury assets like Picassos and Rolexes onchain.

• Memory Protocol launched FollowSync, letting you take your X follows to the Base app.

• Solv Protocol integrated $cbBTC natively on Base.

• AllUnity launched EURAU, a Euro-backed stablecoin.

• Velora integrated Base’s native bridge for seamless ETH–Base transfers.

• Hacken arrived to run protocol audits + pen tests on Base.

• Recall is bringing AI competitions onchain, with transparent model rankings.

• Common lets communities launch tokens, mint namespaces, run contests, gate access, and swap natively.

Base

@base

keep climbing

2,895

5:18 PM • Oct 21, 2025

Based builders keep shipping. The onchain world keeps expanding.

See you next week