Base stalled block production for a second time in less than 24 hours on Friday morning, describing the incident as showing 'similar symptoms' to Thursday's roughly two-hour outage, with the event arriving less than three hours before the B20 Activation Registry was anticipated to go live.

Coinbase-incubated Layer 2 Base stalled block production for about two hours Thursday after an invalid block triggered a consensus fault, before the network recovered. The outage renewed scrutiny of single-sequencer risk on major rollups.

The Coinbase-incubated layer-2 network activated multiproofs on mainnet, combining TEE and ZK proof systems to move closer to full decentralization while cutting empty blocks by 99%.

Base introduces Model Context Protocol integration enabling AI agents to execute swaps, trades, and portfolio management across leading DeFi protocols.

The exchange's strategic investment cements Centrifuge as the go-to issuance layer for compliant onchain assets, starting with a tokenized S&P 500 product for non-U.S. users.

Base's Azul upgrade is currently live on testnet, with mainnet launch scheduled for mid-May.

Coinbase's Layer 2 shifts focus to tokenizing every major asset class and scaling stablecoin payments.

Base, the Ethereum Layer 2 network launched by Coinbase, is transitioning from Optimism's OP Stack to a self-managed codebase.

The launch was plagued by reports of delayed token distribution to early investors and technical issues.

Activity on Base-based AI-powered launchpad Clanker has surged as traders speculate on the rise of autonomous AI agents.