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Base is a secure, low-cost, builder-friendly Layer 2 solution on the Superchain, developed to bring the next billion users onchain. Incubated within Coinbase, Base aims to offer a scalable and accessible platform for decentralized applications (dApps), leveraging the security and decentralization of Ethereum while reducing costs and improving transaction speeds.
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Hop Protocol

Hop Protocol facilitates seamless asset transfers across Ethereum layer-2 networks with its scalable bridge architecture and "h" tokens. Governed by HOP token holders, it employs a community-driven governance model involving forum discussions, Snapshot voting, and on-chain proposals. With a maximum supply of 1 billion tokens, HOP serves as a governance tool and utility token within the protocol. Hop Protocol raised nearly $2 million through funding rounds, attracting notable investors and focusing on enhancing interoperability in the Ethereum ecosystem.

Bridge

Zora

Zora is a social network built onchain. It lets users create, collect, and share media as NFTs directly on its own blockchain. Zora runs on the OP Stack and is also a dApp on both OP Mainnet and Base. It’s optimized for cheap, fast interactions, focused on creators and communities.

SocialFi

Token Terminal

​Token Terminal, founded in 2020 and based in Helsinki, Finland, is a data analytics platform that standardizes financial and alternative data from blockchains and decentralized applications.

Analytics

Gitcoin

Gitcoin incentivizes open-source development through rewards and grants, using a quadratic funding mechanism for fair fund allocation. Governance is driven by the Gitcoin Token (GTC), allowing holders to participate in voting and governance decisions. With a total token supply of 100 million, GTC holders can stake tokens to gain increased voting power through vGTC. Gitcoin has raised $11.8M across two funding rounds to support its initiatives.

SocialFi

Sonne Finance

Sonne Finance offers high-liquidity money markets with dynamic incentives. It supports popular assets and integrates natively with Optimism. Its tokenomics incentivize user engagement and protocol growth, with revenue-sharing and governance features. Sonne Finance has received funding through an OP grant from Optimism, allocated to enhance trading activities within its protocol, including lending, borrowing, and staking activities.

Lending

Zerion Wallet

Zerion is a non-custodial, open-source cryptocurrency wallet designed to serve as a comprehensive gateway to decentralized finance (DeFi) and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). It enables users to securely store, manage, and interact with digital assets across multiple blockchain networks, offering features such as portfolio tracking, trading, and connectivity with various decentralized applications (dApps).

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Retro Funding: Dev Tooling

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The Retro Funding: Dev Tooling program rewards open-source toolchain software that supports onchain application development on the Superchain, with a budget of up to 8M OP and monthly rewards from March to July 2025.

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Retro Funding: Onchain Builders

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Retro Funding: Onchain Builders rewards projects driving cross-chain interoperability on OP Chains, with up to 8M OP

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Gov Fund Incentives S7

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Earn OP and other rewards from top protocols across the Superchain. Browse some of the best opportunities and start earning.

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SuperStacks

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SuperStacks is an experimental pilot campaign designed to show how the Superchain can create a more connected onchain experience.

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Base Batches 002 Demo Day

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Base Batches 002 Demo Day brings together 50 emerging teams from the Base ecosystem for rapid-fire pitches to investors, partners, and builders. Join an afternoon of demos, networking, and a first look at the next wave of onchain projects.

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Base Meetup Buenos Aires

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A night of art, music, and culture with the Base team at Devconnect, featuring live performances and onchain creators from across LATAM. Join the community for an immersive evening celebrating creativity on Base in Buenos Aires.

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Buenos Aires
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OP Mainnet

OP Mainnet

OP Mainnet, previously known as Optimism, is a Layer 2 scaling solution built on top of Ethereum. It utilizes optimistic rollups to provide faster and cheaper transactions while maintaining the security of the Ethereum mainnet.

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Ink

Ink

Ink is a Layer 2 blockchain built by Kraken powered by the OP Stack. It connects Kraken’s 10+ million users to decentralized finance (DeFi), offering easy access to DEXs, lending, and yield protocols. By joining the Superchain, Inkchain combines Ethereum’s security with Layer 2 scalability for a streamlined DeFi experience.

Finance
Unichain

Unichain

Unichain is an L2 purpose-built for DeFi, exclusively on the OP Stack. Unichain is part of the Superchain’s path to interoperability, and will support ERC20s that are Superchain interop compatible. Uniswap Labs is also working with Flashbots to develop a new TEE-based block builder that reduces Unichain confirmation times from 1 second to 250 milliseconds.

Finance
Soneium

Soneium

Soneium is a Layer 2 blockchain developed by Sony Block Solutions Labs, a joint venture between Sony Group and Startale. Designed to bridge Web2 and Web3, Soneium aims to create a versatile, developer-friendly ecosystem that empowers creativity and innovation. It provides a scalable, accessible platform for developers, creators, and communities, enabling them to build and deploy applications that blend entertainment, gaming, finance, and more.

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