Description
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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Projects

Unlooped

Unlooped differentiates itself in the digital music and NFT space by enabling artists to mint new song variations as NFTs directly to their wallets on the Base network. This platform offers artists the ability to deploy their smart contracts for collections, ensuring full control and management. Unlooped also incorporates on-chain storage for its graph and decentralized storage for samples, enhancing security and ensuring music permanence. Unlooped emphasizes artist ownership and creative freedom. It is a self-bootstrapped project, not having received external funding or participated in previous funding rounds.

SocialFi

Backed

Backed Finance is a financial platform that bridges traditional assets like stocks and bonds to the blockchain by issuing tokenized representations of these assets as ERC-20 tokens. Each token is fully backed 1:1 by the corresponding real-world security, held by licensed custodians. The platform operates under a regulatory-compliant framework, ensuring legal enforceability and transparency.

RWA

Aura

Aura Finance distinguishes itself in the DeFi space by enhancing the Balancer ecosystem, offering a streamlined experience for BAL stakers and liquidity providers. It simplifies staking with tokenized veBAL (auraBAL) and boosts rewards through protocol-owned veBAL and AURA tokens, while easing participation in Balancer's gauge system. The AURA token is central to Aura's governance and incentivization, allowing users to lock tokens for governance rights and influence both Aura's and Balancer's decisions. Governance involves managing the Aura treasury, voting on Balancer proposals, and planning a transition to full on-chain voting

Onchain Tooling

Gyroscope

Gyroscope is developing GYD, a decentralized, noncustodial stablecoin fully backed by diversified assets in smart contracts. Governed on-chain by the Gyroscope DAO, the community can propose and vote on changes. The stablecoin maintains a 100% reserve ratio with 1 USD worth of collateral per GYD. Gyroscope raised $4.5 million in seed funding, co-led by Placeholder VC and Galaxy Ventures.

DEX

PWN

PWN is a universal, peer-to-peer lending and borrowing protocol that enables users to leverage any standard on-chain asset as collateral while maintaining full control over loan terms.

Lending

Songbirdz

The Songbirdz collection brings bird watching on-chain to Base with 10,000 ERC-721 NFTs, each representing a bird species with an image and song recording. To mint an NFT, you must correctly identify the bird from multiple choices. The collection is divided into 10 flocks of 1,000 birds each, released sequentially. Songbirdz is self-funded and operates without formal governance.

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Foundation Missions: Season 7

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Foundation Missions are Optimism-funded initiatives designed to make measurable progress toward the Season 7 Intent, establishing interoperable Stage 1 chains handling $250M in cross-chain asset transfers per month.

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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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The Optimism Governance Fund Missions for Season 7 provide grants to projects that drive onchain growth across the Superchain.

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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: A New Day One

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Hear from Brian Armstrong and Jesse Pollak and the builders shaping what comes next

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Basecamp 2025 is a three-day gathering in Stowe, Vermont, bringing together creators, builders, and the broader Base community to connect, collaborate, and explore the future of onchain innovation.

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Token 2049: Base Builder Showcas

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An afternoon dedicated to spotlighting the next wave of projects building on Base.

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Base Cafe | Token 2049

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The Base Café is your spot to grab a free coffee at Token2049. Just check out with the Base App, pick your drink, and enjoy. Tap, sip, done.

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Coinbase House | Token 2049

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Coinbase House at Token2049 offers a dedicated space for visitors to explore product and career hubs, enjoy a racing simulator experience, and pick up exclusive swag and giveaways.

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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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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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