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The number of tradable crypto tokens has gone parabolic since 2022, with CoinMarketCap now tracking roughly 18.9 million digital assets, compared to a little over 20,000 in 2022. In January of that year, roughly 20,000 assets were listed across major trackers. By mid-2025, that universe swelled to an estimated 18.9 million, an astonishing 945x increase […] The post Crypto tokens explode from 20k in 2022 to 18.9M following launchpad frenzy on Solana, Base, BSC appeared first on CryptoSlate.

PancakeSwap Infinity, the latest version of the DEX, has launched on Coinbase’s Base network as its TVL and DEX activity hit all-time highs. PancakeSwap Infinity, the fourth version of the PancakeSwap decentralized exchange (DEX), has made it to Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 network, Base. According to a Tuesday announcement shared with Cointelegraph, PancakeSwap Infinity is now live on Base. The announcement follows the launch of PancakeSwap Infinity on BNB Chain at the end of April. The announcement comes as Base’s total value locked (TVL) reached a new high of $4.295 billion, according to DefiLlama data. This represents a 33.75% increase from its TVL of $3.211 billion reported on Jan. 1. Read more

Coinbase has transformed its Coinbase Wallet into the novel Base App, describing it as “an everything app” that supports trading, payments, social, apps, and chat. The post Coinbase Wallet Morphs into the ‘Everything’ Base App appeared first on Cryptonews.

Crypto exchange Coinbase has added new ways for crypto holders to make use of Cardano and Litecoin on its Base network.

Coinbase launched wrapped tokens for Cardano (cbADA) and Litecoin (cbLTC) on its Base layer-2 network, the exchange said in a June 25 post.  Each synthetic token is backed 1:1 by the underlying asset held in Coinbase custody, and proof-of-reserves pages list the on-chain addresses securing the collateral. The transparency pages already show 11,364 LTC and […] The post Coinbase launches Cardano and Litecoin wrapped tokens cbADA, cbLTC on Base appeared first on CryptoSlate.

JPMorgan will pilot a dollar-denominated deposit token called JPMD on Coinbase’s Base blockchain within days, global blockchain division co-head Naveen Mallela said in an interview with Bloomberg News on June 17.  The test will transfer a fixed amount of JPMD from the bank’s digital wallet to Coinbase, making the token available to selected institutional users […] The post JPMorgan pilots tokenized deposit token on Base, targeting instant dollar transfers appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Once the pilot phase ends, Coinbase’s institutional clients can begin using JPMD for transactions. JPMorgan Chase’s foray into the blockchain ecosystem continues, with the financial institution choosing the Base network to pilot its newly launched deposit token, JPMD.  The pilot program was confirmed by Naveen Mallela, an executive at JPMorgan’s blockchain division, Kinexys, who told Bloomberg that a fixed amount of JPMD tokens will be transferred to crypto exchange Coinbase in the coming days. The transfer will be facilitated through Coinbase’s layer-2 blockchain, Base, which launched in 2023 and currently has the largest market share among Ethereum layer-2s, according to CoinGecko.  Read more

Shopify is rolling out support for USDC payments, allowing consumers to pay with stablecoins via Shopify Payments and Shop Pay. The feature, developed in partnership with Coinbase and launching on the exchange’s Base blockchain, is available in early access starting this week and will expand to more merchants over the coming months. New payment rails […] The post Shopify to enable USDC payments via Base across its Checkout ecosystem appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Wallet infrastructure provider Magic Labs has announced the Genesis launch of Magic Newton, an AI agent platform that enables autonomous finance and simplifies crypto managing, on Coinbase’s layer-2 Base blockchain. The post PayPal-Backed Magic Labs Reveals Verifiable Crypto Agent Platform Newton on Base appeared first on Cryptonews.

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