TLDR Tech / Crypto
This Week on Base: x402, Base Verify Onchain, Bankr, and More
Base captured 90% of agentic stablecoin transaction volume in Q2 2026 and tripled its share of onchain spot volumes over the past year, now leading in both BTC and FX markets. The chain launched Base Verify Onchain on Sepolia, a smart-contract Sybil resistance primitive that requires no personal data collection, while B20s (Base Native Token Standard) hit $200M in trading volume within their first 30 days on mainnet. Bankr platform coins surpassed $5B in cumulative trading volume, and Morpho's market crossed $500M without incentives, with Coinbase's borrow product returning to all-time highs as the largest DeFi mullet integration. Axis Robotics closed a $12M seed (Hack VC) for its Physical AI data engine on Base, Exa App raised $2.2M for self-custodial onchain credit, and MoonPay rolled out conversational AI trading on Base for Claude and ChatGPT users.
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