Coinbase’s Layer 2 System Base Gets a Marketplace Linked to Gas Revenue Dragonfly-backed startup Alkimiya unveils a DeFi market for betting on the price of blockspace on the Base rollup.

Kraken Picks Optimism for New Layer-2 Network, Joining Coinbase’s Base on ‘Superchain’ The disclosure comes nearly a year after CoinDesk broke the news that Kraken was considering its own layer-2 network, following the runaway success enjoyed by Base after it launched in mid-2023.