2023 Coinbase Layer 2 Base Overtakes Optimism in Daily Active Users

Base, Coinbase's layer 2 blockchain, has reached a record 136,000 daily active users, according to Dune Analytics, driven largely by activity on Friend.Tech, a social network where users buy and sell shares tied to popular Twitter figures. Per tokenterminal data, Base has overtaken Optimism in daily active users and is close to Arbitrum's total of 147,000. About $175 million in cryptocurrency has been bridged to Base since its inception, with almost 580,000 transactions recorded on Thursday. The app is in beta and requires a sign-up code, and users are sharing referral codes in hopes of an airdrop from a token that a grayed-out section suggests is coming.