Good morning. We’re going to announce a lot of cool stuff today. If you have notifications on, sorry in advance. See you on the livestream.

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Onchain founders are getting funded by @ycombinator They just put out a new request for onchain startups The future of finance is being built in crypto: Stablecoins, tokenized assets, trading, apps, AI agents, and more

Introducing the Grayscale Story Trust $IP 📚 @StoryProtocol is laying the foundational infrastructure for the global intellectual property economy, which has been reported to be worth as much as $80T¹. 🤖 AI-Ready Data: With projects like @psdnai, Story brings licensing to real-world data for physical AI, powering technologies such as robotics, autonomous vehicles, and surgical systems. ⚖️ Legal Blockchain in One: Story unifies smart contract licensing with graph-based tracking to manage intellectual property rights, royalties, and attribution across creative works and AI pipelines. 🔁 Programmable Intellectual Property: Register, remix, and monetize intellectual property with token-bound accounts embedding licensing logic and automated payments. ✅ Proven Traction: With over 1.7 million intellectual property transactions and more than 200,000 monthly users². See important disclosures and learn more about the Grayscale Story Trust: grayscale.com/funds/grayscal… ¹ According to the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 2025 Global Innovation Index, the estimated value of intangible assets — including intellectual property, data, software, brands, and human capital — held by publicly listed companies worldwide exceeds $80 trillion. Source: WIPO, The Value of Intangible Assets of Corporations (2025). ² Story Blockchain Explorer, as of July 7, 2025

Move money. Bring your identity wherever you go. Own your social graph. Use markets 24/7. Chat with your friends. All in @baseapp. “When everything runs on shared and open rails, you start from an infinite toolbox made by millions of builders like you.” - @chintanturakhia

🟦 This will make sense in a few hours. x.com/i/broadcasts/1YqGoopME…

Wear what you want, check out how you want 👕 @NodeMerch lets you fully customize t-shirts, hoodies, hats & stickers — and now with Smart Wallet Profiles, customers globally can checkout instantly with just wallet address shipping info. One account → endless possibilities.

We're bringing entire countries onchain with stablecoins and usable self custody wallets 🇧🇲🇧🇲🇧🇲 Yesterday, we conducted a first of it's kind USDC airdrop to over 300 Bermudians, enabling them to send, request, and earn rewards—all using @CoinbaseWallet. Some merchants made over $5k from USDC sales in a single day - with 0 processing fees, earning 4.1% via CBW, instant payments, with easy-to-use QR codes.

more and more shops are getting onchain

This Thursday 2:30 - 5:00 PM. Feng Cha - 99 Yerba Buena Lane, SF Bubbles on us. We got you! Dimes and CB Wallet Crew pouring fuel on this thing. When local businesses tell us they are about crypto we show up. Show up Base Community. DJ Big Kev pulling up.

Splits Teams (smart accounts) changelog 💾 Onramping is as easy as sending a wire, and offramping is as easy as signing a transaction. You can connect any US or EU bank account, and you can offramp any token you own in just a few clicks — even interest-earning USDC positions.

1/ Stablecoins are reshaping finance 🏦 Explore all insights, market trends, asset deep dives, and more in "The State of Stablecoins 2025"— a comprehensive report by Dune & @artemis Link at the end of the thread 🧵

Venture capital? Onchain capital. @cbventures @echodotxyz are bringing startup investing onchain, so qualified investors can back builders.