🚨 HOW BASE JUST FLIPPED OPTIMISM AND KEPT $10M+ FOR ITSELF
For years, Base ran on the OP Stack and sent ~15% of its fee revenue to Optimism’s treasury Now? They’re gradually moving away to build their own stack Here’s the part people miss: Base was generating ~75–90% of the total profits across the OP Superchain ecosystem The biggest revenue engine was paying rent In 2025 alone, Base reportedly sent around $11M to Optimism just for using OP Stack With the shift, Base could save $10M+ in 2026 Right after the news? $OP dropped ~30% in days Official narrative: more flexibility, faster development. Unofficial reality: stop paying the tax, keep the margin. L2 wars aren’t about tech anymore They’re about who captures the fees $OP
Crypto never needed saving by the state and it never will
This was his response to U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, who wrote to the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury urging them not to bail out the crypto market.
She argued that any government rescue would disproportionately benefit wealthy crypto holders at the expense of taxpayers
The debate is simple state backstop vs. self-sovereign system
Remember when CZ said $ASTER would overtake $HYPE?
Here are the actual numbers: 6 daily active addresses 44 weekly 340 monthly Price down 82% from ATH
Among those active addresses - me (monitoring what’s happening on the platform), CZ (occasionally needs to shill), and four devs keeping the lights on.
Looks like something went wrong… or is this just the calm before the storm?
In short: an anti Aster campaign has kicked off on X