Coinbase adds Agent Controls: trade-size caps, 24-hour limits and an auto-stop for AI trading agents
The limits sit on Coinbase's servers, not in the agent, so an AI agent trading through Coinbase for Agents cannot lift them on its own.
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Base referral code and news
Base referral code: 2ZTS468P · 10% off eligible swap fees. Official announcements, explained with their dates, scope and conditions. For holding and receiving USDC, we recommend the Base app, Coinbase’s self-custody wallet, with Phantom alongside it.
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Coinbase launches Security Score, a rating of how well your account is protected
The new screen grades your Coinbase account from Needs attention to Excellent, names the single most useful fix and lets you apply it on the spot.
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Rain Agent Vaults let AI agents receive, spend and send money on Base
Rain's new vaults give AI agents a balance, scoped Visa and Mastercard cards, bank payouts and stablecoin transfers, all inside rules set by the vault owner.
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PNC corporate clients can now receive USDC payments that land as dollar deposits, powered by Coinbase
PNC Bank is piloting incoming USDC payments for eligible corporate and institutional clients. Coinbase Payment APIs convert the stablecoin 1-to-1 into dollars and send them to the client's PNC account.
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Coinbase National Trust Company gets final OCC approval, moving Coinbase custody under a federal charter
The US banking regulator approved the charter on Friday 6 November. Coinbase says it will use the new trust company to grow its custody business under one federal framework.
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This week on Base: tokenized stocks hit a $144M daily volume record as Stonks lists 271 pairs and Mamo Stocks launches
Base’s 7 November recap reports record tokenized stock volume, 31% of Coinbase stock tokens deposited in Aave, and new launches from Mamo, Stonks, Suno, Groma and Owney.
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Coinbase lets users borrow USDC against PAX Gold (PAXG) on Base via Morpho
Official Coinbase post: borrow USDC against tokenized gold without selling it. Powered by Morpho on Base; US (ex-NY) and Canada, with variable rates and liquidation risk.
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Stripe Global Payouts is live on Base for USDC and OUSD to wallets in 160+ markets
Base says US businesses can now send USDC and OUSD to crypto wallets in more than 160 markets through Stripe Global Payouts on Base.
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Base Denim is live on mainnet: five blocks per second, and Flashblocks are gone
Base says its Denim upgrade is officially live on mainnet, bringing native 200ms blocks, millisecond time through BaseTime and B20 changes. Builders need to check any logic that counts time in blocks.
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USDC is now live in Samsung Wallet for US Galaxy users, with Coinbase holding the coins
The Stablecoin Account Samsung announced in October has gone live. Eligible US users can top up, hold, send and receive USDC in the wallet app they already use for cards.
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Base launches Stocks Maxxing, a $100,000 month-long contest to build tokenized stock products
Applications for Base's Stocks Maxxing Season opened on 5 November. Teams build tokenized stock apps, agents or market tools across three tracks, and submissions close on 5 December.
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Coinbase offers new members 10% APY on USDC for their first 30 days, plus a free month of Coinbase One
The welcome rate runs for 30 days and comes with a free Coinbase One month; after that, the normal USDC rewards rate applies.
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Base Batches 004: ten startups in stablecoin payments, tokenized stocks and AI head to Demo Day
Base named the ten teams in its Fall 2026 accelerator cohort, from PIX-linked payments to tokenized-stock credit, ahead of a New York Demo Day on 18 November.
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25 launches on Base in October: agent payments, stablecoin checkout and tokenized stocks
Base's monthly recap lists 25 October launches and announcements, from Mastercard and Cloudflare agent payments to OUSD, SMBC Nikko's DeFi gateway and zMAG7.
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Centrifuge and Pendle bring fixed-rate markets for tokenized real-world assets to Base
Base highlighted the partnership on 3 November 2026. Centrifuge says its tokenized assets can now back fixed-yield positions and, later, yield trading through Pendle.
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Coinbase Wallet's October update: pay swap fees in USDC, USDT or USDG, see top perps traders' positions, private Ethereum swaps
The wallet's monthly round-up also says its new loyalty program paid out more than $72,000 in USDC in its first week.
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Coinbase pays a 3% USDC bonus on crypto transfers until 15 November, capped at 15,000 USDC and unlocked over 36 months
Move crypto to Coinbase and earn 3% in USDC, but the bonus unlocks monthly over three years, and withdrawals can claw it back.
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USDC is coming to Samsung Wallet in the US as its first stablecoin, held by Coinbase
Coinbase says USDC will be the default dollar stablecoin in Samsung Wallet from late October 2026, with Coinbase Prime holding the coins for licensed partner Bastion.
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Coinbase for Agents now lets AI agents trade Deribit-powered global derivatives
Eligible Coinbase traders can let a connected AI agent research markets and place perpetual futures trades on Coinbase's Deribit-powered international derivatives platform, within limits they set.
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This week on Base: record $243M card spend, $4B in tokenized stock trading and new USDC accounts
Base’s 31 October recap reports a monthly record for card payments settled on the network, $4B in all-time DEX volume for Coinbase Tokenized Stocks, and new USDC deposit, savings and receiving-account options from OnePay, Bitso, Grow and Peer.
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Base sets 5 November for Denim, its upgrade to 200ms blocks
Base Build says Denim, already live on the Sepolia testnet, is coming to Base mainnet on 5 November. The upgrade moves Base from one block every two seconds to five blocks per second.
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Coinbase says USDC on its platform hit a record, averaging $22 billion in Q3
Coinbase says it now holds more USDC than ever, with an average of $22 billion held in its products in the third quarter. No breakdown by product or network was given.
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Coinbase Wallet says prediction market funds are unaffected by Polymarket's security incident
Polymarket briefly halted trading on its international platform after a third-party provider was compromised, then said it would fully reimburse affected traders. Coinbase Wallet says funds and positions held through its Polymarket integration were not affected.
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Base says $42 million has settled through the USDC checkout protocol it runs for Shopify
A new Base case study counts more than $42 million and 448,000 payments on the Commerce Payments Protocol, which lets eligible Shopify stores take USDC with no gas fees for buyers and local-currency payouts for merchants.
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FalconX's USDC credit facility goes live on Base
Lenders can now deposit native Base USDC into FalconX's Structured Credit Facility, curated by M11 Credit and deployed on Pareto. Yield, minimums and eligibility have not been published.
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Coinbase Business and Morph bring USDC and USDT payments so AI agents can pay for inference on Base
Coinbase Business says Morph now accepts the two dollar stablecoins on 6 networks with no gas fees and 500+ wallets, and Base invites developers to let their agents pay for AI models this way.
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Coinbase Champions Cup: first global trading competition offers up to $2M in USDC prizes from 4 to 25 November
Futures traders on Coinbase Advanced can register now. The prize pool starts at 100,000 USDC and grows with total volume, and you need at least 100 USDC in qualifying trades.
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Base opens Season 2 of its Creator Grant Program with grants of up to $4,000
Writers, streamers, video makers and educators who already cover Base can apply for up to $4,000. Season 1 drew more than 2,700 applicants and funded five creators.
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Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin goes live on Base and lands on Coinbase Prime, Exchange and the Coinbase app
Base says Ripple will provide liquidity for RLUSD on the network, while Coinbase now lets customers in supported regions deposit and withdraw it on the XRP Ledger, Base and Ethereum and convert US dollars into it 1:1.
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Base brings B20, Denim and finance-app workshops, office hours and a community day to Devcon Mumbai
From 3 to 6 November, Base’s team will run three developer workshops, daily office hours at its booth, a Booth Day and a Builder Demo Day for builders in India attending Devcon Mumbai.
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Base adds more Coinbase tokenized stocks, with Apple, NVIDIA and Tesla in a 38-stock lineup
Base says more tokenized stocks are live and liquid on its network, and its graphic lists 38 Coinbase-issued tokens across eight sectors. Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Eli Lilly and Strategy report earnings this week.
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Base opens Season 2 of its Builder Grant Program with up to $5,000 for live projects
Base is again offering up to $5,000 in seed capital, plus product and go-to-market help, to teams with a live product built only on Base. Season 1 drew 387 applications and funded six projects.
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Coinbase pitches a payday direct deposit split into crypto and USDC, with zero trading fees
Set the split once and part of every paycheck is turned into crypto or USDC. Coinbase says there are no trading fees, but a spread may apply.
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Coinbase Wallet adds Anthropic pre-IPO perps for non-US users in select jurisdictions
Coinbase Wallet now lists a perpetual futures market that tracks expectations for an Anthropic listing. It is a synthetic derivative, not Anthropic shares, and it is closed to US users.
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Base opens Trencher Grant Program with $1,000 to $5,000 for meme-community leaders and creators
Base is inviting meme and trading community leaders, event hosts and creators who post about Base culture to apply for grants of up to $5,000, plus a direct line to the Base team.
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Tuyo on Base lets its card spend USDC straight from an Earn strategy
Base featured Tuyo on 15 and 16 October 2026: the self-custodial money app’s card can pay with USDC that is still sitting in an earning strategy, so one balance does the job of a checking and a savings account. Users can switch that off.
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This week on Base: OpenSea Mobile, onchain FX pairs and $400M of USDC from Spark
Base’s weekly recap of 24 October 2026 lists more than 30 updates from apps building on the network. Beyond the stories we covered separately, the biggest are a $400 million-plus USDC supply from Spark, six non-dollar stablecoin pairs from Frax and OpenSea Mobile opening to everyone.
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Coinbase Wallet now advertises Hyperliquid perps with up to 40x leverage
Coinbase Wallet said on 19 October 2026 that users can trade perpetual futures with up to 40x leverage in the app, executed through Hyperliquid. The feature is limited to non-US users in select jurisdictions.
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Base pitches 24/7 trading of Coinbase tokenized stocks through Tesla and Meta earnings
Base used US earnings week to promote Coinbase tokenized stocks that trade around the clock on its network, posting the TSLAc and METAc contract addresses after Tesla and Meta reported on 21 October. They are not offered in the US.
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Coinbase Wallet says its Solana swaps now land in 0.6 seconds
Coinbase Wallet said on 22 October 2026 that Solana swaps in the app land in 0.6 seconds and that 98.6% of them reach the chain, figures it says come from 6.5 million real trades.
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Coinbase Wallet adds 5- and 15-minute ‘Up or Down’ crypto markets outside the US
Coinbase Wallet is promoting very short crypto prediction markets: 15-minute Bitcoin rounds from 14 October and 5-minute BTC and ETH rounds from 22 October. The feature is powered by Polymarket and is not available in the US.
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Base’s Denim upgrade cuts block times to 200ms, with mainnet targeted for November
Base teased “200ms blocks, coming soon to Base mainnet” on 23 October. Denim is already live on the Base Sepolia testnet and replaces Flashblocks with five full blocks a second.
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Aave on Base lets eligible non-US investors borrow USDC against seven tokenized US stocks
Base promoted Aave’s stock-backed loans on 23 October. Coinbase tokenized shares such as AAPLc and NVDAc work as collateral for USDC; the stocks themselves cannot be borrowed.
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Deel employees can now take part of their salary in USDC, straight to their own wallet
Coinbase Wallet promoted the option on 23 October. Employers switch it on; employees send 10% to 25% of net pay to a self-custody wallet, with no fees on their side.
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Sending $200 in USDC on Base costs about 86% less than traditional services, Coinbase study says
The Always-On Dollar, written by Coinbase with The Block, also finds that 73% of screened stablecoin volume moves outside US banking hours.
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Thunes plugs stablecoins on Base into a payout network reaching more than 140 countries
Coinbase will use Thunes’ Direct Global Network for local payouts, while Coinbase powers the stablecoin side of Thunes’ business.
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Mastercard’s Agent Pay for Machines lets AI agents pay with x402, settled on Base
Mastercard piloted the service with Cloudflare, Coinbase, Base, BVNK and others and opened Early Access for developers on 20 October.
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Marqeta and Coinbase bring stablecoin-backed cards to businesses, with settlement on Base
Companies that issue cards through Marqeta will be able to fund them from stablecoin balances held at Coinbase and spend wherever cards are accepted.
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Base launches Earn & Borrow, a ready-made stack for apps to offer USDC yield and crypto-backed loans
Apps can route customer stablecoin deposits to lending markets on Base such as Morpho and Aave, and let customers borrow against their crypto.
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Coinbase Wallet now returns up to 50% of swap fees to active traders
A five-tier loyalty program pays part of eligible fees back in USDC every week. The Netherlands is not on the excluded-country list; the UK, Italy and several others are.
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Coinbase Wallet introduces USDC rewards with regional limits
An old annual rate needs a dated interpretation.
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Coinbase Wallet brings multiple wallets into a full-screen view
A combined overview still contains separate accounts.
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Coinbase launches a wallet built around passkeys
Simpler access makes recovery and permissions worth understanding.
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Base App opens to more than 140 countries
A wider audience, with distinct choices inside the feed.
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