Coinbase’s layer 2 blockchain, Base, which launched in early August, has seen its every day transactions hit an all-time high, in accordance with information from IntoTheBlock. Base noticed 1.88 million transactions on Thursday, greater than layer 2 rivals Arbitrum and Optimism mixed, which noticed 780,000 and 370,000, respectively. “Curiously, it isn’t decentralized finance (DeFi) purposes nor non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces driving the surge in Base’s exercise. As a substitute, a good portion of utilization might be attributed to a brand new social utility, FriendTech,” stated Lucas Outumuro, head of analysis at IntoTheBlock. Decentralized social community platform Friend.tech is constructed on Base and calls itself “{the marketplace} on your mates.” The platform noticed elevated utilization during the last week, with its every day transactions additionally reaching an all-time excessive. Friend.tech’s transactions reached 529,000.
