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Episode 004: Wayne for Base Builders

Wayne founder of Upshot Cards grew up in Perth with a passion for taking things apart just to understand how they worked.

Starting Journey
From dismantling computers as a kid to running a small online business selling World of Warcraft gold during university, Wayne’s early experiences taught him how online economies, marketplaces and digital communities function.

Beyond crypto outside of work Wayne is also a beekeeper. He believes bees represent one of nature’s purest systems of coordination and organization a reminder that strong communities and shared rhythms are what truly create value.

Working between Indonesian farmers and American buyers gave him firsthand insight into internet commerce long before crypto became mainstream.
That curiosity eventually led him into blockchain and prediction markets.

What exactly Upshot is doing
Upshot is building prediction markets through the form of collectible trading cards.
Each card represents a prediction about the future and when that prediction becomes true and holders can win rewards.

The goal is to make prediction markets feel simple, nostalgic and fun while combining internet culture, art and speculation into something people genuinely enjoy collecting and sharing.

Why Base?
Wayne chose Base because of its organic community of builders and long term mindset.

For Upshot Base provides more than infrastructure it provides a collaborative ecosystem where builders actively help shape products and ideas together.

The advice
If you have an idea, stop waiting.
Write it down, talk to people, share it online, get feedback and keep building until it becomes something real people can use and enjoy.

This upgrade introduces several key improvements to Base focusing on lower fees and improved network efficiency.

If you are running a node ensure you are updated to the latest releases to keep the network rolling

Base App no longer just about wallets and transactions the app is slowly turning into a real on chain gaming hub where users can play, compete, collect rewards and discover new experiences directly inside the ecosystem.

And this is only the beginning as more games are continuously being added, making Base App one of the easiest ways for normal users to experience on chain gaming without complicated setup.

What makes this interesting is how simple everything feels
- Just Open the app
- Start playing instantly
- Earn rewards in some games
- Discover new communities and ecosystems

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Episode 003: Gabriel & Luca for Base Builders

Gabriel and Luca co founders of Noise met at University of Southern California where they were part of the blockchain club during the NFT boom.

How they started?
What began with flipping sneakers and trading during the GameStop short squeeze era quickly turned into exploring NFTs and crypto.

For Gabriel growing up in Venezuela made crypto instantly click a system beyond central banks and unstable monetary policies.

For Luca it was curiosity, culture and markets that pulled him deeper into the space.

Building Noise
They are building an interactive media platform that turns subjective trends into objective signals using markets.
From brands to internet culture Noise aims to answer a simple question that what’s actually trending and what’s real?

Instead of relying on feeds filled with noise or AI content, they use capital and markets to surface truth and meaningful insights.

Why base?
They chose Base because of its strong brand, design first approach and long term vision.

Like Noise Base is focused not just on today but on what the internet and on chain economy could look like in the next 5 to 10 years.

Their mindset
Action your taste and build what you believe in. Care deeply about design, experience and emotion because the best products are the ones people feel connected to.

They are giving users a chance to share $1M in BTC just for being active.

The idea is simple if you do at least one activity of $25+ (like trading, staking, depositing or using the card) on 14 different days in May, you qualify.

So it’s not about doing something crazy just staying active regularly.

There’s also a bonus 👇
The first person to complete all 14 days gets a VIP World Football Final experience which is a huge perk.

What makes this cool is that it rewards normal users who are already using Coinbase or Base. You don’t need special skills or big capital just consistency.

People in the community are already jumping in and calling it bullish for Base, because it pushes more on chain activity in a very natural way.

Coinbase has expanded the multi chain support of its Agentic Wallet, enabling AI agents to hold and transfer USDC on Solana and Polygon alongside Base.

This upgrade gives AI agents more flexibility while maintaining self custody and configurable spending guardrails, ensuring secure autonomous transactions across multiple blockchains.

Another major addition is x402, Coinbase’s HTTP native payment protocol which allows AI agents to make machine to machine stablecoin payments for APIs, compute and services without accounts or human intervention.

With tools like CLI wallet balance checks and the new bazaar service discovery UI, Coinbase is making it easier for developers to build autonomous on chain agents that can discover services and pay for them instantly.

This marks another major step toward agentic AI operating seamlessly across chains, especially as the ecosystem has already processed over 165 million x402 transactions.

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Episode 001: Jai Prasad for Base Builders

Jai Prasad, originally from Mumbai and now building globally, is the founder of Definitive Finance a team focused on making advanced crypto trading accessible to everyone.

How he started?
Jay’s curiosity started with breaking things apart to understand how they worked from engines to financial systems.
Growing up in Mumbai, he saw that financial access wasn’t equal for everyone. Later moving to Santiago strengthened his belief in open systems which led him to crypto a way to build a global financial system anyone can access.

At Definitive Finance
They are building the infrastructure that gives everyday users access to the same trading tools and execution quality that institutions and hedge funds use.

From crypto assets to options and prediction markets, their mission is to democratize access to sophisticated onchain trading.

Why Base?
The team chose Base because they believe the future of finance will be built on chain and they wanted to build with a network focused on the long term.
As more assets move on chain every day, Base is becoming a foundation for the next generation of markets, tools, and financial products.

For Definitive Base offers the infrastructure and alignment needed to build for that future.

His advice
Bull markets bring hype but bear markets build real innovation.
Stay focused on long term value, trust your conviction and keep building because the strongest products are created when others stop.

Recent updates make it way more interesting:
The head of Base Jesse Pollak said AI agents could power the next wave of crypto payments
These agents can pay, trade, and use services automatically, without humans doing every step
Base is even preparing its ecosystem for an “AI agent economy”

This is BIG for Base
– More transactions happening automatically means more onchain activity
– New use cases like agent to agent payments and automation
– Builders are rushing in to experiment with this trend
– Even viral AI apps and projects are boosting Base ecosystem growth