Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 network, Base, is changing the technology that powers it, stepping back from relying on Optimism’s OP Stack, the toolkit it originally launched on. Base launched in 2023 ...
A misconfigured Chainlink price oracle on DeFi lender Moonwell briefly valued Coinbase Wrapped ETH (cbETH) at about $1 instead of roughly $2,200.
Moonwell’s $1.78 million oracle mispricing exploit is reigniting debate over “vibe-coded” smart contracts and how AI tools like Claude Opus 4.6 should be governed in DeFi development.