Vitalik Buterin proposes a trustless, on-chain gas futures market for Ethereum to mitigate transaction cost volatility, especially as gas prices are at historic lows.
Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko criticized Coinbase's Base network, calling its new bidirectional bridge an "alignment bullshit." He argued that bridges favor specific ecosystems for value capture and economic accrual. Tension rose between Solana and Base as they compete for liquidity and developer activity, with users questioning Base's motives.
Base launches a Solana bridge with Chainlink support, facilitating secure cross-chain asset transfers and app integrations.