Flaunch Enables Fee-Free Solana to Base Bridge with 100% Earnings Retention

**OpenCover** has launched on-chain vault insurance, allowing DeFi users to insure their vault positions without leaving their protocol. **Key Features:** - Coverage up to **$50M per vault** - Toggle insurance on/off by staking vault shares - No prepayment or fixed terms required - Premiums automatically streamed from yield The platform introduces **Covered Vaults**, making any DeFi vault insurable directly on-chain. Users maintain control of their positions while adding a layer of protection against potential losses. Vault operators and curators interested in embedded risk transfer can reach out to OpenCover to integrate this insurance solution into their protocols.

Base has joined the x402 foundation alongside major tech and financial companies including Coinbase, Cloudflare, Shopify, AWS, Google, Stripe, Mastercard, and Visa. **Key developments:** - 75% of all x402 transactions settled on Base in the past month - x402 aims to make global money movement as seamless as data transfer - The protocol enables internet-native payments for agents, APIs, and applications - Base will contribute to building infrastructure for the agentic economy The x402 foundation brings together blockchain, cloud computing, e-commerce, and traditional payment networks to develop new payment rails. Base's significant transaction volume demonstrates early adoption and positions the network as a key settlement layer for this emerging standard. The collaboration focuses on creating infrastructure that supports autonomous agents and applications conducting financial transactions programmatically across the internet.

**Avantis has reintroduced oil trading pairs** on Base, featuring both WTI-USD and BRENT-USD with leverage capabilities. - The platform now offers leveraged exposure to major oil benchmarks - This follows a previous listing of USOIL on markets.xyz with 10x leverage in January - Base continues expanding its global markets infrastructure The move brings traditional commodity trading instruments to the onchain ecosystem, allowing users to trade oil futures with leverage directly on Base's Layer 2 network.

**Live Trading Competition in NYC** Sixteen traders competed in a high-stakes perps trading tournament on Avantis Finance, hosted at an NYC internet cafe by Battle.fyi. One team walked away with $10,000 in cash. **Competition Format:** - Teams traded on Avantis perpetuals platform - Every 10 minutes, the lowest PnL team was eliminated - Event featured open bar and live audience - Competition streamed live for viewers The event transformed a traditional internet cafe into a trading arena, combining leverage trading with in-person competition atmosphere.

Base has released its updated mission, vision, and strategy focused on three core goals: - **Be the home for builders** - Creating an environment that supports developers and creators - **Create liquid markets for every asset & stablecoin** - Enabling seamless trading across all digital assets - **Upgrade the chain for markets, payments, and agents** - Enhancing infrastructure for financial applications The announcement emphasizes that "the global economy belongs to all of us," reinforcing Base's commitment to building an inclusive onchain economy accessible to everyone.