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Commerce is finally exploding on Ethereum.

Shopify merchants can now accept USDC, while Amazon and Walmart are exploring stablecoins.

Meanwhile, @slice is building the next generation of commerce — open, unstoppable, and truly onchain — powered by a protocol that harnesses the full power of Ethereum.

There's a lot more to say, but for now know this: the future of commerce is onchain.

frames

the new base logo brings back some great memories /frames

Base

Crypto needs utility | Head of Eng @baseapp |Building the best onchain experiences | base[hunt, cafe,merch]  | always in search of 🍕🍷

huge congrats to @chintan, @jesse.base.eth and the whole team on the base app launch! love seeing this new vision for @base come to life.

excited for what’s next 🫡

In 2021, I wrote extensively on this topic. On paper, purely technically, it was a no-brainer - greater performance, interoperability, secure access to ethereum liquidity, security & decentralization, significantly lower inflation for economic sustainability, etc. etc. 

Since then, all major new chains have been L2s - from DAOs (Unichain) to crypto corporations (Coinbase, Kraken) to tradfi (Robinhood), with the sole exception of Hyperliquid. There have been some L1 > L2 like Celo as mentioned. However, over 4 years, most legacy L1s have remained L1s.

Potential reasons:
- Application demand growth has been a fraction of expectations. Most L1s have barely any activity and have no need for the greater performance or interoperability of L2s
- L2 & blob dev have slowed down since '22 potentially due to the above, with performance much lower than expected in '25
- Much of their token value is based on being an anti-ethereum cult
- The industry has pivoted to degeneracy, decentralization/security matter less now

> The industry has pivoted to degeneracy, decentralization/security matter less now

crypto is a far cry from what it was just 4 years ago: a scattered landscape of mostly centralized projects, each pumping its own bags. composability is a forgotten word.

@slice is on a mission to bring back the true soul of ethereum. look forward to it

Tennis

shared a piece of lore about @slice — one of the many behind the scenes over the years

Share a piece of lore about yourself https://t.co/NX4QIsJjKD

In March 2024, one of our most iconic @slice__so stores went live at @CompassCoffeeDC, in partnership with @coinbase. It wasn’t just another activation — it marked a turning point, kickstarting the adoption of onchain commerce eventually pushing it into the US election discourse. https://t.co/a7518PlzX1

jacopo.eth

shared a piece of lore about @slice — one of the many behind the scenes over the years https://x.com/jacopo_eth/status/1943009049202524353

The giant standoff right now is between web2 giants with distribution and web3 upstarts with technology

Ethereum/Solana defeated enterprise blockchains in round 1

But now it's a battle over owning the app layer

foobar/

so it begins https://x.com/0xfoobar/status/1941595572328182248

Ethereum

tokenized stocks on arbitrum and the launch of robinhood chain are a huge win for ethereum. and europe eats first. gg 🫡

fun fact: I made this meme :)

huge vibe difference between companies built to last 10 years and companies built to raise a seed round

protocols and companies on ethereum are built to last forever

Apps unlock Ethereum’s true potential.

At Appcon during Milan Design Week, @slice hosted a 7-day experience where thousands of newcomers discovered Ethereum through art, design, and real-world applications.

Here's a glimpse:

live in 4k on pinetree https://pinetree.so/video/0x5066150c538238ad1b0ebe6a1ff9569fce358d56

@slice powered onchain payments at @coinbase state of crypto — checkout in 1 second, fully onchain.

This is the future of commerce.

@fileverse decentralized spreadsheets are really cool

announcement:

Introducing: https://t.co/0DdwywVOZ9 👩‍🔧

Decentralized spreadsheets made for the global economy &amp; open Internet https://t.co/Xk0J1t4ncY

Fileverse

Self sovereign stack for collaboration and files creation/management 💛

http://dsheets.new and http://ddocs.new

@fileverse decentralized spreadsheets are really cool

announcement: https://x.com/fileverse/status/1934998490926465177

would love to see more and more companies adopt crypto

one step closer to the future of commerce

can we still do cool things?

remember when we almost bought the constitution?

remember when we raised millions to support Ukraine?

remember when we bought Wu-Tang’s album?

what if we funded films next?

top 100 minters get their ENS in the credits

http://mint.shibuya.film

fundraising remains one of ethereum’s core use cases

let’s bring back icos

Farcaster

x is rolling out e2e encrypted chat. should’ve been added from the start but better late than never

when e2e encrypted messages on farcaster?