Hey based frans... here's what went down on Base in the last 24h ■ 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 - @base just laid out three grant tracks: Builder Grants (up to $5,000 for projects building on Base), Creator Grants (up to $4,000 for people making content about Base) and Trencher Grants (up to $5,000 for people driving trading culture and community). A grant is free funding: no token sale and no loan. Whether you ship code, make memes or keep the trenches alive, there's a lane for you. ■ 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗜 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲 - @coinbase for Agents is live on Hermes, the AI agent from @NousResearch. It has persistent memory, meaning it remembers you between sessions, and it can run scheduled portfolio and research briefings on its own. Sir @jessepollak confirmed "hermes can now trade on @base." This is the onchain agent future in action: AI that doesn't just chat but actually does things with a wallet. ■ 𝗔𝗜𝟭𝟮: 𝗔𝗜 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀 + 𝗔𝗜 𝘁𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻 - AI12 is a single token on Base that holds 9 AI stocks plus BNKR, VVV and DRB. It's the second index on @bankrbot after MAG7. Think of it like an index fund (one basket, many assets) but onchain. Projects can now pair their coin with AI12, so trading volume pays them fees in AI12, and AI12 holders earn 0.30% of every trade. Sir Jesse called it "AI stocks + AI tokens in one index on @base." ■ Base is heading to Devcon Mumbai - The Base team will be at Devcon Mumbai with workshops, office hours, builder demos and a community day for builders in India. If you're going, sign up through the Base and Base Build posts. IRL is where a lot of the best collabs start. b ■ Base keeps accelerating nonstop ■ And we're still early. ■ Stay based.