The Always-On Chain:
Base,
live, right now
Every number here is read from Base mainnet, block by block.
USDC moved on Base in the last 24 hours 1
of USDC on Base moved while US banks were closed 1, 2
last 7 days
Sending $200 in USDC on Base costs — right now 3
Other ways to send it: fees from Coinbase × The Block's "The Always-On Dollar" 4
transactions per second on Base
- A block every—
- Blocks full—
- Base fee—
- Avg fee per tx—
200 ms blocks: coming to mainnet
In the five seconds it took to read this, — in USDC moved on Base 5
Per minute on Base, live 5
Base never closes.
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1. USDC transfer volume on Base: transfers under $10M (flash loans and rebalancing left out), estimated per hour from 12 sampled blocks. 2. US bank hours: Mon-Fri 9:00-17:00 New York time, federal holidays closed. 3. A 62k-gas USDC transfer at the current block's base fee + usual tip + L1 data fee, ETH/USD from Chainlink on Base. 4. "The Always-On Dollar: Money for an Economy that Doesn't Close", The Block Pro Research for Coinbase. 5. Live, from the last blocks: USDC under $10M; swaps and Morpho/Aave events read from their contracts. 6. TVL: DefiLlama. USDT/EURC: transfers under $10M; avg fee per tx: gas used per tx at the base fee + tip (no L1 fee).