Base Daily Recap - September 4 NEWS ■ @base Base Batches 004 applications close in 1 week, with selected teams receiving $100K from the Base Ecosystem Fund, 8 weeks of mentorship, and a Demo Day in NYC. STATS ■ No major Base-specific metrics reported today. ECOSYSTEM ■ @ethos_network Released a new brand video positioning Ethos Score as a reputation check, exclusively on Base. ■ @homebasedotlove Announced Based House Mumbai, with $HOME launched on Base through Bankr to fund the new creator house. ■ @reserveprotocol Confirmed $MAG7 as equal-weight onchain exposure to the Magnificent 7 on Base. ■ @OpenGradient Shared its framework for “unrestricted AI,” covering content, usage, identity, and model restrictions, with privacy built into the architecture. ■ @gitlawb Partnered with @exa to bring fast web search to GitLawb’s open-source coding agents. LAUNCH ■ @squidrouter Tokenized stocks are now live on Squid, enabling 24/7 onchain stock trading powered by Base. ■ @inconetwork Launched Confidential Token on Base mainnet, bringing encrypted balances and private transactions to a standard ERC-20. ■ @infiniFi Went live on Base, allowing users to put USDC to work and earn yield directly from the network. ■ @QuickNode Added covered USDC yield strategies through Morpho on Base, with OpenCover providing protocol-risk protection. ■ @gobaldxyz Launched the $20K NFL Survivor on Base, with 0% rake and weekly voting across four Base market options. ■ @AskVenice Added Voice Library to Venice Studio, letting users browse and preview voices by language, accent, and age. ■ @AskVenice Added MiniMax H3 Max Turbo, a private and uncensored video generation model.