{"id":54980,"date":"2025-10-27T09:19:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T09:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=54980"},"modified":"2025-10-27T09:19:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T09:19:11","slug":"decentralized-startup-funding-is-coinbase-set-to-shake-up-entrepreneurship-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=54980","title":{"rendered":"Decentralized Startup Funding: Is Coinbase Set to Shake Up Entrepreneurship Forever?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong aims to streamline the entire startup process, from formation to fundraising and public listing, onto the blockchain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a recent appearance on the TBPN podcast, Armstrong <\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VTmbAScxhWQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">elaborated<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on a future where founders can build their companies completely onchain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Live on TBPN\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VTmbAScxhWQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He said startups could register digitally, raise capital through smart contracts, and issue tokenized equity without depending on banks or law firms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He <\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coinbase.com\/blog\/coinbase-acquires-echo-unlocking-the-future-of-onchain-capital-formation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">added<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that the current funding system is \u201cpretty onerous,\u201d arguing that blockchain finance could make capital raising \u201cmore efficient, more fair, more transparent.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instead of waiting weeks for funds to clear, founders can receive instant capital in USDC, start operations, and accept crypto payments immediately.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Over time, they could also trade their company shares publicly in tokenized form, all within one ecosystem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>DISCOVER:<\/b><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/best-meme-coin-icos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">\u00a0<b>Best Meme Coin ICOs to Invest in 2025<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>Why Is Coinbase\u2019s x402 Protocol Seeing a 10,000% Surge in Transactions?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Armstrong\u2019s comments align with Coinbase\u2019s growing focus on decentralized finance tools. The company has recently integrated Echo, a blockchain-based fundraising platform that was acquired earlier this year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Echo has <\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coinbase.com\/blog\/coinbase-acquires-echo-unlocking-the-future-of-onchain-capital-formation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">helped<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> more than 200 startups raise over $200 million to date, offering a glimpse of how an onchain startup economy might look.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With Coinbase already running Base, its layer-2 network that supports decentralized apps, this expansion into startup funding signals a broader ambition: to make entrepreneurship as borderless and transparent as the blockchain itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Echo has helped over 200 startups raise more than $200 million. While it will operate independently for now, Armstrong said Coinbase plans to fold it into its broader infrastructure over time. The move would give founders direct access to Coinbase\u2019s $500 billion in custody assets and its global investor base.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Armstrong also said Coinbase is speaking with U.S. regulators about updating fundraising rules that prevent non-accredited investors from participating in early-stage rounds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Opening that access, he argued, would help make startup ownership more inclusive a core part of Coinbase\u2019s open finance vision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Analysts said the company is doubling down on Base, its layer-2 blockchain, to pull in more onchain activity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They added that if a Base token is <\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.base.org\/the-state-of-base-at-basecamp-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">launched<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, it could create a $12\u2013$34 billion market, with Coinbase\u2019s share estimated between $4-$12 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to <\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dune.com\/queries\/5236154\/8606551\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dune Analytics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, transaction activity on x402, an internet payments protocol launched by Coinbase in May, has jumped more than 10,000% in the past month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-301041\" src=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-2025-10-26T225723.112.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-2025-10-26T225723.112.png 1600w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-2025-10-26T225723.112-300x63.png 300w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-2025-10-26T225723.112-1024x215.png 1024w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-2025-10-26T225723.112-768x161.png 768w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-2025-10-26T225723.112-1536x323.png 1536w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-2025-10-26T225723.112-50x11.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dune.com\/queries\/5236154\/8606551\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Source: Dune<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The protocol revives the old HTTP 402 \u201cPayment Required\u201d status code, transforming it into a tool for direct web payments in stablecoins, eliminating the need for credit cards or banks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here\u2019s how it works: when a user or AI agent requests a paid service online, x402 triggers a 402 response that asks for a stablecoin payment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"cf0\">DISCOVER:\u00a0<a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/high-risk-high-reward-crypto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">9+ Best High-Risk, High-Reward Crypto to Buy in 2025<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><b>What\u2019s Behind the 10,000% Surge in Coinbase\u2019s Onchain Payment Activity?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The transaction is signed, sent, and confirmed onchain within seconds. Coinbase\u2019s team says the idea fixes what they call \u201cthe internet\u2019s first mistake,\u201d the absence of a built-in payment layer when the web was created.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From October 14 to 20, the protocol\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dune.com\/obchakevich\/x402\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">processed<\/a> nearly 500,000 transactions, representing a 10,780% increase from the previous month<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Friday alone, it processed 239,505 transactions, while Thursday\u2019s volume reached $332,000, according to Dune data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-301042\" src=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-2025-10-26T225730.696.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1168\" height=\"816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-2025-10-26T225730.696.png 1168w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-2025-10-26T225730.696-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-2025-10-26T225730.696-1024x715.png 1024w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-2025-10-26T225730.696-768x537.png 768w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-2025-10-26T225730.696-50x35.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1168px) 100vw, 1168px\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dune.com\/obchakevich\/x402\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Source: Dune<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The surge signals growing interest in frictionless, onchain payments that could change how money moves across the internet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The surge aligns with growing interest in agentic AI self-operating systems that can perform blockchain transactions without human control.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CoinGecko has since <\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/categories\/x402-ecosystem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">added<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a tracker for the x402 ecosystem, which has rapidly expanded into a $180 million market, jumping 266% in the past 24 hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-301043\" src=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-2025-10-26T225745.363.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-2025-10-26T225745.363.png 1600w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-2025-10-26T225745.363-300x84.png 300w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-2025-10-26T225745.363-1024x287.png 1024w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-2025-10-26T225745.363-768x215.png 768w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-2025-10-26T225745.363-1536x430.png 1536w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/unnamed-2025-10-26T225745.363-50x14.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(<\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/categories\/x402-ecosystem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Source: Coingecko<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Coinbase developers Kevin Leffew and Lincoln Murr wrote in August that these agentic systems can autonomously manage tasks such as API calls, data storage, and computation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They described a future where self-driving taxis could pay for fuel in stablecoins, and applications could automatically buy decentralized storage using onchain funds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Developers are already experimenting with Coinbase\u2019s x402 protocol, using it to create new tokens and memecoin projects. KuCoin Ventures stated that this \u201cx402-powered\u201d movement is driving a new wave of token launches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"cf0\">DISCOVER:\u00a0<a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/crypto-presales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">The 12+ Hottest Crypto Presales to Buy Right Now<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/B7Uk6agkqj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>Join The 99Bitcoins News Discord Here For The Latest Market Updates<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/altcoins\/decentralized-startup-funding-is-coinbase-set-to-shake-up-entrepreneurship-forever\/\">Decentralized Startup Funding: Is Coinbase Set to Shake Up Entrepreneurship Forever?<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/\">99Bitcoins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong aims to streamline the entire startup process, from formation to fundraising and public listing, onto the blockchain. In a recent appearance on the TBPN podcast, Armstrong elaborated on a future where founders can build their companies completely onchain.\u00a0 He said startups could register digitally, raise capital through smart contracts, and issue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-54980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}