The Rise of Onchain AI: Agents, Apps, and Commerce

TL;DR: The convergence of Crypto and AI is giving rise to a burgeoning Onchain AI economy, an ecosystem of blockchain apps and services run by autonomous AI agents. And while Decentralized AI projects have seen the lionshare of funding and growth over the last 18 months, we believe Onchain AI is gaining momentum and signaling the next phase of rapid innovation at this intersection.

Demystifying the Crypto x AI Stack

By Jonathan King Tl;dr: The future of AI can be built on blockchain technology, as crypto can help increase accessibility, transparency, and use cases within the emerging tech. The convergence of crypto’s efficiency, borderless nature, and programmability with AI has the potential to transform how humans and machines interact with the digital economy, including by enabling users to have sovereignty over their personal data.

ELI5 L3s

Understanding the EigenLayer AVS Landscape

State of Wallets Part 2: Smart Accounts

State of Wallets Part 1: Wallet Technologies

State of Bridging

State of Bridging

Understanding the Zero-Knowledge Landscape

Understanding the Zero-Knowledge Landscape by Coinbase Ventures

A developer’s guide to the web3 security stack

An analysis of core security considerations at each stage of the web3 development lifecycle and emerging solutions that can help developers prevent and mitigate security threads

Decentralizing social media: a guide to the web3 social stack

How web3 social networks can give users control over their data, identity, and relationships, enable permissionless innovation, and rewire the power structures of social media (with a spotlight on Farcaster).

Coinbase Ventures Q3 recap and market outlook

On the ground observations from Q3, including an overview of the ventures landscape, web3 developer activity, institutional staking, the Cosmos & Move ecosystems, and more.

A simple guide to the web3 developer stack

A guide to the projects and companies working to make web3 development as easy as web2.

Is the Bitcoin Lightning Network for real?

A look at how the Lightning Network can potentially disrupt the $150B a year payment and remittance industry.

Coinbase Ventures Q2 recap and market outlook

Ventures landscape overview, web3 gaming, web3 social, Solana's momentum, UX improvements, and more.

The crypto market downturn explained

A macro overview of the crypto market downturn, from the COVID market shock to today.

Coinbase Ventures Q1 recap and market outlook

A market outlook through the lens of our Q1 activity.

Crypto’s emergence as a geopolitical force

Examining crypto's usage in Ukraine, sanctions, and the Biden Executive Order.

Ventures’ Takeaways from ETH Denver

Themes observed on the ground at Ethereum's longest running conference.

Vampire attack! LooksRare vs. OpenSea

Analyzing a new contender for NFT marketplace dominance.

Crypto’s 69 most interesting charts from 2021

A look at the most interesting data points from the year, and what it all means for the future.

Reflecting on Coinbase Ventures’ record year in 2021

Recapping a historic year for both crypto markets and ventures capital funding.

A simple guide to the Web3 stack

Web3 is the latest buzzword to see an uptick in interest in recent months. What does it actually mean?

DAOs: Social networks that can rewire the world

Exploring the new world of decentralized autonomous organizations.

Scaling Ethereum & crypto for a billion users

A guide to the multi-chain future, sidechains, and layer-2 solutions.

Coinbase Ventures 2021-Q3 activity and takeaways

An update on Coinbase Ventures activity in 2021-Q3, and key learnings from around the industry.