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Decoding Base’s upgrade plan: Is it ready to take on Ethereum?

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Base’s TVL hits $4B as it announces upgrades to lower fees, speed up transactions, and decentralize its infrastructure.

Decoding Base’s upgrade plan: Is it ready to take on Ethereum?
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  • Base’s TVL surged to $4 billion with upgrades for faster transactions, lower fees, and decentralization.
  • Base challenges Ethereum’s scalability with ambitious performance upgrades and decentralization plans, eyeing L2 dominance.

Base is stepping up.

With its TVL climbing back to late-2024 highs, the Coinbase-backed Layer 2 is launching key upgrades to reduce fees, speed up transactions, and decentralize its infrastructure on Ethereum’s mainnet.

However, with Ethereum still facing scalability challenges, the real question is—can Base transition from a fast follower to a dominant Layer 2 player?

Base’s bold vision for the future

Jesse Pollak’s latest X post sketched a performance roadmap for Base: sub-200 millisecond confirmation times, fees under a cent, and output at 200 transactions per second.

base

Source: X

But it’s not just about speed, seems like.

Pollak emphasized neutrality – eliminating sandwich attacks and giving builders fair execution – alongside plans to decentralize core infrastructure in two stages.

When asked if Base could ever hit 1 million TPS, his one-word reply – yeswasn’t framed as a joke.

TVL rebounds – but can momentum stick?

Base’s TVL has surpassed $4 billion for the first time since December 2024, signaling renewed investor confidence.

Earlier in 2025, the network experienced a prolonged liquidity plateau amid market uncertainty. However, May’s surge suggests that recent protocol upgrades and a stronger focus on decentralization are beginning to gain traction.

Base

Source: DeFiLlama

Still, the challenge ahead is turning TVL spikes into sustained economic activity. Without long-term user retention and organic builder adoption, even this latest liquidity push could prove more cyclical than structural.

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Samyukhtha L KM is a Financial Journalist and Market Analyst at AMBCrypto whose work is defined by one central question: Is the latest trend in blockchain hype, or history in the making? Her expertise is built on a strong academic foundation, with a Master’s in Journalism and Mass Communication from Amity University and a Bachelor’s in Commerce from the University of Madras. This dual qualification equips her with a unique skill set: the financial acumen to dissect market mechanics and the journalistic rigor to investigate and communicate complex subjects with clarity. Samyukhtha specializes in analyzing the socio-economic impact of blockchain adoption and assessing the viability of new market narratives. This includes a focus on high-velocity, community-driven assets such as memecoins, where she evaluates sentiment and fundamentals. She is dedicated to providing readers with insightful, well-researched commentary that looks beyond immediate market moves to understand the long-term implications of decentralized technology.
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