According to @jessepollak, Base raised its block gas limit to 375 Mgas, unlocking higher burst capacity and improved throughput as activity grows; source: @jessepollak on X, Dec 20, 2025. The new Base App is live in 140+ countries as an everything app for social, trading, and payments with built-in ways for users to earn from content and activity; source: @jessepollak on X, Dec 20, 2025. Spend Permissions are live for all mini apps in Base App, enabling smooth transaction UX without unlimited token approvals; source: @jessepollak on X, Dec 20, 2025. Trading stack expanded: Banana Pro added Base support with swaps, limit orders, DCA, wallet tracking, and cross-chain views; source: @jessepollak on X, Dec 20, 2025. Liquidity access broadened: KuCoin Web3 enabled Coinbase-wrapped assets on Base including cbBTC, cbETH, cbXRP, cbDOGE, cbADA, and cbLTC, while BitgetWallet rolled out a new Base token list letting users hold BTC, XRP, and LTC alongside Base-native tokens; source: @jessepollak on X, Dec 20, 2025. Onchain markets grew with RollX v2, a self-custodial, community-owned perp trading platform opening its waitlist, and TrueMarkets launching a mini app for non-US users to access fully onchain prediction markets on mobile; source: @jessepollak on X, Dec 20, 2025. Execution and discovery tools advanced as Wowmax launched best-price swaps, cross-chain swaps across 20+ networks, and copy trading via its mini app, and UpscaleTrade went live with an onchain proprietary trading platform with Base wallet login, onchain payments, and a verified vault contract; source: @jessepollak on X, Dec 20, 2025. AI-driven trading arrived via Agentic Capital Markets from samterminalcom, where AI agents train on onchain data, discover signals, and execute trades autonomously on Base; source: @jessepollak on X, Dec 20, 2025. Fiat rails broadened with a 1:1 Malaysian Ringgit stablecoin on Base and Tria enabling Base assets for real-world spending via card top-ups while maintaining self-custody; source: @jessepollak on X, Dec 20, 2025. Engagement and trading campaigns accelerated as Avantis launched Leagues of Leverage and Layer3 kicked off 20 Days Onchain on Base; source: @jessepollak on X, Dec 20, 2025.

According to @OnchainLens, a newly created wallet deposited $5.35M into HyperLiquid and opened a BTC short at 20x leverage, currently valued at $43.53M. According to the CoinMarketMan Hypertracker page referenced by @OnchainLens, the tracked address shows a BTC short position with approximately $43.53M notional. According to calculations from the 20x leverage and reported notional cited by @OnchainLens, the implied initial margin is about $2.18M, highlighting concentrated downside exposure on BTC derivatives.

According to @ai_9684xtpa citing the HyperBot Hyperliquid trader dashboard, address 0x8d0...59244 opened 20x long positions totaling $22.05M, including 5,047.09 ETH at $2,995.9 and 51,411.68 SOL at $135.43, as posted on Nov 18, 2025 (source: @ai_9684xtpa and hyperbot.network). According to @ai_9684xtpa referencing the same source, the address has attempted 30 consecutive long trades since Nov 3 with a 31% win rate (source: @ai_9684xtpa and hyperbot.network).

According to Onchain Lens, whales are opening $ASTER short positions with 3x leverage on HyperLiquid. According to Onchain Lens and hyperbot.network trader data for wallet 0x9eec98D048D06D9CD75318FFfA3f3960e081daAb, wallet 0x9ee deposited $13.3M and holds an $ASTER short currently valued around $52M, with an open order to further increase the position. According to Onchain Lens and hyperbot.network trader data for wallet 0xBADBB1de95b5F333623EbEcE7026932fa5039eE6, wallet 0xBAD deposited $3.8M for an $ASTER short position valued at $18M.