🚀 **Base Blockchain Soars Amid Crypto Winter!** ❄️

- **User Growth**: Base Blockchain, launched by Coinbase in 2023, is thriving! Active addresses hit a record 1.964 million, up from 196,000 earlier this year.

- **Transaction Surge**: Transactions skyrocketed to 4.8 million from less than 300,000 in January.

- **Developer Adoption**: With 348 dApps and $1.57 billion in total value locked, Base is now the sixth-biggest chain in DeFi.

- **Low Gas Fees**: Despite increased activity, gas fees dropped to $50,425 from $2.3 million in March.

📊 **Market Trends**: Base is now the third-largest chain in decentralized exchanges, surpassing Arbitrum with $3 billion in volume over the last week.

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