$OP Catalyst Posts
February 18, 2026Single-day social intelligence recap and verified catalyst posts · ← Back to $OP Profile · Market Rankings
💬 Curated Viral Posts & Community Evidence
98 source posts analyzed· 2026-02-18T18:08:38+00:00first, coinbase might be sick of paying optimism to license the OP stack. i pointed out last summer that coinbase was paying more to optimism than ETH L1 in fees. surely they'd prefer to capture those fees themselves as well. second, coinbase might have decided (rightly) that
· 2026-02-18T17:57:21+00:00$OP is dying. Coinbase's Base network moves away from Optimism Stack to create their own. Luckily I sold this garbage a long time ago.
· 2026-02-18T18:02:09+00:00OP Collective just lost 94% of it's fee revenue sharing. Base paid 13.15 ETH/day vs 0.84 ETH from every other Superchain chain combined. In return, Base received 118M $OP tokens over 6 years. But with $OP at $0.18 today (down on the news), that deal looks very different than
· 2026-02-18T21:15:00+00:00BASE NETWORK TO DROP OPTIMISM STACK AND CREATE SEPARATE INFRASTRUCTURE
· 2026-02-18T18:40:47+00:00Base leaving Optimism. End of an era. There once was the dream of a superchain. Not enough glue to hold it together.
· 2026-02-18T16:00:49+00:00Very excited to announce that ether.fi Cash is migrating to OP Mainnet. 70,000 active cards. 300,000 accounts. $200M TVL. One of crypto's fastest-growing payments products is making Optimism its home. The problem: crypto holders want to spend without selling.
· 2026-02-18T19:00:33+00:00NEW: Base is transitioning off the OP Stack to its own unified stack, but will continue working with Optimism for mission-critical support during the transition.
· 2026-02-18T21:31:44+00:00Base forked the OP Stack. Here's how I'm thinking about it from a technical and economic standpoint. Tech: OP Stack continues to be the best stack my frens. Make no mistake - it is a combination of our tech and Coinbase GTM that made Base the biggest L2. As Base grew, we
· 2026-02-18T16:02:11+00:001/ Today, we announce our plan to move to @Optimism 's OP Mainnet 70,000+ active cards, 300,000+ accounts, and $160M+ in TVL will migrate to the Superchain in the coming months, marking a long-term partnership to accelerate global onchain payments. Learn more below ↓
· 2026-02-18T17:31:16+00:00nobody uses optimism chain, their whole thesis was the OP Stack and getting big crypto companies to use it now that they're leaving it’s actually over lmfaoo
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· 2026-02-18T20:08:42+00:00Rumor mill saying Base token is coming later this year and this drove a lot of the decision making for leaving Optimism. Hearing they will use their new stack to drive value to the token, which wasn't previously possible.
· 2026-02-18T17:51:53+00:00Terrible news for @Optimism . I always thought their business model was flawed and this confirms it. Getting new chains on their stack is very expensive, and successful ones will always find a way to become independent and avoid paying rent. Base was likely the biggest
· 2026-02-18T15:48:52+00:00Arbitrum, Base, Optimism, Lighter & Starknet all have admin keys! These are the top 5 L2s & they can all steal user funds... If this is considered safe, then we might as well go back to legacy banking ETH gives decentralization lip service, but actions speak louder than words!
· 2026-02-18T19:58:04+00:00Some exciting recent @Celo community highlights: Celo COO Liz Peng joins @CoinDesk ’s Consensus panel titled NFTs are Dead, Long Live Digital Art @Optimism opens Season 9 OP Growth Grant applications to Celobuilders @MentoLabs featured on @Tether ’s Public Map of USD₮
· 2026-02-18T17:57:03+00:00【Breaking News】Coinbase’s “Base” network has announced that it will move away from the Optimism tech stack (OP Stack) it had been using until now and shift to developing its own independent mechanism.
· 2026-02-18T16:17:06+00:00Global onchain payments at scale – on Optimism’s OP Mainnet. Welcome, @ether_fi .
· 2026-02-18T18:14:11+00:00The least surprising thing ever. Take all the OP tokens, use the free tech and team know-how and then throw it to the curb. It’s the right decision but the larping the entire time to get here was distasteful. Coinbase never needed to build a chain and the whole thing has been
· 2026-02-18T18:01:03+00:00NOW: Coinbase’s @base is stepping back from relying on Optimism’s OP Stack in a significant technical pivot. Base plans to consolidate into a Base-managed codebase instead of depending on outside teams for upgrades.
· 2026-02-18T18:03:35+00:00BREAKING: @Coinbase just announced @Base is moving away from the OP Stack to its own unified, Base-operated stack. (Consolidating all its node software and dependencies into a single repository called base/base.) Meaning node operators will eventually need to follow Base's
· 2026-02-18T18:06:51+00:00~ @trylimitless just announced Alpha Prophet Competition 120,000 OP in rewards over the next 6 weeks for pre-TGE traders. You earn rewards 3 ways: > volume trading (55K OP) > weekly lottery tickets from trades (10K OP) > market maker leaderboard rewards (55K OP) Good luck
· 2026-02-18T20:51:40+00:00Ether.fi shifts non-custodial crypto card product to OP Mainnet from Scroll
· 2026-02-18T14:20:19+00:00APR incentives just keep coming for @base believers 20,000 OP rewards are now live across 13 Base liquidity pools on PancakeSwap. Provide liquidity and earn boosted yields, powered by @brevis_zk Incentra. Start stacking → incentra.brevis.network/?chainid=8453& …
· 2026-02-18T22:04:51+00:00the market is so dead that op barely sold off after base announced they're leaving
· 2026-02-18T17:40:24+00:00Coinbase-incubated Base network to ditch Optimism for 'unified solution'
· 2026-02-18T18:36:40+00:00Big news - Base is leaving the OP Stack Coinbase's Base chain is moving to its own unified tech stack along with: -Doubling its upgrade cadence to 6 hard forks per year -Transitioning from optimistic proofs to TEE/ZK proofs for faster finality -Accelerating its
· 2026-02-18T12:47:45+00:00Hello $OP, my toxic relationship. Back for another round. Long entry: 0.18264 SL: 0.17911
· 2026-02-18T18:31:33+00:00“So you’re effectively allowing asset issuers to consolidate liquidity in one location, export that and make it accessible on other EVM chains in a way that reduces slippage and makes these markets more efficient?” "Exactly." - @wagmiAlexander at @optimism Scaling Summit
· 2026-02-18T18:19:28+00:00this for sure going to weaken the OP superchain narrative but nevertheless a big move for base infra-wise and long overdue imo they're building their own stack which gives them tighter control over execution, upgrades, roadmap, distribution etc this perfectly makes sense
· 2026-02-18T19:00:38+00:00The Scaling Summit tackled the questions that matter. → How do you retain users in a market that bleeds attention? → How do you differentiate when everyone's building the same thing? → How do you build compliance frameworks that don't kill momentum? → How do you take RWAs
· 2026-02-18T17:14:48+00:00Our cash product is one of the best pure product market fits for crypto, excited to be partnering with @Optimism to bring the next 100 million users on chain
· 2026-02-18T18:58:50+00:00Here comes the big one: the Base chain has announced it's breaking away from Optimism's OP Stack to create its own Unified Stack. Vitalik's L2 strategy hasn't just nurtured a bunch of unruly vassals—now even the kids those vassals raised are going off to start their own
· 2026-02-18T18:27:02+00:00Worth noting OP token holders recently passed a resolution to use Superchain revenue for token buybacks. Base pivoting will likely cut that revenue stream
· 2026-02-18T17:15:13+00:00JUST IN: Coinbase's Base network moves away from Optimism stack
· 2026-02-18T17:23:04+00:00COINBASE’S ‘BASE’ NETWORK IS DROPPING THE OPTIMISM $OP STACK AND CREATING ITS OWN INFRASTRUCTURE THIS IS MASSIVE
· 2026-02-18T21:15:26+00:00Ether.fi, a prominent source of transaction volume on Scroll, is migrating to Optimism. Announced the same day Base said it was pivoting from the OP Stack.
· 2026-02-18T18:00:01+00:00denver day 2 ( @EthereumDenver ) ✧ fully caffeinated @EspressoSys mkt girly ✧ adoptioncon | @epicweb3 ✧ @HyperliquidX global presents ✧ @Optimism scaling summit ✧ builder nights | @MetaMask ♡ @mely_jpg @lou3ee @Crypto_Goblinz @vandynathan @francescoswiss @AcrossProtocol
· 2026-02-18T18:03:47+00:00on the flip side, Optimism got EtherFi (that migrates from Scroll)
· 2026-02-18T22:05:35+00:00Looking back, would you make OP Stack under BUSL license like Uniswap so you would be paid for forks?
· 2026-02-18T17:19:31+00:00JUST IN: @base says it’s moving away from the OP Stack as it shifts to a unified, Base-operated stack
· 2026-02-18T21:30:12+00:00JUST IN: OPTIMISM'S $OP FALLS 9% IN 24 HOURS AFTER BASE ANNOUNCES SHIFT AWAY FROM OPSTACK In a blog post, Base gave a TL;DR: "To accelerate innovation, scaling and security, Base is evolving its foundational software by moving to a unified, Base-operated stack. Once we
· 2026-02-18T21:05:20+00:00~ @trylimitless just dropped the Alpha Prophet Competition. 120,000 OP in rewards over the next 6 weeks for pre-TGE traders. You can earn in 3 ways: > 55K OP → volume trading > 10K OP → weekly lottery tickets from trades > 55K OP → market maker leaderboard Plenty of ways
· 2026-02-18T18:52:31+00:00Good move. Base is 100x bigger than all the OP stack combined. Gg.
· 2026-02-18T18:42:04+00:00> Zora pivots to Solana > EtherFI pivots to leveraging Optimism > Base pivots away from Optimism SEEMS ITS PIVOTING SEASON
· 2026-02-18T18:08:30+00:00not surprised heard through the grapevine a while ago that Optimism paid Base a lot to use their stack if this is the case, not surprised they didn’t renew it
· 2026-02-18T17:24:57+00:00BREAKING: Base is building its own complete unified stack, moving away from the Optimism OP Stack.
· 2026-02-18T22:00:52+00:00Lots of the takes about @base being dead, opinions on splitting from OP stack to create their own chain, Zora, etc. It's all noise. I have a front row seat with my $AERO and will simply watch the speculative mayhem while I collect my weekly paycheck.
· 2026-02-18T16:34:06+00:00Excited to have you join OP Mainnet
· 2026-02-18T23:35:29+00:00We are officially in the bear market I can't believe $OP This was $4.9 two years ago And now Base is leaving OP stack
· 2026-02-18T19:31:01+00:00devs: why am i paying for saas, i can build my own base: why am i paying for optimism, i can build my own
· 2026-02-18T19:39:19+00:00Definitely wasn’t free, Base paid millions to Optimism via the rev-share Imo this move was inevitable, they were paying more to Optimism than to Ethereum L1
· 2026-02-18T20:34:18+00:00Base has announced a plan to gradually move away from the OP Stack. The goal is to accelerate the release cycle and strengthen the momentum for development and roadmap advancement. As it matures, the feeling is that it will reduce mutual dependencies and move toward greater
· 2026-02-18T20:07:54+00:00Base is moving off a shared OP Stack model toward a unified, Base-operated stack. More upgrade control More independence Unclear impact on the 118M OP token agreement Is this maturity or stack fragmentation? x.com/i/broadcasts/1 …
· 2026-02-18T22:56:29+00:00Have you ever wondered why $BASE split from $OP? Is it just an ordinary decision? Or is it a massive strategic move? Coinbase is building its own stack. Its own infrastructure. Full control. Full vision. So are you still just looking at “Will an airdrop come?” Who’s
· 2026-02-18T20:52:39+00:00Base抜けてOptimism CollectiveへのFee Split収益95%失うなら相当キツい？ 時を同じくしてEther FiがOPに来るらしいけど。
· 2026-02-18T17:17:41+00:00Base will abandon Optimism's technology to use its own:
· 2026-02-18T08:12:28+00:00OP Mainnet just hit a new daily transaction ATH As @Optimism 's flagship network, it’s the enterprise-grade proving ground of the OP Stack — where teams deploy, validate with real liquidity, and later graduate to their own chain. Let's look at what’s happening
· 2026-02-18T16:11:47+00:00Big news this morning between @EtherFi and @Optimism - while so many folks are distracted by market conditions, OP is locked in executing for our clients and partners.
· 2026-02-18T17:29:41+00:00Base @base by @coinbase will leave the @Optimism Stack and launch its own solution
· 2026-02-18T23:05:32+00:00optimism -> pesimism (gud tec)
· 2026-02-18T19:19:57+00:00Coinbase's Layer 2 @base is parting ways with @Optimism 's OP Stack in favor of an in-house codebase. OP plunged 7% on the news. Read more:
· 2026-02-18T19:04:32+00:00Enterprises only care about ONE thing... Does the blockchain system fit the user + constraints + business model? Key takeaways from the Optimism Scaling Summit (enterprise + Superchain panel) by @ben_chain (Co-founder, @Optimism ) + @marek_ (Co-founder, @Celo ) ◆ enterprise
· 2026-02-18T18:21:55+00:00Base is pivoting away from Optimism’s OP Stack to build its own unified stack, a move that was foreseeable after Vitalik Buterin declared Ethereum’s original L2 roadmap outdated. That L2 approach turned out to be a big, quick mistake. PulseChain remains the strongest way to
· 2026-02-18T17:47:24+00:00very interesting move by base, they're building their own stack and leaving op stack / superchain they're also moving into ZK: "Proof Upgrade: Transitioning from Optimistic proofs to TEE/ZK proofs for faster finality." ZK is the future of ALL blockchains, just a matter of time
· 2026-02-18T22:30:38+00:00Try to think of a stronger signal for the Superchain than this. Real usage. Real validation. Real liquidity. More teams deploying, testing, and scaling within the OP Stack, and the foundation only gets stronger. Good momentum across the ecosystem
· 2026-02-18T18:06:13+00:00Optimism dukkani kapatir
· 2026-02-18T17:49:46+00:00short $op now
· 2026-02-18T21:16:36+00:00Base leaving Optimism $OP used to be $4.20 current price: .17 This is what happens when you focus all of your resources on another chain and neglect Optimism itself. Superchain narrative destroyed.
· 2026-02-18T16:02:12+00:002/ Since launching Cash in September 2024, we've become the largest non-custodial crypto credit card with $265M+ in total spend volume. As we scale, we're partnering with Optimism to give Cash users deeper liquidity, a mature DeFi ecosystem, and native stablecoin support.
· 2026-02-18T20:18:34+00:00Coinbase-Backed Ethereum Network Base to Dump Optimism Tech as Potential Token Looms
· 2026-02-18T13:08:50+00:00Today at ETHDenver We’re gathering builders for Cold Weather Cafe, a small brunch focused on real conversations about ZK and scaling. Intimate setting with limited seats. Hosted with @SuccinctLabs and @Optimism . Coffee Sarap, Denver 9:30am MST RSVP
· 2026-02-18T22:20:13+00:00Ethereum layer-2 network @Base is leaving behind the Optimism technology stack as it seeks faster upgrades and reduced overhead.
· 2026-02-18T18:39:00+00:00Coinbase making their own L2 stack for Base chain and moving away from OP Stack On the other hand , Neo Bank meta popping up and @ether_fi moving to OP Mainnet maybe , it’s a sign by Base before $BASE token ?
· 2026-02-18T21:34:23+00:00Base following your own path... This is a move that reveals a lot about Optimism's strategy with the OP Stack and what we can expect from the next moves...
· 2026-02-18T17:42:53+00:00Superchain without its superstar. Emotional damage. Trade the $OP volatility with up to 150x leverage: gains.trade/trading#OP-USD
· 2026-02-18T19:39:53+00:00sad state of affairs for OP OP labs will maintain an enterprise relationship and suck out some funds from base but recently announced op buybacks have no juice atp
· 2026-02-18T23:19:36+00:00BaseがOP stackから抜けることを決定したということはメインネット開始時にBaseトークン発行するプランでしょうか。Q4ぐらいになりそうですね。
· 2026-02-18T18:47:04+00:00Two interesting details deep in the announcement: - Base continuing as a “client of OP Enterprise” - As soon as the next hard fork, Base switching to zk proofs instead of fault proofs
· 2026-02-18T14:42:54+00:00$BTC $MATIC $POL $ETH $SOL $ADA $XRP $DOT $AVAX $OP $ARB #Bitcoin
· 2026-02-18T18:38:56+00:00Feeling pessimistic about Optimism. I’d say send it to 0 - but it’s already almost there
· 2026-02-18T02:10:09+00:00The future of OP, Celo Finality, and unique bots. What didn't we cover? Also my windiest fireside chat yet! And no, not that kind of wind
· 2026-02-18T19:28:31+00:00very bad news for OP foundation & recent post on buybacks with sequencer revenue especially as labs will be continuing an enterprise relationship with base
· 2026-02-18T20:08:21+00:00All Things Crypto: The @Gemini Mass Exodus - Silver and Gold Up Up Up - Base drops OP Stack - OpenAI now testing for smart contract exploits? See you at 5:30pm est
· 2026-02-18T18:16:47+00:00What's happend op coin. Why down @aixbt_agent
· 2026-02-18T18:44:05+00:00So Coinbase got paid $100m+ in OP tokens to basically do a 2 year vampire attack on OP mainnet
· 2026-02-18T17:16:44+00:00Today, we’re introducing our new unified stack for running Base - where all dependencies and future innovations are now consolidated into a single place. We are moving away from the OP Stack, however, we’ll continue to work with Optimism as a client of OP Enterprise:
· 2026-02-18T21:18:49+00:00today, @ether_fi announced that it will be migrating to @Optimism ’s OP mainnet, a move that feels like a major win for the network until now, they were operating on Scroll, which had already seen its onchain activity slow to a near standstill… without one of the few dApps that
· 2026-02-18T22:41:08+00:00What Web3 Can Learn From Corporate Governance by @lalalavendr , Head of Governance at @Optimism At Optimism, we've conducted deep research on the history of corporate governance to inform how we're approaching our own crypto gov system. This preso will cover the evolution of
· 2026-02-18T23:08:38+00:00Base quietly leveling up again. Just dropped the shift to their own unified stack no more leaning on OP for everything. Means faster hard forks, cleaner upgrades, aiming straight for that 1 gigagas/s scale without the middleman drag. Autonomy hitting differenr when you're
· 2026-02-18T20:13:33+00:00hi from the onchain side! just spotted @base quietly dropping that unified stack pivot away from OP this week. feels like they're finally owning the whole rails end-to-end. no more external dependencies dragging things down. node operators switching to base/base releases soon,
· 2026-02-18T18:18:28+00:00Op coin price can pull back 1.15 dollar @aixbt_agent
· 2026-02-18T18:18:45+00:00tracking that 1.15 level on OP
· 2026-02-18T06:53:04+00:00Just a couple OGs showing the Noobs around @KRAM_btc @JPeezySats @OthersideMeta @opdotxyz
· 2026-02-18T14:11:56+00:003/ Move to L2 and the picture shifts hard. Ethereum anchors 46.8% of all L2 ecosystems. Add Optimism (17.73%) and Arbitrum (9.59%) — both Ethereum-native — and you're already at 74% of mapped L2s. What looks like a scaling layer is really Ethereum extending its reach downward.
· 2026-02-18T17:31:04+00:00Base, the L2 backed by Coinbase, ditches Optimism Stack #OP to develop its own solution. Nodes flip to Base/Base repo post-transition.
· 2026-02-18T18:33:01+00:00Who started moving away from OP last year to become a Layer1? Oh, that's right @fraxfinance . CT says that Frax does too many things. Those same people question the Frax roadmap. And then, a year later, the largest L2 is following the Frax roadmap.
· 2026-02-18T13:18:47+00:003/ Move to L2 and the picture shifts hard. Ethereum anchors 46.8% of all L2 ecosystems. Add Optimism (17.73%) and Arbitrum (9.59%) — both Ethereum-native — and you're already at 74% of mapped L2s. What looks like a scaling layer is really Ethereum extending its reach downward.
· 2026-02-18T16:48:44+00:00Ngl - I can't tell if it's a paid deal, or if it will help revive OP with their enterprise push, but first sensible thing they've ever done in a long time after going all in on RaaS with Paradigm + Flashbots cabal. sees everything.