Coinbase Chief Executive Officer Brian Armstrong just helped onboard viral grassroots journalist Nick Shirley to Coinbase-led Ethereum Layer 2 Base.

Last week, Shirley uncovered a multimillion-dollar daycare fraud in videos that have gone viral, amassing more than 100 million impressions.

Shirley created and launched his verified creator coin on Base on Dec. 28, dubbed $thenickshirley, and Armstrong shared the new launch on X, saying, “Let’s go - good case study in how content monetizes better on Base vs other platforms. More examples coming soon.”

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