OP Crashes 25% After Base Moves Away From OP Stack

• OP fell nearly 25% after Base revealed stack migration plans.
• Base holds $3.85 billion TVL, deeply tied to Optimism revenue.
• The move is technical, but investors fear economic impact on Superchain.

OP dropped nearly 25% in 24 hours after Base revealed it is moving away from the OP Stack to its own unified technical stack. The sell-off pushed OP toward $0.12, as investors quickly reassessed the long-term impact on Optimism and its Superchain ecosystem.

Why Base Matters So Much

Base launched in 2023 and rapidly became one of the most widely used Ethereum layer-2 networks. Today, it has about $3.85 billion locked in the protocol. When Base first went live, both teams shared that Base could earn up to 118 million OP tokens over six years, tying its growth closely to Optimism’s economics.

Because Base generated significant activity and revenue within the Superch…

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