diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9747c60..dd8ec4c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 # Coinbase Go SDK Changelog
 
-## [TBD] - TBD
+## [0.0.1] - 2024-08-23
 
 ### Added
 
--
+Initial release of the Coinbase Go SDK
+
+- Support for Staking on External Wallets 
+    - Full support for Shared ETH Staking
+    - Partial support for Dedicated ETH Staking 
+      - Only stake is supported, unstake will be coming soon
+    - On networks `holesky` and `mainnet`
+- Support for getting stakeable balances on External Wallets
+- Support for Listing Rewards on External Wallets
diff --git a/pkg/coinbase/client.go b/pkg/coinbase/client.go
index cf91d40..2ca77b6 100644
--- a/pkg/coinbase/client.go
+++ b/pkg/coinbase/client.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package coinbase
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/coinbase/coinbase-sdk-go/gen/client"
 	"github.com/coinbase/coinbase-sdk-go/pkg/auth"
@@ -61,7 +62,12 @@ func NewClient(o ...ClientOption) (*Client, error) {
 		}
 	}
 	if c.baseHTTPClient == nil {
-		c.baseHTTPClient = http.DefaultClient
+		c.baseHTTPClient = &http.Client{
+			Timeout: time.Second * 10,
+			Transport: &http.Transport{
+				TLSHandshakeTimeout: 5 * time.Second,
+			},
+		}
 	}
 	c.cfg.HTTPClient = c.baseHTTPClient
 	if c.cfg.HTTPClient.Transport == nil {
diff --git a/pkg/coinbase/staking_operation.go b/pkg/coinbase/staking_operation.go
index c6f1aa9..64c894a 100644
--- a/pkg/coinbase/staking_operation.go
+++ b/pkg/coinbase/staking_operation.go
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ func (s *StakingOperation) GetSignedVoluntaryExitMessages() ([]string, error) {
 	stakingOperationMetadata := s.model.GetMetadata().ArrayOfSignedVoluntaryExitMessageMetadata
 
 	if s.model.Metadata == nil {
-		return []string{}, nil
+		return nil, nil
 	}
 
 	for _, metadata := range *stakingOperationMetadata {
diff --git a/pkg/coinbase/staking_reward.go b/pkg/coinbase/staking_reward.go
index 2368963..d3f4e1b 100644
--- a/pkg/coinbase/staking_reward.go
+++ b/pkg/coinbase/staking_reward.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func (c *Client) ListStakingRewards(
 
 	// No addresses to fetch rewards for.
 	if len(addresses) == 0 {
-		return []StakingReward{}, nil
+		return nil, nil
 	}
 
 	// We're assuming the addresses will be all for the same networkId and assetId.
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func (c *Client) ListStakingRewards(
 	// Get the asset.
 	asset, err := c.fetchAsset(ctx, networkId, assetId)
 	if err != nil {
-		return []StakingReward{}, err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	// Create a list of address ids.
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func (c *Client) ListStakingRewards(
 		// Get the rewards for the address ids.
 		resp, err := c.getRewards(ctx, page, rewardsReq)
 		if err != nil {
-			return []StakingReward{}, err
+			return nil, err
 		}
 
 		for _, stakingReward := range resp.GetData() {
diff --git a/pkg/coinbase/staking_reward_test.go b/pkg/coinbase/staking_reward_test.go
index a51829f..73ba70d 100644
--- a/pkg/coinbase/staking_reward_test.go
+++ b/pkg/coinbase/staking_reward_test.go
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ type mockController struct {
 
 func TestListStakingRewards_Success(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := map[string]struct {
-		req   ListRewardsRequest
-		setup func(*mockController)
+		req             ListRewardsRequest
+		expectedRespLen int
+		setup           func(*mockController)
 	}{
 		"happy path with no pages": {
 			req: ListRewardsRequest{
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ func TestListStakingRewards_Success(t *testing.T) {
 				mockFetchAsset(t, c.assetsAPI, http.StatusOK)
 				mockFetchStakingRewards(t, c.stakeAPI, http.StatusOK)
 			},
+			expectedRespLen: 1,
 		},
 		"happy path with a page": {
 			req: ListRewardsRequest{
@@ -65,17 +67,18 @@ func TestListStakingRewards_Success(t *testing.T) {
 				mockFetchAsset(t, c.assetsAPI, http.StatusOK)
 				mockFetchStakingRewardsWithPage(t, c.stakeAPI)
 			},
+			expectedRespLen: 2,
 		},
 		"happy path with no addresses": {
 			req: ListRewardsRequest{
 				assetId:   "test-asset-id",
-				address:   []Address{},
 				startTime: time.Now(),
 				endTime:   time.Now(),
 				format:    api.STAKINGREWARDFORMAT_USD,
 			},
 			setup: func(c *mockController) {
 			},
+			expectedRespLen: 0,
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -103,8 +106,8 @@ func TestListStakingRewards_Success(t *testing.T) {
 				tc.req.endTime,
 				tc.req.format,
 			)
-			assert.NotNilf(t, resp, "response should not be nil")
 			assert.NoError(t, err, "error should be nil")
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedRespLen, len(resp), "response length should be 0")
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/coinbase/transaction.go b/pkg/coinbase/transaction.go
index 19f3641..b594362 100644
--- a/pkg/coinbase/transaction.go
+++ b/pkg/coinbase/transaction.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"crypto/ecdsa"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
-	"log"
 	"math/big"
 
 	"github.com/coinbase/coinbase-sdk-go/gen/client"
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ func (t *Transaction) Sign(k *ecdsa.PrivateKey) error {
 
 	bytes, err := signedTx.MarshalBinary()
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("error marshaling transaction: %v", err)
+		return err
 	}
 
 	signedPayload := hex.EncodeToString(bytes)