Jesse Pollak Steps Back From Base App After Social Bet Falls Short
Pollak said social creator apps failed to drive adoption, and Base will now prioritize trading, payments, AI agents, stablecoins and tokenized assets.
- On Wednesday, Base creator Jesse Pollak announced he is stepping back from leadership of the Base App after admitting he was "definitively wrong" to bet on social experiences driving crypto adoption.
- Pollak said the network's strategy failed as demand for social products "disintegrated completely," leaving Base behind in key sectors like prediction markets and perpetual futures compared to scaled competitors.
- Leadership of the Base App will return to Coinbase under Jordan Fish, known on X as "Cobie," while Pollak shifts his full focus toward developing the underlying Base blockchain infrastructure.
- Last week, the network activated its B20 token standard on the mainnet, introducing a native framework for stablecoins, tokenized real-world assets, and other fungible tokens to support its new financial focus.
- Base intends to become "the blockchain for global finance," with a 2026 roadmap prioritizing trading, payments, and AI-powered applications as the place where the world's money settles.
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Jesse Pollak steps back from Base App after social bet falls short
Base has overhauled its growth strategy after its creator-first approach fell behind competing blockchain ecosystems in prediction markets and perpetual futures, prompting founder Jesse Pollak to step back from leading the Base App. According to a Wednesday post by Base…
Cobie Takes Charge of Coinbase's Base App
Jesse Pollak, the Coinbase executive who created and leads its Base blockchain, said he has handed the consumer Base app back to Coinbase, with the pseudonymous trader known as Cobie taking it over. Pollak announced the move in a lengthy post on X, framing it as part of a retreat from his multiyear bet that crypto’s next wave would be driven by social apps. “i’ve handed the base app back to the coinbase mothership, where my now good friend @cobi…
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