Base Announces 2026 Strategy: Focusing on Tokenization Market, Stablecoins, and Developers

According to Mars Finance, on March 31st, CoinDesk reported that Coinbase's L2 network, Base, announced its 2026 strategy, focusing on three main areas: tokenized markets, stablecoin payments, and the developer ecosystem, with the goal of building a "global on-chain economy." In terms of markets, Base plans to build infrastructure to support tokenized versions of assets such as stocks and commodities, while also covering native crypto markets like perpetual contracts and prediction markets. It also aims to improve settlement speed and reduce costs, transforming the Base App into a trading platform for multiple asset classes. Regarding payments, Base will prioritize stablecoins, planning to launch privacy features, support stablecoin payments for transaction fees, and expand liquidity for multi-currency stablecoins. It will also integrate financial functions such as savings and lending within the application. For developers, Base stated it will continue to invest in initiatives like Base Batches and launch new tools, including support for AI applications interacting with on-chain markets. It also plans to introduce new standards and incentive mechanisms to increase user activity and trading volume. This strategic announcement comes against the backdrop of Base gradually reducing its reliance on Optimism's OP Stack. In February of this year, the Coinbase team announced that Base would increasingly rely on its own internal codebase in order to achieve greater independence in its technical architecture. Base was opened to the public in August 2023 and is one of the most widely used Layer 2 networks in the Ethereum ecosystem.