Overview

• Base confirmed it is in an early exploratory phase with no timeline, design, or governance decided, and it remains committed to Ethereum with ETH as the gas token.
• Jesse Pollak and Brian Armstrong describe a potential token as a way to accelerate decentralization and broaden economic participation for builders and creators.
• Alongside the update, Base unveiled an open-source bridge to Solana to enable cross-chain asset transfers and broaden developer access to liquidity.
• The shift comes as the network posts strong usage, with reporting citing roughly $5 billion in total value locked and heavy transaction volumes.
• Coverage notes community speculation about possible airdrops and short-term moves in Base-linked tokens, with some analysis linking the timing to a perceived friendlier U.S. policy environment.