Coinbase’s Base unveils strategy to focus on tokenized markets, stablecoins and developers

Coinbase's layer-2 network, Base, has outlined its 2026 strategy to build a "global onchain economy," focusing on three key areas: expanding onchain markets, scaling stablecoin-based payments, and growing its developer ecosystem. This strategy coincides with rising institutional interest in onchain finance. On the markets front, Base plans to build infrastructure for tokenized assets like equities and commodities, aiming to improve settlement speeds. For payments, the focus is on stablecoins, with planned upgrades including privacy features and integrating savings/borrowing functions into its app. Regarding developers, Base will continue investing in programs and new tooling, including support for AI applications interacting with onchain markets, while introducing new standards to boost activity. Concurrently, Base is moving away from Optimism's tech stack toward in-house infrastructure to achieve greater independence and scale.

(Source：CoinDesk)