Base co-founder Jesse Pollak said the network aims to become the internet’s free market, citing gains in on-chain spot trading share and plans to expand further into bitcoin, FX and on-chain stocks.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said users can now transfer stocks into the mobile app for testing by selecting Deposit -> Transfer Stocks, framing the move as part of a broader shift toward tokenization and blockchain-based trading infrastructure that could improve capital efficiency and liquidity. Separately, Base co-founder Jesse Pollak said Base is aiming to become “the free market of the internet.” Pollak cited Blockworks data showing Base’s market share in on-chain spot trading volume has grown about threefold over the past year, with no relative market-share loss over the past two weeks. He added that Base has increased investment in bitcoin trading volume and foreign exchange trading volume, and will soon push more aggressively into the on-chain stock trading market.