Jesse Pollak, the creator and head of Base, Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer 2, publicly invited the crypto community to share ideas for a potential Base token. This development comes barely two months after Coinbase started working on fully integrating every token built on Base. The Base Token Question: Rewarding Users or Protecting Shareholders? This conversation comes amid Coinbase’s broader transformation into an Everything Exchange. In August, BeInCrypto reported that Coinbase plans to enable direct trading for every token built on Base, including meme coins and experimental assets, effectively removing traditional listing barriers
source: https://beincrypto.com/whats-behind-base-token-buzz/