Base is accelerating into a full-stack consumer crypto platform. Coinbase has launched its tokenized “Everything App” on Base — combining social content, trading, payments, and earning into a single surface. It’s live in 140+ countries and built on open protocols like Farcaster and Zora, where every post can become a tradeable asset. Social becomes the funnel, trading becomes the engine, and tokenization becomes the glue.

Meanwhile, Base’s creator narrative is colliding with on-chain reality: speculative flows dominate, liquidity is concentrated around Aerodrome, token factories like Zora, Virtuals, and Clanker fuel spam vectors, and actual creator income remains limited. Base is succeeding as a social-financial layer, not yet a creator economy.

We also break down RLUSD, Ripple’s upcoming trust-regulated stablecoin launching on Base and Optimism via Wormhole NTT, and the macro signals shaping Base liquidity: ETF flows, stablecoin inflows, volatility regimes, and ETH-denominated collateral demand into 2026.

The direction is clear: Base is becoming a consumer execution layer where attention converts directly into trading and payments. Builders, traders, and treasuries need to model trust assumptions, monitor liquidity concentration, and plan for regulated stablecoins entering the stack.

00:00 — Base pushes toward a full-stack “Everything App”
00:25 — The tokenized app: social → trading → payments
01:10 — Creator narrative vs reality: speculative layer, not creator economy
01:55 — Aerodrome, Zora, AI launchpads & liquidity concentration
02:30 — RLUSD: regulated stablecoins coming to Base
03:05 — Market signals: volatility, ETF flows, liquidity health
03:40 — Quick hits & infra notes
04:05 — Closing: what builders, traders & treasuries should do now

⚠️ Not Financial Advice
Crypto is volatile — always do your own research before trading, deploying, or integrating new infrastructure.

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