What to Know:
- Base denies secretly pumping ecosystem token prices
- Jesse Pollak stresses fair, open, and transparent markets
- Base will promote growth through visibility, not manipulation
Base co-founder Jesse Pollak has clearly spoken out against rumors that the Base team is secretly pushing up token prices behind the scenes. In a public post, Jesse said the Base core team will not coordinate or deploy money in private to pump ecosystem tokens to reach specific price targets.
Clear Message From Base Leadership
Jesse explained that “supporting charts behind the scenes” would go against everything Base stands for. He said that secretly pushing token prices would harm other projects, create unfair advantages, and damage trust in the ecosystem.
According to him, these actions would also be short-term and unsustainable. Even worse, they could cross legal boundaries. For Jesse and the Base team, this kind of behavior has no place in a fair market. Jesse explained several reasons why secret price pumping is wrong. First, it hurts other assets. If one token is secretly supported, others are pushed down unfairly. Second, it doesn’t last. Artificial price growth cannot be maintained for long and usually ends badly for users. Third, it goes against the idea of free and open markets. Base believes markets should move naturally based on real demand. Finally, it could be illegal. Manipulating prices in secret can break laws and bring serious trouble for everyone involved.
What Base Will Do Instead
While rejecting secret price support, Jesse made it clear that Base will still help good projects grow just in a transparent and fair way.
Base will focus on giving visibility and distribution to high-quality apps and assets. This means helping users discover strong projects, bringing more users and capital into the ecosystem, and highlighting what is being built on Base. Markets should be free, open, and fair.
Growing Attention Around Base
This statement also comes at a time when Base is getting more attention across the crypto space. This started after X product lead Nikita Bier shared a screenshot showing a “Base” token listed on X’s Smart Cashtags feature, with a massive estimated value. Reports from analysts also suggested that a Base token could unlock billions of dollars in value for Coinbase.
Although the Base team has not confirmed any official launch date, industry expectations point to a possible release between mid and late 2026. This has triggered major discussions across the crypto space about what a Base token could look like and what purpose it should serve. Many believe that if Base does launch a token, it should not follow the usual pattern of hype-driven rewards and short-term speculation that many layer-2 projects have used in the past.
Linking Base to Real Coinbase Ownership
One of the most talked-about ideas is that a future Base token could give holders real voting power connected to Coinbase itself. Under this model, the token would not behave like a meme coin or a simple reward token. Instead, it would represent real economic value tied to Coinbase’s long-term success.
The idea is simple: a foundation linked to Base could raise funds and use that money to buy Coinbase shares from the public market. This would allow Base token holders, through a shared system, to have real influence and voting power connected to Coinbase. In this structure, the token would reflect real ownership value instead of just speculation. If this happens, the Base token would not trade like a typical crypto asset. It would act more like a global digital version of ownership, giving people around the world access to value usually limited to traditional stock markets.
Final Thoughts
Jesse Pollak’s message is not just about denying rumors. It is about defining how Base wants to grow. Instead of secret pumping, Base is choosing open promotion, fair competition, and real value creation. The focus is on building a strong ecosystem that can last, not creating short-term hype that fades.
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