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Promote with Leviathan NewsBase, the team behind Coinbase’s Layer 2 network, has announced Base App as “the next generation of Coinbase Wallet,” positioning it as a multi-purpose onchain “super app” that goes beyond simple asset storage and token swaps. The rebrand turns Coinbase Wallet into Base App, which becomes a unified interface where users can create and manage self-custodial wallets, earn yield, trade crypto, discover onchain applications, and use social features like chatting with friends in one place. Existing Coinbase Wallet users are being migrated without needing to download a new application, and their assets remain accessible inside the new Base App experience. The shift is part of Coinbase’s broader strategy to make its Base ecosystem and self-custodial tools feel more like mainstream consumer apps while clarifying the distinction between the Coinbase exchange app (for custodial buying and selling) and the new Base App (for onchain activity and dapps). Commentators describe Base App as an “everything app” that combines social, payments, finance, and trading, leveraging Base L2 and supporting multiple networks, with features such as easy funding (including via Apple Pay in some markets), social feeds, and integrated messaging aimed at everyday users rather than only crypto natives. This move matters because it signals Coinbase’s attempt to place a self-custodial, onchain-first experience at the center of users’ daily digital lives and to compete with both Web3 wallets and Web2 fintech “super apps.”
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