Coinbase's Base network has released its 2026 strategy

Base Unveils 2026 Roadmap: Global Markets, Payments, and a Home for Builders

Base just laid out its vision for 2026. The plan focuses on three big pillars.

First up: building global markets. That means upgrading on-chain market infrastructure to support tokenization and 24/7 trading for any asset—think stocks, commodities, prediction markets, and perpetuals. The goal is to make Base App the go-to entry point for trading millions of assets around the clock.

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Next: scaling payments and stablecoins. Base is upgrading privacy primitives, native account abstraction, and the ability to pay gas with stablecoins. The aim? To create the most liquid stablecoin market and turn Base App into the easiest place to save, spend, and pay.

And finally: becoming a builder's home. That includes native smart account support for AI agents, programs like Base Batches and a developer council to back teams, and new mechanisms like ERC-8021 to reward those who bring in users and volume.

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