1. From “Never” to “Maybe” – The Words That Moved a Billion Dollars For two straight years Base repeated the same line: “No plans for a token.” Then, in consecutive interviews this August, founder Jesse Pollak and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong swapped the script: “We are exploring a native token to accelerate decentralisation.” Markets reacted within minutes—pre-market IOUs for a non-existent BASE token jumped 340 % on WhalesMarket. The pivot is not philosophical; it is surgical. Base has disc...
