If you’re looking to launch your token on Base, here are the essentials to get started in the Base ecosystem:

- coinbase.com/prime/custody Prime: store and manage your digital assets in a highly secure way

- bitgo.com/products/custody-wallets: secure and scalable solutions for the digital asset economy

- fireblocks.com: all-in-one platform for building your digital asset business

- virtuals.io: AI agent launchpad to create agents like Luna

- creator.bid: AI agent launchpad to create agents like Algo

- clanker.world: autonomous token launchpad on Farcaster

- clank.fun: launch coins for free and earn on volume traded

- wow.xyz: protocol to create and interact with memecoins

- dreamcoins.fun: launch any token you are dreaming of

- ape.store: create a token for cents, without the need to add liquidity

- g8.xyz: fair launches that put traders first

- toshimart.xyz: click to launch memecoin launchpad

- beliefs.social: customizable token launchpad

- drop.gaslite.org: efficient airdrops for ETH, ERC20, and ERC721 tokens

- linkdrop.io: tools to deliver tokens via links, emails, and QR codes

- tokensoft.com: a platform to launch, distribute, and airdrop tokens

- bitbond.com: all you need to manage the token lifecycle

- disperse.app: distribute ether or tokens to multiple addresses

- hexagate.com: real-time threat detection, alerts, and guidance to help ensure the security of protocols

- code4rena.com: simulate real conditions, with hundreds of auditors competing to find vulnerabilities

- spearbit.com: real-time monitoring and threat mitigation using advanced onchain analytics

- hypernative.io: advanced warning system and connection to automated onchain actions

- docs.base.org/docs/tokens/list: get your token on the Superchain Token List

- supermigrate.xyz: deploy canonical bridged ERC20 tokens to the Superchain

- layerzero.network: generalized message-passing system across different networks

- ambient.global: easy launch service that provides crosschain liquidity solutions

- wormhole.com: crosschain message-passing protocol powering multichain apps and bridges

- hyperlane.xyz: open interoperability framework for smart contract devs and users

- axelar.network/its ITS: allows ERC-20 tokens to be available on multiple networks with native fungibility

- chain.link CCIP: interoperability protocol for apps to transfer tokens or messages across chains

- socket.tech: enables app builders to build truly chain-abstracted protocols

- aerodrome.finance: the central trading and liquidity marketplace on Base

- app.uniswap.org: buy and sell crypto on Ethereum and 11+ other chains

- alienbase.xyz: trade any token at good rates and get rewarded

- sushi.com: multichain DEX that lets you swap anything

- pancakeswap.finance: multichain DEX for trading, staking, and yield farming

- coingecko.com: independent crypto data aggregator

- coinmarketcap.com: crypto data, insights, and community

- dexscreener.com: realtime DEX analytics

- defillama.com: open and transparent DeFi analytics

- moonwell.fi: open lending and borrowing protocol on Base

- aave.com: liquidity protocol to supply, borrow, swap, and stake

- morpho.org: efficient lending primitive with permissionless market creation

- compound.finance: algorithmic, autonomous interest rate protocol

- fluid.instadapp.io: ever-evolving lending and vaults protocol

- spectra.finance: permissionless yield protocol

- pendle.finance: liberating yield

Huge shoutout to Blockboy and Johnny TVL for inspiring this guide and for leading the charge in Base DeFi – if you’re launching on Base, please reach out!