JUST IN: Base founder Jesse Pollak steps back from app leadership after admitting his social bet "was wrong"
Pollak said Base's bets on Farcaster, Zora, miniapps, and creator coins "disintegrated completely" in Q1 2026 and called the experience "a punch in the face."
Cobie will now lead the Base app after Coinbase acquired his launchpad Echo for $375 MILLION.
Pollak says "I am now focused on bringing a billion people onchain just by making global finance actually work."
Base is back at #3 chain with highest daily dex volume, sustainably being at $1b ++
When the Robinhood hype cools down, many're going back to @base soon
VAR can tell us when a ball grazes a playerโs hair, can call off a goal for a touch foul 100 yds from goal, and it can call off a goal when Haaland lightly shoves an opponent, but it canโt tell us when the ball hits a cable, leading directly to a goal?
The difference between Belgium and the United States is that in the United States we always want to beat the best. The US Mens team wouldnt have even taken the field if Belgiums best player was unfairly suspended. Apparently Belgium wants the easy way out Very sad European behavior