Building the capital efficiency layer DeFi is missing.
Under-collateralized lending with on-chain guardrails.
Testnet coming soon.
contact: [email protected]
900+ projects → 50 finalists
Base Batches 002 has wrapped, and we’re excited to introduce the 50 Builder track finalists heading into Incubase, our virtual mentorship program.
Huge thanks to every builder around the world who jumped in to build with us.
New article from our founder @xris_
"DeFi Lending Wasn't Built for Traders."
A deep dive into:
• why collateral lock limits traders
• the “moment problem” in DeFi
• the prefunding model behind Invalend
Read it here ↓
Today, billions sit inside systems like
Aave Companies and Morpho Labs.
A large part of that is collateral.
Capital that isn't trading.
Capital that isn't moving.
Just sitting there to keep loans alive.
DeFi scaled fast.
Capital efficiency for traders didn't.
The model still looks like this:
Lock collateral.
Borrow less than you locked.
Trade the difference.
Year after year, the structure stayed the same.
Protocols got bigger.
But trader capital efficiency didn't change much.
Two traders. Same strategy. Same market.
Trader A: $50K capital, locked $33K as collateral, trades with $17K.
Trader B: $50K capital, full deployment, trades with $50K.
Same skill. Very different outcome.
The difference isn't talent. It's access.
Collateral sits idle
just to keep a position alive.
That’s the quiet cost of many lending systems today.
DeFi solved trust.
Capital efficiency is still being figured out.
Timing in crypto is everything.
But the infrastructure built to help traders move faster
is the same infrastructure slowing them down.
Deposit. Approve. Borrow. Transfer. Execute.
Five steps between conviction and action.
That's five opportunities to miss the move.
Good strategy + insufficient capital =
watching someone else profit from the trade you identified first.
This happens every day in DeFi.
And almost nobody talks about it.
The best trade you never made wasn't because you were wrong. It was because the position size that made it profitable was out of reach. That's not your problem. It's a system problem.
DEV WEB3 JOGJA PRESENTS ONCHAIN SPACES! 🥳🎉
Di episode pertama Onchain Spaces, Dev Web3 Jogja akan mengajak kamu kenalan dengan tujuh (7) project dari Jogja yang lolos Incubase 002 by Base Global! 🙌🏼
Ketujuh project tersebut diantaranya:
• Nuvia Finance
• Quinty
• NoLoss Protocol
• ATFI
• Tethra Trade
• SynauLearn
• Invalend
Save the date and venue!
📅 Kamis, 19 Februari 2026
🕓 19.30 WIB
📍 X Spaces Dev Web3 Jogja (Link menyusul)
Jangan sampai ketinggalan, dan siapkan pertanyaan terbaikmu buat ketujuh project ini! 🫡
#developer #web3 #yogyakarta #incubase #baseindonesia
Kita bakal ngobrol bareng 8 finalis Base Batches 002 dalam sesi AMA spesial Base Indonesia.
Punya pertanyaan?
Penasaran sama project mereka?
Pasang reminder dan join!
Rabu, 3 Desember | Jam 20.00 WIB | X @baseindo
Quick update.
Getting ready for IncuBase pushed us to rethink things from the ground up.
We’re rebuilding the MVP from scratch aiming for a smoother prefunding flow, stronger stability, and clearer execution.