{"id":71539,"date":"2026-04-23T07:52:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/brian-armstrong-says-base-is-the-best-chain-for-trading-payments-and-agents\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T07:52:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:52:34","slug":"brian-armstrong-says-base-is-the-best-chain-for-trading-payments-and-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/brian-armstrong-says-base-is-the-best-chain-for-trading-payments-and-agents\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Armstrong Says Base Is the Best Chain for Trading, Payments, and Agents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Key Takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong named Base the top chain for trading, payments, and AI agents on April 23, 2026. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Base commands roughly 46% of all Ethereum <span>L2<\/span> <span>decentralized finance<\/span> TVL, outpacing Arbitrum across major activity metrics. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Armstrong\u2019s comments follow Base\u2019s <span>Solana<\/span> bridge launch and Coinbase\u2019s push into UK <span>stablecoin<\/span> payments.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Armstrong\u2019s Three-Pronged Case for Base<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Armstrong named trading, payments, and agents as Base\u2019s three defining verticals. The statement arrives as Base holds approximately 46% of all <span>decentralized finance<\/span> ( <span>DeFi<\/span>) TVL across Ethereum <span>L2<\/span> networks, having surpassed both Optimism and Arbitrum to become the dominant rollup in the ecosystem.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_808579\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-808579\" style=\"width:752px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-808579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source: X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Daily active wallets, <span>decentralized exchange<\/span> ( <span>DEX<\/span>) volumes, and net inflows on Base have consistently outperformed rivals through 2025 and into 2026, even as competing networks shed users after incentive cycles wound down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Built on the OP Stack and incubated by Coinbase, Base launched in August 2023. Coinbase has since committed to storing more of its corporate and customer USDC reserves on the chain, reinforcing Base\u2019s credentials as a payment-grade infrastructure layer. The PACE Act, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/pace-act-pushes-fed-payment-access-for-nonbanks-crypto-firms\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">currently under review<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> in the US, would push the Federal Reserve to open its payment systems to nonbanks and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/a-quick-introduction-to-crypto\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">crypto<\/a> firms and could significantly accelerate Base\u2019s adoption as a payments rail if passed.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The Agent Economy and What Comes Next<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The AI agent angle is where Armstrong\u2019s claim is most forward-looking, given that Base has become a preferred deployment chain for autonomous agents performing onchain tasks (ranging from portfolio execution to real-time payment routing). Low transaction fees and deep integration with Coinbase\u2019s developer ecosystem give it a structural edge over higher-cost alternatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Armstrong also stated separately that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-are-stablecoins\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stablecoins<\/a> are \u201cthe best form of money\u201d and are heading to the UK, positioning Base as a regulated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-are-stablecoins\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stablecoin<\/a> conduit across major jurisdictions. Circle and OSL have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/circle-osl-expand-usdc-access-as-asia-cross-border-demand-grows\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">already expanded<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> USDC access across Asia, a move that complements Base\u2019s payment rails thesis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!-- --> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Back in the US, the SEC has been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/sec-faces-mounting-pressure-to-turn-defi-guidance-into-formal-rules\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">facing mounting pressure<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400\"> to formalize <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-defi-decentralized-finance\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DeFi<\/a> rules, an outcome that would define how agent and payment infrastructure on Base is regulated going forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Armstrong stopped short of providing specific metrics to support the claim, but onchain data largely makes his case without them.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/brian-armstrong-base-best-chain-trading-payments-agents\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong named Base the top chain for trading, payments, and AI agents on April 23, 2026. Base commands roughly 46% of all Ethereum L2 decentralized finance TVL, outpacing Arbitrum across major activity metrics. Armstrong\u2019s comments follow Base\u2019s Solana bridge launch and Coinbase\u2019s push [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3947362404,"featured_media":71540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71539"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3947362404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}