Base Foundation Launches Developer Support Program, Betting on RWA, Stablecoins, AI Agents, and the Future of On-Chain Finance

Odaily Odaily Reports, the Base Ecosystem Fund has released the "Request for Builders: Funding the Future of Global Finance," announcing the provision of early-stage capital support and ecosystem resources for startup teams dedicated to building the next generation of global financial infrastructure. The goal is to create a secure and trustworthy global financial infrastructure capable of operating around the clock (24/7) and supporting large-scale transactions through deep liquidity. However, the value of infrastructure ultimately depends on the applications built upon it, so the fund aims to identify developers and entrepreneurs who can create real-world use cases.

The Base Ecosystem Fund will primarily support Pre-Seed and Seed stage projects, offering capital investment as well as technical, ecosystem, and business support from the Base team. The key investment areas announced include:

1. Tokenization: Base is focusing on bringing Real World Assets (RWA) on-chain, including yield-bearing assets, short-term working capital instruments, invoice financing, trade finance, revenue-sharing financing, as well as long-term assets such as REITs, royalty income, and private credit funds. The fund hopes to support teams with professional asset issuance and management capabilities.

2. Stablecoins and Emerging Market Finance: Base is optimistic about the application of stablecoins in cash-dominated markets, including connecting offline cash networks with stablecoin payment systems, and promoting the development of local currency stablecoins to provide users with lower-cost payment, savings, and financial services.

3. On-Chain Credit and Lending: The fund is focused on areas such as unsecured consumer credit and multi-party credit systems. It aims to leverage zkTLS, smart contracts, and stablecoin infrastructure to establish new credit assessment and loan distribution models.

4. Prediction Markets: Base believes that conditional asset markets and vertical prediction markets still hold significant potential, covering areas like politics, culture, insurance risk management, and clinical trials, enhancing information discovery for future events through market mechanisms.

5. Traditional Finance On-Chaining: The fund is focusing on institutional-grade financial infrastructure such as foreign exchange markets and on-chain bilateral agreements, aiming to restructure traditional financial markets using stablecoins, smart contracts, and on-chain settlement systems.

6. AI Agent Commercial Applications: Base states that with the rapid development of AI Agent infrastructure, the next phase will shift from "building Agents" to enabling Agents to actively participate in consumer transactions. This includes smart shopping, automated settlements, booking services, and commercial scenarios based on stablecoins and the x402 protocol.

Additionally, Base is also interested in SKU tokenization, aiming to transform traditional Web2 product catalogs into composable on-chain assets, allowing AI Agents, wallets, and trading platforms to directly discover, trade, and purchase goods. The Base Ecosystem Fund states that the above directions represent its current key focus areas, but the most important signal still comes from entrepreneurs' own judgment regarding the future financial system. Teams that align with these directions or are exploring related fields are welcome to apply to join the Base ecosystem construction.