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Base just held its first Builder Call — Jesse Pollak, Saumya Saxena, and Nick Tong walked through where the chain actually stands.
No narrative pitch. Just usage numbers across payments, trading, AI, and credit.
Here's what actually matters from it 🧵
The headline number: Base is now moving roughly $4.4 trillion a month in stablecoin volume — payments plus FX conversions between dollars, euros, pesos, and more.
That's not speculative volume. That's money actually moving.
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Base is also the largest venue for on-chain spot BTC and ETH trading, and it's carrying over 90% of all x402 AI agent payments.
Human trading and machine payments converging on the same chain is a bigger signal than either number alone.
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