@diay
The real false dichotomy here is positioning an app as the “decentralized version of X.”
99% of consumers don’t care about self-custody vs centralized—they care about new capabilities they didn’t have before (prediction markets, equity perps, access to assets and liquidity). Self-custody should be a feature, not an app identity. That’s why it makes sense for Coinbase to become the true everything exchange, blending CeFi and DeFi under one trusted surface.
Base app feels better positioned to stay focused on social + creator-native experiences—where onchain actually unlocks something new, rather than recreating an existing financial app with self-custody.
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