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Base Lead Jesse Pollak Takes Over Coinbase Wallet Efforts

The Base leader is moving deeper into Coinbase's core exec team.

Oct 1, 2024 • 1 min read

Jesse Pollak, Base’s founder, will now head Coinbase's Wallet team and join Coinbase's executive team.

What's the Scoop?

Wallet Growth: Coinbase Wallet continues to grow in popularity as new features are added, moving up 20 spots in Apple's finance app rankings during September.
Base Growth: Base’s TVL recently passed the $2B mark and the chain currently ranks third for most daily active users.

Bankless Take:

Having Jesse helm Coinbase Wallet is a natural synergy given the consumer and onboarding focus of both Base and Coinbase wallet, which now allows users to secure their wallet with passkeys, biometrics, and spend directly from their Coinbase accounts via smart wallets. With Base activity surging, all efforts to integrate onchain access into Coinbase’s main product suite will likely pay dividends.

hey everyone - some news: in addition to leading the @base team, i’ll be stepping up to lead @coinbasewallet and joining the @coinbase exec team.

i’m really excited to take on this new mandate and to accelerate our mission of bringing a billion people and a million builders…
— jesse.base.eth (@jessepollak) September 30, 2024

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