**[Base Announces 2026 Strategy: Focus on Tokenized Markets, Stablecoins, and Developers]** BlockBeats News, March 31, according to a report by CoinDesk, Coinbase's Layer 2 network Base has announced its 2026 strategy, which will focus on three main directions: tokenized markets, stablecoin payments, and the developer ecosystem, with the goal of building a "global on-chain economy." On the market front, Base plans to build infrastructure to support tokenized versions of assets such as stocks and commodities, while also covering native crypto markets like perpetual contracts and prediction markets. It aims to improve settlement speed, reduce costs, and position the Base App as a trading venue for multiple asset types. On the payments front, Base will prioritize stablecoins, with plans to introduce privacy features, support transaction fee payments using stablecoins, and expand multi-currency stablecoin liquidity. Additionally, it will integrate financial functionalities such as savings and lending within applications. On the developer front, Base stated it will continue investing in initiatives like Base Batches and launch new tools, including support for interactions between AI applications and on-chain markets. It also plans to introduce new standards and incentive mechanisms to enhance user activity and transaction volume. The backdrop of this strategic announcement is Base's gradual move away from reliance on the Optimism OP Stack. In February of this year, the Coinbase team announced that Base would increasingly rely on internally developed code to achieve greater independence in its technical architecture. Base, which opened to the public in August 2023, is one of the most widely used Layer 2 networks in the Ethereum ecosystem.