101 Guide for Base Token Launches
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Token Launch Essentials
If you’re looking to launch your token on Base, here are the essentials to get started in the Base ecosystem:
Asset Custodians
- coinbase.com/prime/custody Prime: store and manage your digital assets in a highly secure way
- bitgo.com/products/custody-wallets: secure and scalable solutions for the digital asset economy
- fireblocks.com: all-in-one platform for building your digital asset business
Launchpad Services
- virtuals.io: AI agent launchpad to create agents like Luna
- creator.bid: AI agent launchpad to create agents like Algo
- clanker.world: autonomous token launchpad on Farcaster
- clank.fun: launch coins for free and earn on volume traded
- wow.xyz: protocol to create and interact with memecoins
- dreamcoins.fun: launch any token you are dreaming of
- ape.store: create a token for cents, without the need to add liquidity
- g8.xyz: fair launches that put traders first
- toshimart.xyz: click to launch memecoin launchpad
- beliefs.social: customizable token launchpad
Airdrop Services
- drop.gaslite.org: efficient airdrops for ETH, ERC20, and ERC721 tokens
- linkdrop.io: tools to deliver tokens via links, emails, and QR codes
- tokensoft.com: a platform to launch, distribute, and airdrop tokens
- bitbond.com: all you need to manage the token lifecycle
- disperse.app: distribute ether or tokens to multiple addresses
Security Solutions
- hexagate.com: real-time threat detection, alerts, and guidance to help ensure the security of protocols
- code4rena.com: simulate real conditions, with hundreds of auditors competing to find vulnerabilities
- spearbit.com: real-time monitoring and threat mitigation using advanced onchain analytics
- hypernative.io: advanced warning system and connection to automated onchain actions
EVM Bridges
- docs.base.org/docs/tokens/list: get your token on the Superchain Token List
- supermigrate.xyz: deploy canonical bridged ERC20 tokens to the Superchain
Crosschain Solutions
- layerzero.network: generalized message-passing system across different networks
- ambient.global: easy launch service that provides crosschain liquidity solutions
- wormhole.com: crosschain message-passing protocol powering multichain apps and bridges
- hyperlane.xyz: open interoperability framework for smart contract devs and users
- axelar.network/its ITS: allows ERC-20 tokens to be available on multiple networks with native fungibility
- chain.link CCIP: interoperability protocol for apps to transfer tokens or messages across chains
- socket.tech: enables app builders to build truly chain-abstracted protocols
DEX Liquidity
- aerodrome.finance: the central trading and liquidity marketplace on Base
- app.uniswap.org: buy and sell crypto on Ethereum and 11+ other chains
- alienbase.xyz: trade any token at good rates and get rewarded
- sushi.com: multichain DEX that lets you swap anything
- pancakeswap.finance: multichain DEX for trading, staking, and yield farming
Token Aggregators
- coingecko.com: independent crypto data aggregator
- coinmarketcap.com: crypto data, insights, and community
- dexscreener.com: realtime DEX analytics
- defillama.com: open and transparent DeFi analytics
Lending
- moonwell.fi: open lending and borrowing protocol on Base
- aave.com: liquidity protocol to supply, borrow, swap, and stake
- morpho.org: efficient lending primitive with permissionless market creation
- compound.finance: algorithmic, autonomous interest rate protocol
- fluid.instadapp.io: ever-evolving lending and vaults protocol
Yield Trading
- spectra.finance: permissionless yield protocol
- pendle.finance: liberating yield
Base DeFi
Huge shoutout to Blockboy and Johnny TVL for inspiring this guide and for leading the charge in Base DeFi – if you’re launching on Base, please reach out!