Trade Everything, Spend Everywhere
A few months ago, I penned the initial thoughts of what
@BasedOneX will be.
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Based is the everything app. We allow people to trade everything, spend everywhere.
While perps trading has brought Based to where it is now, the future is more than crypto perps. Today, we have integrated with Equities (Unit) and Prediction Markets (Polymarket). Based has built a revolutionary new perp DEX (Hyena) together with
@ethena that allows users to earn rewards on their collateral, which unlocks new trading strategies. HyENA will be open to the public with many new markets. Several teams are also working with Based to unlock new interesting markets.
Our mission is far from complete. 2026 is an amazing time as we continue to accelerate adoption of Based as the everything app for trading, money, and commerce.
S2 has just ended, and we are preparing for the next chapter. The journey ahead will not be easy, but necessary if we want to build a financial powerhouse that houses everything the user wants to trade.
This is the moment where we define what the Based community truly stands for. From the beginning, Based has been shaped by the people who stayed when it was early, uncertain, and unfinished. We are grateful to those who have been with us since the start, not as users, but as partners in what we are building.
As we move into the next stage, this is our opportunity to be deliberate about who we are. To define what "Based" means, not just as a product, but as a community.
What comes next will be built with those who share that belief.
Stay Based.