Base Foundation launches developer support program, betting on RWA, stablecoins, AI Agents, and the future of on-chain finance

Odaily Planet Daily reported that the Base Ecosystem Fund has released the "Request for Builders: Funding the Future of Global Finance," announcing the provision of early-stage financial support and ecosystem resources for entrepreneurial teams dedicated to building the next generation of global financial infrastructure. Its goal is to create safe and trustworthy global financial infrastructure that allows the financial system to operate around the clock (24/7) and supports large-scale transactions through deep liquidity. However, the value of infrastructure ultimately depends on the applications built upon it, hence the fund seeks developers and entrepreneurs capable of creating real-world use cases.

The Base Ecosystem Fund will primarily support projects at the Pre-Seed and Seed stages, providing capital investment along with technical, ecosystem, and business support from the Base team. The announced key investment focuses include:

1. Tokenization: Base is focusing on bringing Real World Assets (RWA) on-chain, including yield-bearing assets, short-term working capital tools, invoice financing, trade finance, revenue-sharing financing, as well as long-term assets such as REITs, royalty streams, and private credit funds. The fund hopes to support teams with professional asset issuance and management capabilities.

2. Stablecoins & Emerging Market Finance: Base is optimistic about the application of stablecoins in cash-dominated markets. This involves connecting offline cash networks with stablecoin payment systems and promoting the development of local currency stablecoins, offering users lower-cost payment, savings, and financial services.

3. On-chain Credit & Lending: The fund is focusing on areas such as unsecured consumer credit and multi-party credit systems. It aims to leverage zkTLS, smart contracts, and stablecoin infrastructure to establish new models for credit assessment and loan distribution.

4. Prediction Markets: Base believes that conditional asset markets and vertical prediction markets still hold significant potential, covering fields like politics, culture, insurance risk management, and clinical trials, enhancing information discovery about future events through market mechanisms.

5. Bringing Traditional Finance On-chain: The fund is particularly interested in institutional-grade financial infrastructure such as foreign exchange markets and on-chain bilateral protocols. It aims to restructure traditional financial markets using stablecoins, smart contracts, and on-chain settlement systems.

6. AI Agent Commercial Applications: Base indicates that with the rapid development of AI Agent infrastructure, the next phase will shift from "building Agents" to enabling Agents to actively participate in consumer transactions. This includes smart shopping, automated settlements, booking services, and commercial scenarios based on stablecoins and the x402 protocol.

Additionally, Base is also focusing on SKU tokenization, aiming to transform traditional Web2 product catalogs into composable on-chain assets, enabling AI Agents, wallets, and trading platforms to directly discover, trade, and purchase goods. The Base Ecosystem Fund states that the above directions represent current priority focus areas, but the most important signals still come from the entrepreneurs' own judgment of the future financial system. Teams that align with these directions or are exploring related fields are welcome to apply and join the Base ecosystem development.