Speaking of the Base Ecosystem, I think many people are familiar with it. Whether you are withdrawing or doing on-chain transactions, why is it familiar? Because it is built on ETH, and its contract model and block explorer are exactly the same as ETH. The original purpose of its creation was as a Layer 2 on Ethereum. With that said, do you understand it better? Today, let's take a look at the Top 10 tokens on BASE 'follow for updates'.

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Base ecosystem

1. USD Coin (USDC)

Current price: ≈ $1.00

Supply status:

  • Circulating supply: ≈ 77 billion+

  • Total supply: Dynamic (pegged 1:1 to USD)

  • Maximum supply: No upper limit

Core function:

  • The most important settlement asset in the Base ecosystem

  • Core medium for DeFi, trading, payments, liquidity

  • Largest contributor to TVL

Team/Background:

  • Issued by Circle

  • Strong regulatory compliance (U.S. financial system)

  • Deep integration with Coinbase

USD Coin (USDC)

2. Aerodrome Finance (AERO)

Current price: ≈ $0.30–0.35

Supply status:

  • Circulating supply: ≈ 920 million

  • Total supply: ≈ 1.86 billion

  • Maximum supply: No fixed upper limit (inflation model)

Core function:

  • Base's largest DEX

  • Liquidity mining + ve(3,3) model

  • Base's 'liquidity hub'

Team/Background:

  • Extended by Velodrome team

  • Core members: Alex Cutler and others

  • Deeply tied to Base ecological development

Aerodrome Finance (AERO)

3. Brett (BRETT)

Current price: ≈ $0.006

Supply status:

  • Total supply: ≈ 10 billion

  • Circulating supply: ≈ 9.9 billion (close to full circulation)

Core function:

  • The most representative meme coin of Base

  • Community dissemination + market sentiment barometer

Team/Background:

  • Originating from Boys’ Club comic

  • Contract has been renounced

  • No team control, fully community driven

Brett (BRETT)

4. Toshi (TOSHI)

Current price: ≈ $0.00018

Supply status:

  • Total supply: 42.069 billion

  • Circulating supply: 100% in circulation

Core function:

  • Base 'official cultural symbol' meme

  • Strong community consensus

Team/Background:

  • Named after Brian Armstrong's cat

  • Meow DAO governance

  • No presale, no team allocation

Toshi (TOSHI)

5. Degen (DEGEN)

Current price: ≈ $0.0006–0.0007

Supply status:

  • Maximum supply: ≈ 36.9 billion

  • Circulating supply: ≈ 37 billion (basically released)

Core function:

  • Farcaster social ecosystem token

  • Used for rewards and community incentives

Team/Background:

  • Community-driven

  • Launched through airdrop

  • Strong binding Web3 social

Degen (DEGEN)

6.@SignOfficial $SIGN

Current price: ≈ $0.03–0.04

Supply status:

  • Maximum supply: 10 billion

  • Circulating supply: ≈ 1.6 billion

Core function:

  • On-chain certificate (Attestation) infrastructure

  • TokenTable (Airdrop / vesting / distribution)

  • Supports dApp / government-level applications #Sign地缘政治基建

Team/Background:

  • Founded in 2021

  • Funding exceeded $30 million

  • Investors include Sequoia and others

SIGN

7. Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL)

Current price: ≈ $0.6–0.7

Supply status:

  • Circulating supply: Partially released

  • Total supply: Released gradually with ecological development

Core function:

  • AI Agent / Virtual economic protocol

  • Core AI narrative project on Base

Team/Background:

  • Focus on AI + Crypto

  • Build virtual characters and economic systems

Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL)

8. Morpho (MORPHO)

Current price: ≈ $1.4–1.6

Supply status:

  • Circulating supply: ≈ 400 million

  • Maximum supply: ≈ 1 billion

Core function:

  • Lending optimization protocol (on Aave/Compound)

  • Enhancing capital efficiency

Team/Background:

  • French DeFi team

  • Focusing on security + interest rate optimization

Morpho (MORPHO)

9. Aave (AAVE)

Current price: ≈ $90–110

Supply status:

  • Circulating supply: ≈ 15 million

  • Maximum supply: 16 million

Core function:

  • DeFi lending leader

  • Core source of TVL on Base

Team/Background:

  • Founder: Stani Kulechov

  • Established DeFi protocol

  • Multi-chain deployment (including Base)

Aave (AAVE)

10. Wrapped Ethereum (WETH)

Current price: ≈ ETH market price (≈ $3000+, fluctuating with the market)

Supply status:

  • Pegged 1:1 with ETH

  • Dynamic supply

Core function:

  • Main trading assets on Base

  • Core collateral assets in DeFi

Team/Background:

  • Based on Ethereum

  • Standardized ERC-20 wrapped assets

Wrapped Ethereum (WETH)

Has anyone noticed a problem? Regardless of whether it's Base, ARB, or OP, these layer 2 projects all have ETH's presence. ETH is now an essential product for every public chain. Similarly, many projects are not only issued on one chain but are integrated across multiple chains to benefit the same brand's development across different chains. 'Data source: Coinmarketcap. Image source: the internet.'