The founder of Base, @jessepollak, is unexpectedly launching a MEME of the same name, and even Coinbase is personally getting involved in driving traffic. It feels less like just following a trend and more like conducting a cultural experiment; it's just strange that they didn't also promote x402. What's even more surprising is that an executive is directly launching a coin, indicating that the competition now is not about functionality, but about attention and liquidity. Let's take a look together at 1 AM on the 21st.