Use Cases
Enterprise use cases, uncompromised.
B2B Payments
Pay vendors and counterparties without broadcasting your supplier list to the public chain.
Payroll & Payouts
Onchain payroll without publishing what every employee or contractor earns.
Treasury Operations
Move stablecoin balances between corporate accounts, custodians, and counterparties privately.
Stablecoin Issuer Corridors
Issue and settle a stablecoin where individual balances and flows aren't publicly observable.
Cross-Border Remittance
KYC-gated corridors where the sender, recipient, and amount aren't exposed to the world.
Brokerage & Settlement
Settle between disclosed counterparties without broadcasting trade flow or position information.
Features
Purpose-built for the modern enterprise.
Confidentiality
Public chains expose every transaction. Base Ledgers keep flows private.
Compliance
Private to the world. Controls to ensure you stay compliant.
Composability
Fully composable with the rest of Base. Move funds in a single transaction.
Configurability
Configure ledgers to fit your business requirements.
How It Works
Keep your business private while moving money onchain.
Private Transfers
Private Ledger
Deposit
Withdraw
Settle on Base
Funds anchor directly to Base through one onchain contract, settling on Base itself rather than a separate chain.
Unlinkable Transfers
Deposits hide the recipient. Withdrawals hide the sender. The two stay unlinkable on the public chain.
Full Composability
Composable with the rest of Base: move funds in or out and act on them in a single transaction.
Compliance Compability
KYC stays enforced at the ledger level, through Coinbase Direct or your own provider.
Why Base
Private payments, at scale.
Get Started
Go live now, or run your own.
Start on the Ledger Coinbase operates, or stand up your own with your own custody and controls. You can begin on a managed ledger and move to self-operated with no extra work.
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Coinbase Managed
The fastest path to private transactions on Base. Coinbase runs the Ledger and the compliance, so you get confidentiality without standing up any infrastructure.
Atomic composability with Base. Move money in or out in the same transaction as any onchain action, like pay-and-settle or withdraw-and-swap.
Confidential by default. Senders and recipients stay hidden on the public chain; balances and transfers stay in your ledger.
Compliance handled. KYC by Coinbase Direct, sanctions screening built in, and Coinbase handles licensing.
Nothing new to stand up. Coinbase operates the Ledger and exposes it through Coinbase Developer Platform, so your team integrates and goes live without new infrastructure.
Self-Managed
Partner Ledger
Your Ledger, your controls. Run your own portal and Ledger with your own setup: self-custody, your KYC provider, and your own policies.
Everything in Coinbase Managed +
Self-custody. Hold funds in a dedicated contract for your business. Open, auditable controls; you keep the keys.
Bring your own compliance. A dedicated contract gated by your requirements, holding only your customers' funds.
Auditable ledger history. Every change is proven onchain and privately. Publish the rules, and anyone can verify them.
Custom ledger logic. Write programs that operate on your Ledger and prove they ran correctly without revealing anything.
Start building on Base.
Build on the open economy. Fast, liquid and always on.