Stablecoin Volume
Median Fee
Block Time
Local Stablecoins
Trusted by the ecosystem
Stablecoins
Integrate 20+ stablecoins launched on Base.
Provide stablecoins, bank connectivity, card spending, and yield to your users.
Cross-Border Payments
Settle global transactions instantly.
Commerce
Allow any customer anywhere in the world to pay using USDC with Base Pay.
Remittance
Reduce fees from 3-7% to less than a penny with payments that arrive instantly.
Payroll
Pay teams across countries any day, in their local currency.
Agentic Payments
Let your agents move money.
Give your agents a wallet and set the guardrails for your agents to transact autonomously, unlocking new market opportunities.
x402 Compatibility
No API keys, no subscriptions, no billing dashboards. Agents pay per request with x402.
Agent Wallets
Agent-owned smart wallets with programmable USDC spending limits.
Verifiability
Full audit trail for compliance, dispute resolution, and real-time monitoring.
Infrastructure
Deep liquidity, fast settlements.
Base offers sub-cent fees and near instant settlement for all payments. Base is built at Coinbase, bringing institutional trust, mainstream reach, native fiat rails, and deep stablecoin liquidity — a combination no other blockchain can offer.
Metric |  Base |  Tempo |  Polygon |  Ethereum |  Solana |  Swift |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Median fee | <$0.01 | <$0.01 | <$0.01 | $2–20 | <$0.01 | $15–50 |
Settlement | 200ms | ~1s | 4-6s | 12s | ~0.5s | 1–5 days |
Daily TXs | 10M+ | N/A | 6M+ | 1.2M | 143M+ | ~45M |
Coinbase-native | Yes | No | No | Partial | No | No |
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