Coinbase Global Inc COIN announced the launch Thursday of layer 2 network Baseand theBase Ecosystem Fund to support early stage projects on the network.

Coinbasesaid it will use Base as a home for its on-chain products. Base will also serve as an open ecosystem through which anyone can build decentralized apps or dapps on-chain and help bringthe next billion users to Web3.

Base will provide easy, secure access to Ethereum ETH/USD and other ecosystems like Solana SOL/USD , according to the cryptocurrency exchange.

We see Base as a bridge for users into the crypto-economy. Its an easy-to-use default on-chain experience with access to products on other chains, Coinbases vice president of engineering Will Robinson said in a blog post. Along with making Base interoperable with other chains, we will continue supporting as many chains as possible across Coinbase products.

Using Base, developers will be able to better serve over 110 million verified users and access $80 billion or so in assets on platform in the Coinbase ecosystem.

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