Based mostly, a Web3 client app for crypto buying and selling and consumption, has raised $11.5 million in a Sequence A spherical led by Pantera with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Wintermute Ventures, and Kartage.
The corporate mentioned the brand new capital will probably be used to broaden into new markets and construct on-chain monetary infrastructure.
Launched eight months in the past, Based mostly combines perpetual buying and selling, prediction markets, and real-world cryptocurrency spending into one interface. Constructed natively on Hyperliquid's execution surroundings, the platform goals to mix institutional-grade velocity and fluidity with a consumer-focused expertise.
Past its personal apps, Based mostly is increasing its know-how stack to energy third-party amenities resembling HyENA, a Hyperliquid native eternally platform.
“Most of at the moment's crypto merchandise are constructed for merchants and builders, not on a regular basis individuals on the lookout for a whole monetary life on-chain,” co-founder and CEO (aka Edison) mentioned in a press launch shared with CoinDesk. “We're constructing Based mostly to present anybody, anyplace, entry to world markets and the flexibility to make use of these funds to purchase what they really want with out leaping via any hoops.”
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