Coinbase has renamed Base App to Coinbase Wallet

Coinbase announced that it has renamed the Base App to Coinbase Wallet, reversing the renaming decision made a year ago, shifting the focus of the self-custody application towards trading and broader multi-chain access. Ryan Kass, the product lead for Coinbase Wallet, stated that the wallet will serve as a "test kitchen" for products and assets not yet offered by the centralized exchange Coinbase, with the first case being perpetual contracts supported by Hyperliquid. The wallet also supports long-tail assets and plans to gradually integrate as new chains go live.

The wallet also supports prediction markets and tokenized stocks. Coinbase stated that the Base App has evolved into a broader multi-chain trading platform, making the restoration of the Coinbase Wallet name a reasonable move. Coinbase promotes the wallet with the selling points of "no KYC, no waiting, borderless," allowing users to start trading within minutes after downloading the app, although some features are still subject to regional restrictions. The wallet will automatically detect and hide scam or malicious tokens, and new markets and asset classes must undergo strict product and compliance reviews before going live.

In terms of background, Coinbase renamed Coinbase Wallet to Base App in July 2025, positioning it as a "universal app" that integrates social, mini-apps, messaging, payments, and trading. CEO Brian Armstrong admitted in March this year that the social experiment was "not very successful," after which Base founder Jesse Pollak handed over leadership of the app to Jordan "Cobie" Fish.