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Jesse Pollak hands Base App leadership to Jordan 'Cobie' Fish
Base creator Jesse Pollak stepped back from running the app, calling early 2026 'a punch in the face', and handed it to Jordan Fish, who joined Coinbase when it bought his token-sale platform Echo. Pollak refocused on the Base network itself.
- Coinbase acquired Echo for about $375M in cash and stock.
- Base's new priorities: trading, stablecoin payments and AI agents.
- Farcaster was sold and Zora moved to Solana, ending the social bets.