{"id":93608,"date":"2026-01-27T15:47:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=93608"},"modified":"2026-01-27T15:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:50:11","slug":"base-founder-vows-not-to-manipulate-token-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/base-founder-vows-not-to-manipulate-token-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Base Founder Vows Not to Manipulate Token Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The team behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-layer%e2%80%912-solution-in-blockchain\">L2<\/a> solution <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-base-coinbases-l2\">Base<\/a> has no intention of &#8220;supporting charts behind the scenes&#8221; or artificially inflating token prices, according to the protocol&#8217;s founder, Jesse Pollak.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">just to say it out loud: the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/base?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@base<\/a> core team will not &#8220;support the chart behind the scenes&#8221; \u2014 if what you mean is privately \/ behind the scenes coordinating and deploying capital to actively drive the price of an asset up in an attempt to get to a specific outcome. this would:<\/p>\n<p>-\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 jesse.base.eth (@jessepollak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessepollak\/status\/2015965611697090875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Pollak believes that private coordination and capital allocation disadvantage other assets. Moreover, such actions &#8220;contradict the team&#8217;s values regarding free markets&#8221; and are likely against the law.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;We can and will ensure the distribution and visibility of high-quality assets and applications \u2014 we have many opportunities for improvement,&#8221; Pollak added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Pollak&#8217;s statement comes amid discussions about the &#8220;meme token casino&#8221; issue. A user with the nickname latenightonbase <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/latenightonbase\/status\/2015908605464346847\">noted<\/a> that this is a major problem for the L2 protocol.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;The Base trenches are in dire need of a real runner [leading coin], but the people at the top don&#8217;t seem to care,&#8221; he remarked.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The user believes that the network community needs to rally around one strong asset. He also suggested that developers &#8220;support the chart behind the scenes.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pollak added that in the long run, free open markets give everyone a chance to win, as they create a level playing field.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;In such a case, you will lose, learn, improve, and win. In an unfair market, you will fail again and again,&#8221; the Base founder emphasized.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Back in November 2025, bots <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bots-earn-1-3-million-from-base-creators-token-launch\">earned<\/a> $1.3 million from the launch of Pollak&#8217;s JESSE token.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Base L2 solution team has no intention of &#8220;supporting charts behind the scenes&#8221; or artificially inflating token prices, according to founder Jesse Pollak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Base team won't manipulate token prices, says founder Jesse Pollak.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1321,1179],"class_list":["post-93608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-base","tag-layer-2-solutions"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"170","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Base team won't manipulate token prices, says founder Jesse Pollak.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93610,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93608\/revisions\/93610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}