Base Creator Jesse Pollak Steps Back From App Leadership After Admitting Social Bet 'Was Wrong'

Pollak said he is handing the Base App back to Coinbase to focus on building Base into "the blockchain for global finance" after conceding the network's push into on-chain social missed the mark.

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