Rachel Wolfson sat down with Jesse Pollak, creator of Base and head of protocols at Coinbase, to discuss the Base Mainnet launch, the meaning of Onchain Summer, PayPal’s new stablecoin and more.

This week's guest:

Jesse Pollak is the creator of Base and is the Head of Protocols at Coinbase, where he works on Ethereum L1, L2, and new onchain efforts. Prior to leading Protocols, Jesse led all of Coinbase’s consumer-facing engineering from early 2017 to middle 2021, including building Coinbase, Coinbase Pro, and Coinbase Wallet. Jesse joined Coinbase through the acquisition of Clef, a company he founded and ran for five years that built passwordless identity solutions for crypto companies.

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