In 2025, Base isn’t just a blockchain, it’s a cultural engine. Born as Coinbase’s Ethereum L2, Base has rapidly become home to crypto’s most visible, talked-about, and community-powered projects. On-chain or off, the battleground is 𝕏, and these projects are winning.
This list doesn’t focus on TVL or token prices. It ranks the Top Base projects that dominate attention, conversation, and real engagement on 𝕏. PS, if you want to work for a Base Project or if you are a Base project hiring talent, use CryptoJobsList.
1. AIXBT
What is AIXBT:
AIXBT is an AI-driven trading assistant that lives on Base. Built by Virtuals Protocol, the bot responds to tags on 𝕏 with real-time trading insights, on-chain data, token analysis, and market sentiment. Users can tag @aixbt, and within seconds it replies with alpha, charts, calls, predictions, or trends, based entirely on on-chain activity. It’s available 24/7 and functions like a free public research tool anyone can summon.
It’s a rare mix of utility and personality, an automated bot that feels weirdly human most of the time.
What makes it unique:
- 460K+ followers
- 300K+ token holders
- Heavily engaged across 𝕏
- Offers real-time insights for large-tokenholders
- Boosts scarcity through token burns
Why users love AIXBT:
It blends technical value with meme-worthy interaction. The bot isn’t just used, it’s part of Base’s daily conversation. Ideal for traders and analysts seeking an edge in crypto markets.
2. Farcaster
What is Farcaster:
Farcaster is a decentralized social network protocol designed for developers and users who want control over their content and identities. Built on Base, it powers Warpcast, an app that functions like a crypto-native version of Twitter. Instead of tweets, users post “casts.” Unlike other social alternatives, Farcaster is built with real-world UX standards and encourages app composability, portable identities, and open integrations.
Farcaster is fast, clean, and growing, proof that decentralized social doesn’t have to feel like a downgrade.
What makes it unique:
- 200K+ users added in 30 days
- $DEGEN token campaign made the project go viral on 𝕏
Why users love Farcaster:
It’s built by and for content creators. No algorithm games, no ads, just content that moves with the user. It created interactive “Frames” that enable on-chain activities like NFT minting for SocialFi enthusiasts and mini apps perfect for developers.
3. Parallel
What is Parallel:
Parallel is a sci-fi trading card game that merges high-concept lore with real-world token mechanics. Each card is an NFT backed by $PRIME, the project’s native token. Players build decks, compete in strategic matches, and earn rewards. But what sets it apart is how seamlessly it integrates DeFi elements, staking, yield, and seasonal drops, into the gameplay loop. The ecosystem also includes Echelon Prime, a protocol layer that supports in-game assets and governance.
Now hosted on Base, it brings real gaming activity to the chain.
What makes it unique:
- $PRIME hit $605M market cap
- Strong Base-native game ecosystem
- Immersive storytelling narrative on 𝕏
Why users love Parallel:
It draws gamers, DeFi users, and collectors alike, and makes them post about everymatch, drop, and meta shift.
4. Brett
What is Brett:
Brett is a meme coin that has become the unofficial mascot of Base. Inspired by a blue cartoon frog, Brett launched with no roadmap, no promises, and no utility, just raw internet-native meme energy. It quickly developed a cult-like community of holders and posters who used the coin as a cultural symbol. It doesn’t try to be more than what it is, and that honesty has made it one of Base’s most viral tokens.
Think of Brett as the meme glue of the chain.
What makes it unique:
- Peaked at $700M market cap
- Inspired by Matt Furie’s “Boys Club”
- Gained a cult following on 𝕏 due to its cultural mascot role
Why users love Brett:
It’s not about the chart, it’s about identity. Brett is Base’s loudest voice on 𝕏.
5. friend.tech
What is friend.tech:
friend.tech is a social platform where users tokenize themselves. People buy and sell “keys” to access others’ private chats. The app launched during Base’s “Onchain Summer” and quickly became the chain’s first viral consumer app. Influencers, creators, and anonymous users all participated, some earning substantial ETH simply by being accessible. It transformed Base from a DeFi experiment into a place where users connected socially and financially.
What makes it unique:
- Peaked at 21% of Base’s gas fees
- Monetize Influenced networks through tradable “keys” to private chats
Why users love friend.tech:
It wasn’t sustainable long-term. But it showed Base could host viral, sticky social apps. It made the list because it's a Base OG project.
6. Mochi
What is Mochi:
Mochi started as a meme coin named after Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong’s cat, but it evolved fast. It now includes MochiMart (a token launchpad), a community treasury, and partnership-driven campaigns. Mochi blends wholesome branding, cat stickers, soft vibes, and inside jokes, with serious crypto coordination and marketing power. It’s cute on the surface, but behind it is a team that executes exchange listings, cross-promotion, and community growth.
What makes it unique:
- Backed by a Coinbase grant
- 17% of Base chatter during its peak
- Unique for its interactive Mochimons NFTs
- One of the only projects with an on-chain Tamagotchi game
Why users love Mochi:
It’s fun, but not fluffy. Mochi gets results while staying on brand and always staying active with its community in 𝕏 and attracts users who enjoy gamified crypto experiences.
7. Toshi
What is Toshi:
Toshi is a Base-native meme coin named after Brian Armstrong’s Shiba Inu. What started as another “dog token” grew into a full ecosystem. It includes an NFT line, airdrops, a launchpad, and charity partnerships. Toshi’s community is active daily, with coordinated campaigns, “Toshi Tuesdays,” and regular meme pushes. It’s funny and self-aware, but it’s also one of the most organized meme communities on Base.
What makes it unique:
- 480K+ holders
- DAO structure that grants token holders voting rights
- Gives back to charity
- Builds in the open by regularly posting their dApp plans on 𝕏
Why users love Toshi:
Toshi did what few meme coins do, give back through charitable donations, and scale the meme without losing the grassroots, even though it's going to be releasing dApps shortly
8. Aerodrome
What is Aerodrome:
Aerodrome is a decentralized exchange and liquidity platform forked from Velodrome on Optimism. It brings ve(3,3), token model, to Base, offering vote incentives, protocol bribes, and aligned liquidity rewards. It’s not just a place to swap tokens, it’s the underlying engine for liquidity flow across the Base ecosystem. It’s Base’s Curve. And it’s running full speed.
What makes it unique:
- $200M+ in TVL
- Leading DEX on Base
- AERO rewards program for users
- Has its own governance NFT collection called veAERO
Why users love Aerodrome:
DeFi protocols and power users rely on it for its low slippage and liquidity provision. It’s essential infrastructure, with memes and vibes built in.
9. SeamlessFi
What is SeamlessFi:
SeamlessFi is Base’s flagship lending and borrowing platform, built by former Coinbase and Aave engineers. It launched with a wide feature set: variable interest rates, collateralized borrowing, and early support for major Base tokens. SeamlessFi also debuted with airdrop incentives and went live on Coinbase quickly after launch, giving it instant credibility and user flow. It’s built for scale and long-term use, not just TVL stats.
What makes it unique:
- $511M peak TVL
- Deep usage from whales and builders due to its innovative financial solutions that have not been replicated by others.
Why users like SeamlessFi:
Reliable user-friendly yield or financial tools. No gimmicks. Just solid DeFi infrastructure.
10. Base God
What is Base God:
Base God is a community-driven meme project centered around the $TYBG token. It draws inspiration from Lil B’s “Based” movement and mixes meme culture with faux-religious rituals. The community shares daily “commandments,” meme sermons, and organizes inside a “metaverse temple.” It operates more like a collective art project or a digital cult than a traditional crypto protocol.
It’s absurd. But it’s consistent and growing.
What makes it unique:
- 105K+ holders
- Unique lore-driven meme coin
- Hosted collaborations with other Base projects
- Ecosystem Integrations like tipping and numerous DeFi utilities
Why users love Base God:
It’s entertaining, committed, and weirdly wholesome. It doesn’t take itself seriously, and that’s the point. Plus it offers DeFi solutions like tipping, lending, and yield farming appealing to users seeking both community engagement and DeFi opportunities.
BONUS PROJECT - ZORA
Zora is more than just a minting platform, it’s Base’s creative engine. With on-chain drops, open editions, and seamless creator tooling, Zora makes it easy for artists, communities, and brands to publish and monetize content natively on Base. It turns culture into code, and its reach across 𝕏 proves that on-chain media isn’t niche, it’s the new default.
Final Take:
This isn’t hype, it’s a sign. The projects leading Base aren’t just trending for a week; they’re embedded in the culture of crypto’s most active users.
Every post, mint, meme, and feature drop is part of a larger shift where creators, traders, and builders are choosing Base not just for tech, but for reach and relevance.
From DeFi protocols to community coins to fully on-chain social networks, these teams have figured out how to turn attention into traction and memes into movement.
If you’re wondering where the next wave of users is going, they’re not waiting, they’re already on Base. And the signal isn’t fading. It’s multiplying.
Base is for everyone!
