Coinbase Just Put One of Crypto’s Riskiest Trades Inside Base App

By Isaac • August 19, 2026 3:18 pm •

Coinbase is putting one of crypto’s most aggressive trading products directly inside Base App.

The company is adding perpetual futures through Hyperliquid, giving eligible users access to more than 290 markets without leaving the app. Depending on the asset, leverage can run as high as 50x.

That is a major expansion of what Base App is trying to become. It is also the kind of feature that can magnify a good trade, wipe out a position in minutes, and pull a much wider group of users into the fastest-growing corner of crypto trading.

Decrypt reported that the rollout covers perpetual markets tied to Bitcoin and Ethereum, along with tokenized stocks and commodities. The product will run