By Isaac • July 17, 2026 8:43 am •
Jesse Pollak has handed the Base App to Jordan Fish, better known in crypto as Cobie.
Pollak is keeping the chain.
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That division is the real story. The person most closely identified with Base is stepping away from its consumer app so he can spend all of his time turning the underlying network into financial infrastructure.
He explained the decision with a level of candor that crypto executives usually avoid.
In a lengthy statement on X, Pollak said the first quarter of 2026 was a “punch in the face.” He had spent much of 2024 and 2025 betting that onchain social products would bring the next wave of people into crypto.
The thesis centered on builders,
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