TLDR: Base just wrapped up our first world tour. We traveled to Kenya, India, Thailand, Singapore, and the Philippines. We met over 1,000 builders, selected 50+ buildathon winners, and hosted 11 events. We’re so excited to keep working alongside our global builder community in 2025.

Builders are creating the onchain future, around the world

With Base Around the World, we saw firsthand the real-world power of onchain tools in action, and met with incredible builders who are shaping the vision of a global onchain economy.

Here’s what we learned:

1. Momentum is global. Builders around the world are pushing the limits, and we’re here to invest in their futures. In 2025, we're doubling down on global initiatives, offering more resources, support, and office hours across time zones. We're also hiring country leads for Kenya, Argentina, and the Philippines to ensure local support is as strong as it can be. If you or someone else could be a fit, apply here.

2. Stablecoins are key. To build a global onchain economy, stablecoins are a must. They power critical use cases, from cross-border remittances to local merchant payments to small business payroll. In 2025, we believe Base’s position as the leading L2 makes it uniquely positioned as the premier onchain destination for stablecoins.

3. Local solutions, global impact. Every region has its unique challenges, but there are common themes: control over financial lives, better access to credit, and fairer economics for creators. Builders can solve these problems locally and have a global impact.

Shout-out to our community builders and Buildathon participants

Africa (Kenya)

Our first IRL stop was Kenya, where we met builders tackling social and financial challenges.  We were inspired by grassroots heroes like Maeve, who translated Base docs to Swahili.  Builders like Yele, Njoku, and Elijah passionately and generously support, elevate and mentor builders across Africa. We heard from many builders working to improve cross-border payments, IRL and P2P commerce, and microlending, all through onchain solutions.

Based Africa buildathon had the highest number of projects submitted, and we’re proud to announce 23 winners: Base Sessions, Basepay, The Unbound Project, Flexclub, RideBase, Azza Defi, AfroBase, Lendbit, Delar, Kombat, Yield, learnOnchain, Legitify, Antugrow, Health Trove, baseEastAfrica, Maisha Care, MQR Pay, PayFlip, Base Tours, Data Bud, LearNova, and Element Pay.

We’re super grateful for the builders bringing Africa onchain, including Yele, Yoseph, Dami, Kokocodes, Charis, Harriet, Grammy Boy, JBofLagos, Bernard, DefiDevrel, Miss Purple, Kokkytau, Druxamb, KC Pele, Njoku, David Lumala, Roger, Kago, Chris, and countless others. We had so much fun meeting some of them in person. Check out our conversations with DefiDevrel and HazardKrypto.

Base is committed to Africa’s long-term growth, and we’re starting by hiring a Country Lead in Kenya to help build stronger local support. We can’t wait to meet more of you and continue the journey.

India (Bangalore)

After Kenya, our next stop was Bangalore. We connected with hundreds of builders and participated in an IRL/onchain soccer tournament. Indian builders are laser-focused on building solutions for global audiences . Big shout-out to our Based India buildathon winners, including: Based Coffee, Tike, Basics, SuperBaseNames, DefiLens, TagFi, CultureCo, CastMoney, EtherZap, Lumen, Vox, MiniBase, and Neom.

We’re grateful to all builders who contributed to the Based India buildathon and who are bringing people onchain every day:, Akhil, Sankalp, Denver and the entire Devfolio team, Apoorav, Ashik, Cyber Shakti, Harpreet, Kushal, Pareen, Shubham, Mohit, Tushar, Vraj, Gayatri, and many more.

If you’re a builder in India, and want to stay connected with the builder community, follow Based India, reach out to Saumya (India Country Lead),  and watch this epic recap of our meetup.

Southeast Asia (Bangkok, Singapore, Johor Bahru, and Manila)

After Bangalore, we landed in Bangkok for Devcon and announced the Based SEA winners during our Bangkok Meetup. We opened up Home Base for Devcon, had an incredible breakfast with women+ building on Base, and Jesse Pollak participated in a panel with Vitalik, sharing how Base now passes the walk-away test. Following Devcon, we had meetups in Singapore and closed the tour in Manila, where we participated in the YGG Gaming Summit and announced the launch of Onchain Guilds. We also made a quick stop to visit Balaji and the builders at the Network School.

We can't wait to see more creativity and new use cases come out of SEA. Check out our Based SEA buildathon winners: Cube, AgroFund, Based Chula Students, AutoBase, Onchain Buster, Magnify Cash, StreamFund, Local Coins, Kaivest, Onchain Scholars, WhiteBlue Swap, and Coinbase Smart Passport.

We’re also grateful for the builders who made Based SEA a success, including santosa, 0xwildanr, Atomo, ayvee, aho, Harry, hypersound, Jitz (thanks for your awesome recap vid), kangun, kylepatrick, Nine, PShato, reallyryl, Pm, el, drizz, nael, and many others.

If you’re a builder based in Southeast Asia and want to get involved, follow Based SEA on X and Warpcast.

LatAm (Argentina, virtual)

Although we couldn’t make it to Argentina in person, we’re excited to visit for a full LatAm tour in 2025. Thanks to the Based LatAm community (powered by Odisea) for hosting the virtual buildathon and making it a success.

We’re grateful to cush, Max, chaps, Fer, Juampi, João, Simoneth, Solange, Robert, sweetman, Losi, Carlos, and many more for making the Based Latam buildathon a success and bringing people onchain to Base.

We were excited to see projects across diverse use cases in LatAm, from stablecoins to access to credit and more. Check them out: CrediTalent, Bondi Finance, CLPD Stablecoin, BOBC Stablecoin, BuildMyEvent, Sembrando El Cambio, OpenVino, and AI Agent for Coinbase Wallet.

What’s next

Across the globe, builders have told us they want continuous support — and we’re listening. In 2025 we’re planning to:

• Mentorship and education: We’re launching office hours in Africa, India, and SEA time zones to provide faster support. Plus, we’ve teamed up with RareSkills to offer an intermediate smart contract development bootcamp focused on token standards.

• Hiring: We’re looking for country leads in Kenya, the Philippines, and Argentina, along with more global roles in dev rel, marketing, and engineering. We will continue to grow our country coverage to ensure all builders get the support they need. Check out open positions here.

• Product updates: Stablecoins remain a priority in 2025. Base believes its position as the leading L2 makes it uniquely positioned as the premier onchain destination for stablecoins.. We’re also rolling out new product features to make it even easier to get onchain.

The Base Around the World tour was a journey we’ll never forget, and we’re excited for what’s ahead. Builders, we’ll see you in 2025.