Base, the Ethereum Layer 2 network built by Coinbase, shipped 25 new products and integrations in August 2026, spanning stablecoins, decentralized finance, tokenized equities, and AI-driven payment infrastructure. The update, shared on September 3, reads less like a press release and more like a catalog of what happens when a blockchain ecosystem hits cruising altitude.
The batch of launches touches nearly every corner of onchain finance. A Mexican peso-pegged stablecoin. Zero-collateral loans. Amazon Web Services plugging into a micropayment standard. Tokenized S&P 500 shares for US users.
Stablecoins, lending, and the nuts and bolts
Among the headline additions is MXNB, a stablecoin pegged to the Mexican peso and launched through Bitso, the Latin American crypto exchange. MXNB enables deposits and withdrawals on Base, giving the network a direct ramp into one of the largest remittance corridors in the world.
On the African continent side, ZARU went live as a 1:1 rand-backed stablecoin designed for rapid onchain settlements.
