The Base mainnet will officially activate the B20 token standard at 2:00 on July 9 (Beijing time).

The original plan to go live on June 27 was postponed due to stability issues—so this is essentially making up for lost time.

B20 is Base’s native token format. Its core goals are threefold: faster settlement, lower costs, and a more unified standard.

What’s truly worth paying attention to is the ambition behind it—enabling global financial assets to live on the Base chain in the form of “programmable capital,” directly inheriting on-chain composability. This isn’t just another token standard; it’s reshaping the underlying interface for bringing traditional assets onto the blockchain.

For ecosystem projects, after activation be sure to watch the registry validation process; for users, you may not feel much in the short term, but in the long run, Base’s narrative in the RWA and payments track gains another piece of the puzzle.

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