On-Chain Economies.
Faster.

We give builders the tools to launch powerful, programmable on-chain economies — without writing custom smart contracts. Modular tokens, built-in compliance, drag-and-drop logic. Create token-powered games, NFT ecosystems, Stablecoins, and more.

Concepts & Demos

Token LiveOps Engine

Configure a liveops token

Logic-Embedded Capital

Intent-Bound Spending

User Acquisition

User acquisition using Apptokens

Next Generation Digital Items

New interactions with digital items

Why build this?

Web3 doesn't just need better apps — it needs smarter economies.

Most teams are still reinventing token infrastructure: custom contracts, audits, manual compliance, and fragmented tooling just to ship something basic. We built Based Labs so developers can launch modular, programmable, and compliant token economies — fast. With AppTokens (ERC20C) and AppNFTs (ERC721C), teams can:

🧠 Add logic: airdrop, vesting, permissions, KYC, usage limits, expiry, staking — no Solidity required
⚡ Launch in-game currencies, reward systems, and gated NFTs in minutes
💵 Stablecoins with built-in spend rules, grant logic, and audit trails — Smart Stablecoins
📈 Power DeFi use cases like usage-gated yield tokens, DAO-specific reward assets, or milestone-based liquidity programs
🧱 Compose layered economies without bloating the main token

We're here to make on-chain economic design as intuitive as product design.

Why Now?

Web3 is maturing — and so must the tokens.

We're not minting dumb ERC20s anymore. We're minting programmable, composable, and compliance-ready financial primitives. AppTokens turn token issuance into infrastructure, not just a launch event.

Faster – No more multi-month token rollouts. Drag-and-drop, deploy, iterate.

Smarter – Tokens that behave how your product needs: modular, rule-based, app-native.

Compliant – KYC-ready, role-restricted, region-aware — future-proof from day one.

Every deep technical field explodes when complex concepts become visual and collaborative. We're building this visual layer for cryptocurrency development, where code is money and mistakes cost billions.

The Pattern: Visual Canvas → Industry Transformation

• Figma (UI/UX): $20B valuation, expanded design market 4x
• Unreal Blueprint (Games): Reduced prototyping time 60%, empowered 5M+ creators
• Onshape (CAD): $470M exit, transformed engineering collaboration
• Observable (Data): Accelerated visualization adoption 300%

Just as Figma democratized design, Based Labs democratizes complex economic systems. Powering thousands of token economies without you writing a single line of Solidity.

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