Basecat (BASECAT), a memecoin on Coinbase's Base network, is listed on Coinbase. The exchange put it on its roadmap on August 21, 2026 and announced a BASECAT-USD spot pair on August 24. The token reached a record near $0.079 on September 6, then fell about 84 percent to $0.0124 by October 7.
Correction, October 7 The first version of this page, written August 26, dated Coinbase's announcement August 25, kept the status at announced and said the token had sold the news. Reports date the announcement August 24, CoinGecko now lists a BASECAT/USD market on Coinbase Exchange, and the price later made a new record.
Where it stands
Coinbase Markets added Basecat to its public listing roadmap late on Friday, August 21, in the same batch as Grass, Dolphin and DebtReliefBot. A roadmap entry is a review step, not a listing. The post also carried the official Base contract address, the usual anti-impersonation step for memecoin listings.
On Monday, August 24, Coinbase announced spot trading for BASECAT and DRB on its website, its apps, Coinbase Advanced and its institutional exchange. It said availability depends on liquidity conditions and varies by region. Crypto Briefing reported the token live that day. Bitcoin Sistemi covered the announcement a day later, which is the date our first version used.
By October 7, CoinGecko showed about $368,000 of 24-hour volume on Coinbase's BASECAT/USD market, the second largest centralized venue behind LBank. Crypto.com had added direct trading in its app on August 28, with fiat pairs in USD, EUR and other currencies, Coingabbar reported. Aster DEX, a decentralized derivatives venue, had listed a BASECAT perpetual contract with up to 3x leverage a few days earlier.
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 21 | Coinbase adds BASECAT to its listing roadmap | Coinbase Markets on X |
| Aug 24 | Coinbase announces BASECAT-USD spot trading | Coinotag, Crypto Briefing |
| Aug 28 | Crypto.com adds direct trading in its app | Coingabbar |
| Sep 6 | Record price, about $0.079 | CoinGecko |
| Oct 7 | $0.0124, market cap about $12.5 million | CoinGecko |
How it traded
The first reaction looked like a sell-the-news move. On August 26, BASECAT traded near $0.029 with about $15 million in daily volume, down roughly 19.5 percent over 24 hours, CoinGecko showed.
The decline did not hold. Coingabbar put the price at $0.0359 on August 31, up 66 percent in 24 hours. The record came on September 6 at about $0.079. Since then the token has given back most of that gain: on October 7 it traded at $0.0124, with a market cap near $12.5 million and a 30-day decline of about 72 percent.
We cannot tie the September 6 high to a single event in the sources we read. What the sequence shows is narrower: a dip right after a listing headline predicted nothing about the following month. Listing news moved this token in stages, and the unwind was as fast as the climb.
Risks and open questions
Basecat is a community memecoin on Base built around a cat in a blue hard hat. CoinMarketCap says it launched through the o1 launchpad and is now community-operated. Per Coingabbar's profile it has no formal roadmap, staking or governance, so its price has followed social attention and listing headlines rather than any built-in use.
Liquidity is the main risk. A market cap near $12.5 million across 1 billion tokens moves on modest orders, and Coinbase is one venue among many. CoinGecko counts the full supply as circulating, so there is no later unlock to price in, only the attention that drove the rally. Lookalike tickers multiply around listing news, so check the contract address Coinbase published instead of trusting a ticker. Our scam-spotting guide covers the copycat pattern, and our listings guide explains why headline moves fade or reverse.
What to watch next:
- Whether Coinbase's BASECAT/USD volume holds near the roughly $368,000 it showed on October 7.
- Whether more centralized exchanges follow Crypto.com's August 28 listing.
- The September 6 record near $0.079, the reference point for any recovery claim.
A listing changes who can buy a token, not what the token is. Nothing here is financial advice. Its sibling from the same Coinbase batch, DebtReliefBot, has its own page.
Not financial advice Listings often spike and then fade once the first wave of buyers is done. Nothing here is a suggestion to buy this token. Check dates on the exchange's own announcement page before trading: schedules slip. Our listing reaction data shows how new listings have typically traded.
