Pool Party is a DeFi platform that enables social investing with self-custody. Users can follow strategies, fund creators, and grow their portfolios together while maintaining full control of their assets.

Do I need to transfer my funds to Pool Party?

No. Pool Party is 100% self-custodial. Your funds remain in your wallet until they're deposited into a strategy's audited smart contract.

No KYC is required to use Pool Party. The platform is completely permissionless and decentralized.

How are strategy creators rewarded?

Strategy creators earn performance fees based on the success of their strategies. This aligns their interests with investors' success.

Is it safe to invest through Pool Party?

Pool Party prioritizes security with multi-layer architecture, smart contract audits, bug bounties, and AI-powered real-time monitoring.

How do I start using DeFi on Base?

Set up a non-custodial wallet (MetaMask or Coinbase Wallet), switch it to the Base network, and fund it by bridging from Ethereum or withdrawing directly from an exchange that supports Base. From there you can swap on a DEX, lend, or provide liquidity, always starting with small amounts.

What can you do with DeFi on Base?

The main activities are swapping tokens on DEXs like Aerodrome, lending and borrowing on markets like Aave or Moonwell, liquid staking, and providing liquidity to earn swap fees. Most of the Ethereum DeFi stack has a Base equivalent, with much lower gas.

Is DeFi on Base safe?

Base inherits Ethereum security as an L2 incubated by Coinbase, but the protocols on top carry their own smart-contract risk, and activities like liquidity provision add impermanent loss. Use established protocols, verify contracts, and never deposit more than you can afford to lose.

Guide

Base DeFi guide

By Surfista Crypto · Reviewed by Evan Luthra · Updated August 3, 2026

DeFi on Base is the Ethereum DeFi stack (swapping, lending, staking, liquidity provision) running on a layer 2 where transactions cost cents. This guide covers the setup and the four main activities, with the risks stated plainly.

Step 1: wallet and funds

Everything in DeFi starts from a non-custodial wallet: self-custody is what lets you connect to protocols directly. Install MetaMask or Coinbase Wallet, add the Base network, and fund it either by bridging from Ethereum or by withdrawing from an exchange that supports Base withdrawals directly (cheaper than bridging). Keep a little ETH on Base for gas.

Step 2: the four activities

Swapping. Trading tokens on a DEX. On Base the main venue is Aerodrome, an AMM where prices come from liquidity pools rather than an order book.
Lending and borrowing. Supplying assets to markets such as Aave or Moonwell to earn interest, or borrowing against collateral. The risk to understand is liquidation if your collateral falls.
Liquid staking. Holding a token that represents staked ETH while it earns staking rewards, usable elsewhere in DeFi at the same time.
Providing liquidity. Depositing token pairs into pools to earn swap fees. This is the deepest topic of the four; start with the liquidity provision on Base pillar and the step-by-step Aerodrome how-to.

Why Base specifically

The honest answer is cost and backing. As an L2 incubated by Coinbase on the OP Stack, Base settles to Ethereum for security while charging cents per transaction. Cheap gas is not just convenience: it changes which strategies are viable. Rebalancing a concentrated-liquidity position weekly on Ethereum mainnet can cost more than the fees earned; on Base it is routine.

Where Pool Party fits

Pool Party lives in the fourth activity: it automates liquidity provision on Base with self-custody, so the rebalancing work described above is handled by a strategy contract you can verify on BaseScan. Launch the app.

Frequently asked questions

How do I start using DeFi on Base?: Set up a non-custodial wallet (MetaMask or Coinbase Wallet), switch it to the Base network, and fund it by bridging from Ethereum or withdrawing directly from an exchange that supports Base. From there you can swap on a DEX, lend, or provide liquidity, always starting with small amounts.
What can you do with DeFi on Base?: The main activities are swapping tokens on DEXs like Aerodrome, lending and borrowing on markets like Aave or Moonwell, liquid staking, and providing liquidity to earn swap fees. Most of the Ethereum DeFi stack has a Base equivalent, with much lower gas.
Is DeFi on Base safe?: Base inherits Ethereum security as an L2 incubated by Coinbase, but the protocols on top carry their own smart-contract risk, and activities like liquidity provision add impermanent loss. Use established protocols, verify contracts, and never deposit more than you can afford to lose.