Base co-founders: The core team will not secretly manipulate the Base ecosystem tokens behind the scenes

Base co-founder Jesse Pollak stated that the core team of Base will not "manipulate" the Base ecosystem tokens behind the scenes, coordinating and deploying funds privately to actively drive up asset prices to achieve specific goals, as this would actively harm other assets, cannot be repeated or sustained long-term, and goes against Base's values of a free and open market, and is likely illegal.

Base is capable of and will promote the distribution and promotion of high-quality assets and applications. Base—and all markets—should be free, open, and fair, and my duty is to ensure that this remains the case.