Key takeaways
- The Coinbase Launches tab shows new Base and Solana tokens inside the Coinbase app as soon as they appear onchain, and lets users trade them through its built-in DEX without a bridge.
- For creators, that removes the step where most fans used to quit.
The Coinbase Launches tab shows new Base and Solana tokens inside the Coinbase app as soon as they appear onchain, and lets users trade them through its built-in DEX without a bridge. For creators, that removes the step where most fans used to quit. It does not vet anything, so point your people at published round rules, not a fresh ticker.
What does the Coinbase Launches tab actually do?
Some coverage calls it the New Launches tab. The company described it in its own post as a way to find those tokens as soon as they are live.
Here is the real problem it solves for anyone with an audience. Reaching a fresh token used to mean leaving the app for a separate DEX, as Genfinity explains. Now users get access without bridging funds or connecting an external wallet. The reach is large, with Startup Fortune putting the exchange at roughly 100 million users.
The short version for creators: many of your fans may already carry the on-ramp in their pocket. That changes the conversation. It does not change the risk.
How does the Launches tab work behind the screen?
Automated indexing does the work, with no setup from the token issuer. According to Crypto Briefing, the system detects new onchain assets, runs them through third-party filters for malicious tokens, then surfaces them in the app. Solana trades route through the Jupiter aggregator, and the company has signaled plans to add more networks.
The DEX product page says an asset becomes available within hours after it is created. The same page says the platform does not list DEX assets in the traditional sense. So the feature covers Base, Solana and whatever comes next on decentralized rails, not a listing on the centralized exchange.
When a fan buys, the help centre says USDC leaves their primary balance, the trade completes on a DEX, and the asset lands in a self-custody wallet. Two kinds of markets, one app, one tap between them.
What does a shorter on-ramp change about explaining a wallet to a fan?
It shrinks the explanation from a tutorial to a sentence: the wallet lives inside an app they already use, and it belongs to them. Users create that self-custody wallet before their first DEX trade, and the company says it cannot sign transactions on their behalf.
Let me explain the old version. Install a wallet. Write down a phrase. Find a bridge. Move funds. Buy gas. Every step was a place to quit. Our guides to connecting a wallet to Base and to a play wallet still matter for the game, because every Base transaction needs a small amount of ETH on Base for gas.
What actually matters is the new sentence you say. Not “go set up crypto.” Try this instead: the app you have can make you a wallet, and the keys are yours. Then say the honest second line. Because it is yours, mistakes are yours too, and transactions on Base are irreversible.
Is a token on the Coinbase Launches tab vetted?
No. Instant listing is not vetting. The DEX page says these assets are not reviewed or approved by Coinbase, and they carry different risks from tokens that went through its listing process.
The filter blocks assets that a third-party vendor confirms as malicious or fraudulent. That catches known bad actors. It does not tell your fan whether a team is real, whether a supply is fixed, or whether a pool will keep its liquidity.
The company also has not published a screening threshold for which tokens appear, Cryptonews reported, while a specialist described the bar only as sufficient liquidity. So anything indexed automatically sits next to everything else. Your fan sees one more ticker in a long feed, and noise is where people get hurt.
What should a creator never promise a fan?
Never promise anything the contract does not do. Skin in the game is fine. Promises about it are not.
- No price, no return. $TTS is a utility token for playing the contest, and nobody guarantees its price.
- No sure win. When a round closes, Chainlink VRF draws the winning profile at random, weighted by tickets. More votes give better odds, never certainty.
- No refunds. In the app’s own words, “Votes are final and non-refundable.”
- No borrowed trust. The exchange’s legal note says its DEX feature is not a recommendation to buy any particular asset. A token showing up in an app is not an endorsement.
- No unlimited bonus. The operator caps how many signup bonuses and vote matches it pays each day.
Why point fans at a game with published round rules instead of a new ticker?
Because a fan can read what happens to every vote before casting one. A fresh ticker on a feed tells them nothing of the kind.
Here is how it works. Each round lasts one week and closes on Sunday night, US Eastern time. Up to 50 approved profiles compete, and the minimum vote is 5 $TTS. A player may add more votes during the round. A vote is refused if it would lift a profile above 40% of all $TTS voted in the round. The prize pool is only the $TTS voted on the winning profile: 35% to the top voter, 35% to the winning profile’s wallet, 10% to the charity wallet and 20% to the house. All $TTS left on the profiles that did not win goes to a burn address, and three trophy NFTs are minted at settlement. Our round mechanics guide walks through it vote by vote.
That is the belonging part of our corner of the Base ecosystem. Your people vote on one profile, in one round, against one clock, and everyone sees the same rules. Compare that with the creator coin backlash, where fans bought a ticker and hoped.
Frequently asked questions
Does Coinbase charge fees on DEX trades from the tab?
The company’s legal note on the feature says fees may apply, so the trade screen is the place to check before confirming. Inside Temptation Token, votes carry no $TTS transfer tax because the voting contract is tax-exempt. Every Base transaction still needs a small amount of ETH on Base for gas.
The company’s legal note on the feature says fees may apply, so the trade screen is the place to check before confirming. Inside Temptation Token, votes carry no $TTS transfer tax because the voting contract is tax-exempt. Every Base transaction still needs a small amount of ETH on Base for gas.
What happens if a DEX token later gets a full Coinbase listing?
The app may ask the holder to move it. According to Coinbase help, a DEX asset that becomes listed can be moved from the self-custody wallet to the primary Coinbase balance. That opens features like staking and trading on centralized markets. Until then, it stays in the wallet the fan controls.
The app may ask the holder to move it. According to Coinbase help, a DEX asset that becomes listed can be moved from the self-custody wallet to the primary Coinbase balance. That opens features like staking and trading on centralized markets. Until then, it stays in the wallet the fan controls.
Can a fan play Temptation Token without buying any $TTS?
Yes. A new wallet receives a one-time signup bonus of 500 $TTS when it first connects in the app, paid by the operator from its own wallet. No purchase is needed, because that covers votes at the 5 $TTS minimum. Everyone using the app must confirm they are 18 or older.
Yes. A new wallet receives a one-time signup bonus of 500 $TTS when it first connects in the app, paid by the operator from its own wallet. No purchase is needed, because that covers votes at the 5 $TTS minimum. Everyone using the app must confirm they are 18 or older.
How does a club get a share of a round?
A club needs a registered club code, which the operator approves on request to support@temptationtoken.io; it is not self-serve. If the winning profile was entered with that code, the pool splits 35% to the top voter, 35% to the winning profile, 10% to charity, 10% to the club’s wallet and 10% to the house.
A club needs a registered club code, which the operator approves on request to support@temptationtoken.io; it is not self-serve. If the winning profile was entered with that code, the pool splits 35% to the top voter, 35% to the winning profile, 10% to charity, 10% to the club’s wallet and 10% to the house.
The Bottom Line
The on-ramp got shorter for a huge mainstream audience. Use that to explain a wallet in a sentence, not to point fans at whatever appeared in a feed this morning. Send them to rules they can read first, and let them decide.
The one thing to try: open the app, read the round rules with a fan beside you, and cast a single vote together before Sunday night. Questions about clubs go to support@temptationtoken.io, and anything else to me at jim@temptationtoken.io. Join.
Play at app.temptationtoken.io.
Sources
- Coinbase on X: Launches tab announcement
- Coinbase on X: DEX trading legal note
- Coinbase DEX: Trade millions of Solana and Base tokens
- Coinbase Help: DEX trading introduction
- Coinbase Help: Trade and manage DEX assets
- Crypto Briefing: Coinbase unveils New Launches tab
- Genfinity: Coinbase's Launches Tab opens instant Base and Solana token trading
- Startup Fortune: Coinbase opens instant trading on Solana and Base tokens
- Cryptonews: Coinbase opens Launches tab for new Base, Solana tokens
Nothing here is financial advice. Digital assets carry risk, including the risk of total loss.
