There’s a “stigma” attached to creators issuing tokens, said Jesse Pollak, the creator of the Coinbase-backed Layer 2, Base.

“I've uploaded a ton of pieces of content to Zora because I always like to be at the cutting edge, at the forefront and figuring out how do these tools actually work for creators? And my experience as a creator has been, there's been a lot of stigma,” Pollak said in an interview with The Defiant. “People have gotten attached to a notion of what coins are that's different than just the technology.”

Pollak said crypto market participants should understand coins as a technology that can be used for many different purposes, and not just to speculate on memecoins.

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