Base DEX Volume Surges to $1.2B Driven by New Meme Coin Frenzy

• Base, Coinbase's Ethereum scaling network, hit a record $1.22B in daily DEX trading volume on Saturday driven by meme coins • The frenzy is due to new meme coins like DEGEN and BRETT surging to $500M+ market caps each • Base set a record 172k daily unique DEX wallets on Saturday, with volume still high Sunday and Monday • Uniswap dominates Base DEX volume with $1.14B (90%+) of the Saturday record volume • Traders are calling for a "Base season" to match Solana's recent meme coin mania, with coins like Dogwifhat hitting $1B market caps