Aavegotchi Moves to Base with 93% Support

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Game Over for Polygon? Aavegotchi Moves to Base with 93% Support

Written by Aaron S.,

Editor-In-Chief

Last Updated: April 09, 2025

Key Takeaways

Over 93% of Aavegotchi’s community voted to leave Polygon and migrate the project to Base;
The team chose Base due to a close relationship with its developers and better growth potential than Polygon;
Falling crypto prices and U.S. trade policy changes led Aavegotchi’s team to cut costs and adjust its plans.

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Game Over for Polygon? Aavegotchi Moves to Base with 93% Support

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Aavegotchi, a project that combines non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and Web3 gaming, has chosen to stop using Polygon MATIC $0.1995 and move to Base, an Ethereum ETH $3,111.23 Layer-2 network.

This decision came after an on-chain vote where more than 93% of community members supported the switch. The proposal, titled "Make Aavegotchi Based Again", will see the project’s smart contracts removed from Polygon and re-launched on Base.

Base was chosen partly because of Aavegotchi’s working relationship with its team, and because of how the Base network is growing. In a February 13 post on X, Aavegotchi’s founder said the decision was about making the best long-term choice.

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He stated that staying with Polygon no longer made sense, especially with the pace of development slowing there.

Aavegotchi’s team also said Polygon has not made improvements to help projects focused on gaming. In contrast, they believe Base—and another network, Arbitrum ARB $0.2149 —are more reliable and better suited for the future.

The founder also noted that Base makes it easier for new users to join, which is important for reaching more people.

A drop in digital asset prices, made worse by US trade policy changes under President Donald Trump, has hit areas like NFTs and meme tokens especially hard. In response, Pixelcraft Studios, the team behind Aavegotchi, has reduced staff to lower spending and keep the project going.

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