# Moonbeam Abandons Polkadot and Moves Its Token to Ethereum's Base Network

The smart-contract platform will migrate its GLMR token one-for-one to Base as a standard Ethereum token, wind down its own chain, and pivot to an artificial-intelligence agent protocol.

- Published: 2026-07-04T10:29:20.470Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-07-04/moonbeam-abandons-polkadot-and-moves-its-token-to-ethereum-s
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: crypto
- Sources: [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news), [The Crypto Times](https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/07/03/moonbeam-exits-polkadot-migrates-glmr-to-base-for-ai-pivot/)

Moonbeam, an Ethereum-compatible smart-contract platform that launched as a Polkadot parachain (an independent chain connected to the Polkadot network), will leave the Polkadot ecosystem and migrate its GLMR token to Base, Coinbase's Ethere…

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