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The current price of Basenji is $0.001171 with a 2.99% change in the last 24 hours.
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Basenji (BENJI) is a community meme token on Base, Coinbase's Ethereum layer 2 network, themed around the Basenji dog breed. Its whole pitch is a pun: the Basenji is often called one of the oldest dog breeds, and its name happens to start with "Base". BENJI has no protocol or revenue behind it; it matters as one of the dog-themed memecoins that grew up with the Base ecosystem, and its value depends entirely on community interest.
BENJI is an ERC-20 token deployed on Base. The official website introduces it with the line "The oldest dog breed in history, happens to have base in its name" and builds its branding around the breed's history in ancient Egypt, where Basenjis are described as companions to pharaohs.
The website lists four token features:
Beyond the token, the community runs a Tamagotchi-style game, a merchandise store and an NFT collection.
The website does not name a team, founders or company, which is common for community memecoins. What is documented comes from exchange announcements linked on the website:
These dates place the token's launch and early growth in early 2024. Listings can change over time, so check each exchange for current availability.
BENJI is a simple fungible token. It does not run its own chain, validators or smart-contract logic beyond standard token transfers. Trading on decentralized exchanges happens through liquidity pools; an on-chain read of the main pool linked from the website shows it was created by the Uniswap v2 factory on Base, which suggests the primary DEX market is a Uniswap v2 pool. Because the contract has no transaction tax, every transfer moves the full amount.
An on-chain read of the token contract also suggests a total supply of exactly 1 billion BENJI and an owner address set to zero, which is consistent with the website's claim that ownership has been renounced.
0xbc45647ea894030a4e9801ec03479739fa2485f0.BENJI is a memecoin, and the website does not describe governance, staking or fee-sharing functions. Its uses are community ones: holding and trading it, and taking part in the project's game, NFT and merchandise activities. Anyone buying BENJI should treat it as a speculative community token rather than a claim on any product or cash flow.
Among Base memecoins, BENJI stands out mainly for its branding: the Basenji-to-Base pun, a consistent ancient-Egypt theme and early listings on several centralized exchanges. Its token setup (no tax, renounced ownership, burnt liquidity) follows the "fair" memecoin template that many Base tokens use.
BENJI is not a chain; it is a token on Base. Compared with other Base memecoins such as Brett and Toshi, BENJI is one of several animal-themed tokens competing for attention in the same ecosystem. Compared with Dogecoin, which runs on its own proof-of-work blockchain, BENJI depends entirely on Base and Ethereum for its security.
Transfers of BENJI are secured by Base, which posts its data to Ethereum. The token contract's owner privileges are renounced, so nobody can change the contract's settings, and the initial liquidity is reported as burnt. The website links to a CertiK Skynet page and states that a CertiK audit was passed; readers should review that report directly. Holders are still exposed to wallet security, phishing and fake-token risks.
BENJI is a straightforward example of how memecoins formed around Base's growth in 2024, using a simple brand and a no-tax, renounced token setup to attract a community and exchange listings.
BENJI trades on decentralized exchanges on Base, and it has been listed on several centralized exchanges according to announcements from those exchanges. Before buying on a DEX, confirm the contract address 0xbc45647ea894030a4e9801ec03479739fa2485f0 on BaseScan.
BENJI can be held in any wallet that supports Base, such as Coinbase Wallet or MetaMask, or in a hardware wallet connected to one. Tokens kept on an exchange are held in that exchange's custody.
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Read the complete paper trading guideThe current price of Basenji is $0.001171 with a 2.99% change in the last 24 hours.
The daily trading volume is $29.15 representing a 86.23% change in the past 24 hours.
The market capitalization of Basenji is $1,171,000, ranking #884 globally.
The fully diluted valuation (FDV) of Basenji is $1,171,000, calculated assuming the maximum supply of 1,000,000,000 BENJI is in circulation.
Circulating: 1,000,000,000. Total: 1,000,000,000. Max: 1,000,000,000.
In the last 24 hours, Basenji traded between a low of $0.001137 and a high of $0.001171.
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Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson criticized rival tokenized funds at TOKEN2049, pointing to BENJI’s onchain records, yield and costs.
Eligible institutions can pledge Benji-issued fund shares for stablecoin credit lines while keeping the underlying assets in off-exchange custody.
Franklin Templeton brings its $687M tokenized money market fund to Bybit, letting eligible clients use Benji shares as off-exchange collateral.
Eligible clients can pledge Benji-issued money market fund shares for USDT or USDC credit lines while the shares stay in custody and keep paying yield. Franklin ran the same structure with Binance in February.
Franklin Templeton has secured U.S. regulatory clearance that could place its $726 million tokenized money-market fund inside conventional mutual funds and ETFs as early as the fourth quarter. SEC clearance allows Franklin funds to hold BENJI The U.S. Securities and…
Franklin Templeton’s registered mutual funds and ETFs have received regulatory clearance to invest in the firm’s blockchain-based OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s investment management division issued a no-action letter covering the custody structure.…
