Base Spotlights $2 Flat-Fee US–El Salvador Remittances via Sivar

base highlighted Sivar by Modveon on 2026-09-29, pointing to a remittance service that lets Salvadorans send money between the United States and El Salvador for a flat $2 fee on any transfer amount, with settlements completing in seconds on Base.

The post frames the service as an example of the network's global payments pitch. Base is the Ethereum Layer-2 network incubated by Coinbase and led by Jesse Pollak. Built on the OP Stack, it settles to Ethereum and has no native token — transaction fees are paid in ETH.

Sivar's pricing model charges a flat fee regardless of transfer size, rather than the percentage-based pricing common among traditional remittance providers. Remittances are a substantial component of El Salvador's economy, and the US–El Salvador corridor is one of the larger flows into the country.

Base's Payments Push

The mention lands as Base continues to emphasize stablecoin payments and real-world settlement.

What to watch: whether other corridors and payout partners are added to the Sivar service, and how Base's remittance use case scales beyond the initial US–El Salvador route.