In 2025, the Base, a neo-Nazi accelerationist group, made renewed efforts to solicit cryptocurrency donations. New allegations have also emerged that its founder, Rinaldo Nazzaro, a former Pentagon contractor, is a Russian intelligence asset. These developments highlight the group’s ongoing activities, including organizing training camps in the US, and reported attempts to carry out sabotage and assassination operations in Ukraine. This article takes a closer look at the Base’s finances to identify opportunities to detect and disrupt their activities.
Origins and Operations
The Base is a neo-Nazi, white supremacist paramilitary organization founded in 2018. While the group was initially primarily active in the US, the Base has also maintained a presence in Canada, Australia, South Africa, and parts of Europe. At its peak, the group had around 60 members, although its numbers reduced significantly to roughly a dozen individuals across the US following arrests by law enforcement. Despite these disruptions, the Base has recently intensified its recruitment efforts, and exact estimates of its current global membership remain unknown.
As of mid-2021, the Base had been involved in two acts of vandalism and three foiled violent plots in the US. Most of these targeted minority groups, including the Jewish community. The group's activities have also extended to Europe, where one of the eco-fascist cells was implicated in burning a mink farm, and other cells were sharing manuals for 3D-printed weapons.