Coinbase Launches Tool That Lets AI Agents Trade Crypto and Make Payments for Users
Coinbase launched Coinbase for Agents, a tool that lets AI systems trade crypto, make payments, and manage portfolios on users’ behalf. It provides agents with financial data and transaction access while keeping actions within user-set limits. The product is available through a Model Context Protocol integration for web-based AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude, and as a command-line interface for developer tools such as Claude Code and OpenAI Codex. Coinbase also introduced Coinbase Advisor, an SEC- and CFTC-registered in-app AI financial advisor. Use cases include portfolio rebalancing, recurring investments, cash management, and buying datasets for trading analysis. Coinbase said agents will initially access crypto spot markets and derivatives, with future support planned for equities, prediction markets, and more. Payments on Base and Solana are expected once x402 support is added. The launch reflects a broader push by tech, payments, and crypto firms to build infrastructure for autonomous AI agents.
