Anthropic · AI Agent · Claude · Coinbase · ChatGPT · CoinDesk
Coinbase joined Robinhood (HOOD) in launching a product aimed at letting AI agents trade on users' behalf
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Coinbase said it launched a new product called Coinbase for Agents, a platform that allows artificial intelligence agents such as ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude to connect directly to users' Coinbase accounts and carry out financial transactions on their behalf.
Key facts
- Coinbase joined Robinhood (HOOD) in launching a product aimed at letting AI agents trade on users' behalf
- The product, which went live on Wednesday, enables AI agents to trade cryptocurrencies, access market data, pay for online services and eventually make purchases, all within user-defined spending
- Coinbase framed the launch as a step toward what it calls "agentic commerce," a future in which AI systems increasingly handle financial and commercial activity on behalf of users
Summary
Coinbase announced Wednesday that it had launched "Coinbase for Agents," a new platform that lets AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude connect to users’ Coinbase accounts to trade crypto, access data and eventually make payments and purchases autonomously. The company is betting on the rise of "agentic commerce," pairing AI agents with its x402 payments protocol and user-defined spending controls to enable automated financial transactions while maintaining security guardrails. The product, which went live on Wednesday, enables AI agents to trade cryptocurrencies, access market data, pay for online services and eventually make purchases, all within user-defined spending and risk limits.