Coinbase launches AI agent accounts that can trade and spend on your behalf

Tech Coinbase launches AI agent accounts that can trade and spend on your behalf "Coinbase for Agents" is 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. By Margaux Nijkerk | Edited by Nikhilesh De Jun 11, 2026, 5:00 p.m. 2 min read Make preferred on Share Share this article Copy link X icon X (Twitter) LinkedIn Facebook Email Make preferred on Summary Show 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. Coinbase has 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. 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. Coinbase said the platform gives agents access to its advanced trading tools through natural language commands, allowing users to authorize tasks ranging from portfolio rebalancing to automated strategy execution. At launch, agents can trade spot crypto and derivatives markets, with support for equities and prediction markets planned for the future. The company is also integrating support for x402, an open machine-to-machine payments protocol developed at Coinbase, which allows agents to make small payments for services such as premium research, data APIs and computing resources without subscriptions or manual checkout processes. 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. The company cited forecasts suggesting autonomous agents could account for as much as 20% of e-commerce activity by 2030. To address security concerns, Coinbase said agents can operate within isolated portfolios and will soon support customizable controls such as spending caps, trade limits and restrictions on which services they can access. Read more: Coinbase’s Jesse Pollak says AI agents are the next big wave for crypto payments Coinbase Artificial Intelligence Related Assets Bitcoin $ 62,659.87 0.79 % Latest Crypto News 1 Banking rails are moving past the 'stablecoin winner' narrative: Sygnum 23 minutes ago 2 Crypto for Advisors: Crypto ETFs 2 hours ago 3 U.S. House bill would erect crypto-theft task force across law enforcement agencies 2 hours ago 4 SpaceX stock is coming to Solana on the same day it lists on Nasdaq 3 hours ago 5 Canton Network developer raises $355 million to bring Wall Street onchain 3 hours ago 6 Tether leads $1.4 billion funding round in German robotics company Neura 3 hours ago 7 CoinDesk 20 performance update: Uniswap (UNI) gains 4.5% as all constituents rise 3 hours ago 8 Citi opens new route into private markets with tokenized share offering 3 hours ago 9 Ondo Finance hires former Invesco ETF chief to build onchain investment products 4 hours ago 10 It's not SpaceX. Bitcoin ETF outflows may be an arbitrage story 4 hours ago Latest Research RWA Tokenization Hits $28.9B Record as Stablecoin Market Cap Extends Gains to $320B RWA Tokenization Hits $28.9B Record as Stablecoin Market Cap Extends Gains to $320B Tokenized assets hit a record $28.9B in May; their tenth consecutive monthly all-time high. The stablecoin market cap also extended its run to $320B. By CoinDesk Research Jun 9, 2026 Tokenized assets hit a record $28.9B in May; their tenth consecutive monthly all-time high. The stablecoin market cap also extended its run to $320B. Why it matters : Tokenized assets hit a record $28.9B in May; their tenth consecutive monthly all-time high. The stablecoin market cap also extended its run to $320B. View Full Report More From Tech SpaceX stock is coming to Solana on the same day it lists on Nasdaq Privacy returns to focus as Ethereum developers explore new token standards World Series of Poker adds Solana payments for tournament buy-ins More From Bitcoin Banking rails are moving past the 'stablecoin winner' narrative: Sygnum Crypto for Advisors: Crypto ETFs U.S. House bill would erect crypto-theft task force across law enforcement agencies