Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer 2 network has launched a new tool that allows AI agents to directly interact with users’ crypto wallets and decentralized financial applications through plain language prompts, marking a new step in the convergence of AI and crypto infrastructure.
The product, called Base MCP, connects a user’s base account to AI clients such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Cursor using the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an emerging standard that allows AI systems to securely interact with external tools and applications.
With the integration, users can ask AI agents to send funds, exchange tokens, check balances, review transaction history, and interact with DeFi applications on Base without navigating traditional crypto interfaces.
“Base MCP is a first step in making the chain economy more user-friendly through AI,” the company said in a statement. “Instead of forcing users to jump between applications, parse protocol interfaces, or know exactly what action to take, Base MCP allows your agent to help you navigate the ecosystem in a more personalized and understandable way.”
The launch comes as crypto companies increasingly experiment with agent systems capable of autonomously executing blockchain transactions and interacting with decentralized applications. Industry advocates argue that AI agents could simplify onboarding with cryptocurrencies by abstracting the complexity of wallet management and protocol navigation.
At launch, Base MCP includes integrations with several DeFi protocols on Base, including lending platforms Morpho and Moonwell, decentralized exchange Uniswap, and perpetual trading platform Avantis.
The integrations allow users to interact with lending markets, supply assets to vaults, manage liquidity positions, and trade perpetual futures through conversational AI interfaces rather than dedicated apps or websites.
Base framed the initiative as part of a broader push toward AI-native Internet interfaces, arguing that chat-based agents may eventually become a primary method of discovering and using on-chain applications.
“Over time, we believe agent chat interfaces will become an important surface for application discovery and distribution,” the company wrote in its press release. “As more people use agents as their primary Internet interface, applications will need a new way to appear within those environments.”
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