Coinbase has launched a new product called Coinbase for Agents, a platform that allows AI agents like ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude to connect directly to users’ Coinbase accounts and conduct financial transactions on their behalf.
The product, which went live on Wednesday, allows AI agents to trade cryptocurrencies, access market data, pay for online services and eventually make purchases, all within user-defined risk and spending limits.
Coinbase said the platform gives brokers 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, traders can trade cryptocurrency spot markets and derivatives, 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 on Coinbase, which allows agents to make small payments for services such as premium research, data APIs, and computing resources without subscriptions or manual payment processes.
