Coinbase Launches Coinbase for Agents, Enabling AI Agents to Trade and Pay on Behalf of Users

Odaily Odaily reports that Coinbase has launched "Coinbase for Agents," creating dedicated accounts and sub-accounts for AI agents, allowing them to execute trades, manage funds, and make payments on behalf of users.

Users can control AI agents through natural language commands, such as periodically rebalancing investment portfolios, executing trading strategies, researching market information, or automatically purchasing assets within a set budget, eliminating the need for manual transfers between different wallets.

Coinbase stated that this product builds on its AI-related developments over the past year, including the previously launched x402 AI payment open standard and AgentKit. Currently, platforms such as Gemini, OKX, and MetaMask are also exploring financial account and wallet infrastructure designed for AI agents, indicating that the cryptocurrency industry is accelerating its efforts to build for "non-human user" scenarios.