Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer 2 network has launched a new tool that allows artificial intelligence agents to interact directly with users’ crypto wallets and decentralized finance applications via plain language prompts, marking another milestone 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.
Through the integration, users can instruct AI agents to send funds, exchange tokens, check balances, view transaction history, and interact with DeFi applications on Base without navigating traditional crypto interfaces.
“Base MCP is a first step towards making blockchain economics easier to use through AI,” the company said in a statement. “Instead of requiring users to switch between applications, analyze 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.
This launch comes as crypto companies are increasingly experimenting with agent systems that can autonomously execute blockchain transactions and interact with decentralized applications. Industry advocates argue that AI agents could simplify onboarding to crypto by removing the complexity of managing wallets and navigating protocols.
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, contribute 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 could eventually become a primary method for discovering and using on-chain applications.
“Over time, we believe that chat agent 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 display in these environments.”
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