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 conduct financial transactions on their behalf.
The product, launched Wednesday, allows AI agents to trade cryptocurrencies, access market data, pay for online services and optionally make purchases, all within user-defined spending and risk limits.
Coinbase said the platform allows agents to access its advanced trading tools via natural language commands, allowing users to authorize tasks ranging from portfolio rebalancing to automated strategy execution. At launch, agents can spot trade crypto and derivatives markets, with support for future-provisioned stock and prediction markets.
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 a subscription or manual payment process.
