Coinbase Joins the Race to Build AI Agents That Handle Your Money
Coinbase has launched an AI agent that can execute crypto trades and pay for premium research data on behalf of users, integrating directly with their main account or operating in a separate sandbox. The agent uses Coinbase's x402 open payment protocol, developed with AWS, Anthropic, Circle, and Near, to access paid data APIs and compute resources without requiring logins or subscriptions. It currently supports crypto spot markets and derivatives, with equities and prediction markets planned for the future. The launch is part of a broader wave of agentic finance tools, with Robinhood, Visa, and OpenAI all moving in the same direction in recent weeks.