Crypto exchange giant Coinbase announced the launch of Coinbase for Agents on Thursday, which gives users the ability to hand control of their trading accounts to AI agents and eventually have those agents purchase premium information to develop their trading strategies.
Coinbase says the new product lets users connect an AI agent directly to a Coinbase account so it can trade, pay, and run financial workflows within limits chosen by the user. It is available as both an MCP and a command-line interface, with Coinbase pitching the setup as a way to move from AI-assisted financial reasoning to actual execution. The company gives examples such as an agent gradually rebalancing a portfolio toward 60% bitcoin, 20% ETH, and 20% SOL, setting limit orders during market drops, monitoring idle cash, or buying premium data to decide when to dollar-cost average into a crypto asset. Crypto spot and derivatives trading are enabled at launch, while Coinbase says stocks, index funds, prediction markets, and commodities are on the roadmap.
TechCrunch reported that the product can run through a user’s main Coinbase account or a separate subaccount, and that future controls will include maximum trade size, approved services, and spending limits. Robinhood stepped into the same general territory late last month, letting users create separate AI trading accounts with a pre-loaded balance for stock trades.
