Coinbase is pushing further into the AI narrative with a new product called “Coinbase for Agents.” The platform allows AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude to connect directly to Coinbase accounts and perform certain financial actions on behalf of users. At launch, the system can reportedly: ➜ trade crypto assets ➜ access market data ➜ rebalance portfolios ➜ execute strategies through natural language prompts Coinbase also plans to expand support toward payments, prediction markets and even online purchases over time. A major part of the announcement revolves around what the company calls “agentic commerce.” The idea is that AI systems could eventually handle more digital financial activity autonomously instead of users manually interacting with apps and payment systems themselves. To support that direction, Coinbase is also integrating its x402 payment protocol, designed for machine-to-machine transactions and smaller automated payments. Coinbase said agents will operate under user-defined controls such as spending limits and permission settings as questions around AI security and financial autonomy continue becoming more important. The broader trend shows how quickly AI and crypto infrastructure narratives are starting to overlap across the industry.