Coinbase Empowers AI Agents with Payment Support and Trading Capabilities

Coinbase has introduced three new products designed to support payments, trading, and development across the emerging AI agent economy.

The company said that last month, agent traffic exceeded human traffic on Base documentation pages for the first time, reflecting growing use of AI systems to access services and operate online.

Coinbase Business users will be able to accept $USDC payments directly from AI agents beginning this week, with no additional setup required. The feature is powered by Coinbase Payments and uses x402, an open payment standard created for automated payments across websites and online services.

The company also expanded Coinbase for Agents, its Model Context Protocol product launched last month, with new commands that allow AI agents to access live market data and execute trades based on predefined rules. This includes live monitoring of open orders, access to order books, and real-time price and volume data.