Coinbase unveils crypto wallets designed specifically for AI agents

Users can set controls and permissions to allow the AI agent to manage liquidity positions and execute trades at any time of day, Coinbase said.

Coinbase has launched crypto wallet infrastructure allowing AI agents — programs that can think and transact without human input — to spend, earn and trade crypto. 

In a post on Wednesday, Coinbase programmers Erik Reppel and Josh Nickerson said the new Agentic Wallets feature seeks to build on today’s agents, which can answer questions, summarize documents and assist with tasks, but can’t execute trades and orders on behalf of users:

“The next generation of agents won't just advise – they'll act,” the pair said, adding that AI agents will be able to do everything from monitoring decentralized finance positions and rebalancing portfolios to paying for compute and API access and participating in creator economies.

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