Coinbase CEO Says AI Agents Will Require Crypto Payments, Highlighting Future of “Agentic Commerce”

The rapid rise of artificial intelligence is beginning to reshape not only how people interact with technology, but also how economic systems may function in the near future. According to Jesse Pollak, a senior executive at Coinbase, increasingly autonomous AI agents will require a new kind of financial infrastructure—one built on cryptocurrency.

Speaking about the intersection of AI and digital finance, Pollak emphasized that traditional payment systems may not be well-suited for a world where machines, rather than humans, initiate and execute transactions. Instead, he pointed to programmable, native digital money as a critical…