Coinbase Global Inc. today launched Coinbase for Agents, a standalone tool that lets artificial intelligence agents trade cryptocurrency, pay for services and operate with financial autonomy directly from assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT.

The product is not a feature inside the Coinbase app but a separate account built for agents. Users connect an existing Coinbase account, set spending limits and the agent can begin transacting on their behalf. Coinbase is pitching it as potentially the only account an agent will ever need.

Coinbase for Agents builds on work the company started in 2024 with AgentKit, which gave developers the ability to put wallets in the hands of agents. It later added Coinbase Advisor, an AI agent inside…