Coinbase launches crypto wallets for AI agents

Coinbase has launched crypto wallet infrastructure that allows 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 aims to build on today’s agents, which can answer questions, summarize documents, and assist with tasks, but can’t execute trades or orders on behalf of users.

"The next generation of agents won't just advise — they'll act," they wrote, saying agents will monitor DeFi positions, rebalance portfolios, pay for compute and API access, and participate in creator economies. Agentic Wallets expand on Coinbase’s AgentKit framework, introduced in November 2024, which enabled developers to embed wallets into agents.

The agents can transact via Coinbase’s x402, a payments protocol for autonomous AI use cases that has reportedly seen 50 million transactions.

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