Coinbase Launches AI Agent Trading Tool as x402 Tops 100 Million Transactions

3 articles · Updated · CNBC · Jun 11

Coinbase on Thursday rolled out Coinbase for Agents, letting AI assistants such as ChatGPT and Claude execute crypto trades and payments directly from natural-language user prompts.
The product lets agents rebalance portfolios, spot opportunities and manage positions, while Coinbase's x402 protocol enables autonomous payments for research, data APIs and computing that can feed back into trading decisions.
Coinbase is pitching the launch as a bet that AI agents will become primary financial interfaces online, with the tool later planned to expand beyond crypto into stocks and prediction markets.
x402, launched in May 2025, has processed more than 100 million transactions and counted about 157,000 buyer agents over the past 30 days, giving Coinbase fee, USDC spread and Base blockchain volume upside.

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100 Million Transactions and Counting: Coinbase’s x402 Protocol and the Rise of Autonomous Finance

Overview

Coinbase's launch of Agentic Wallets in June 2026 marks a major turning point in digital finance, enabling AI agents to autonomously manage, spend, earn, and trade assets on-chain. Powered by the x402 protocol—which processed over 100 million transactions in its first year—this system moves the industry from human-driven to machine-driven financial interactions. The x402 protocol realizes the long-envisioned HTTP 402 'Payment Required' standard, finally bringing native web payments to life. Together, these innovations lay the foundation for a fully automated financial ecosystem, where AI agents can independently participate in the digital economy.

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