Coinbase announced the launch of Agentic Wallets, a wallet infrastructure product designed to give AI agents the ability to hold, manage, and transact with digital assets autonomously.

According to the company, Agentic Wallets allow developers to equip agents with capabilities such as funding, payments, trading, and earning through pre-built integrations rather than custom onchain transaction logic.

The product is built around x402, a machine-to-machine payments protocol that Coinbase said has processed more than 50 million transactions. 

The protocol is designed to facilitate automated payments, API access, and resource acquisition without human intervention.

The company said agents can autonomously trade Bitcoin, digital assets, and other supported tokens based on predefined strategies and permissions.

The platform includes configurable spending limits, transaction controls, Know Your Transaction (KYT) screening, and secure key management through Coinbase infrastructure.

According to Coinbase, potential use cases include automated Bitcoin and digital asset trading, decentralized finance strategies, machine-to-machine commerce, autonomous purchasing of digital services, and participation in creator economies.

The company said Agentic Wallets are available through the Coinbase Developer Platform and are intended to support AI agents that can execute financial actions within predefined security controls.