Headline: Coinbase Unveils Autonomous Wallet Infrastructure for AI Agents Translation: Coinbase Unveils Autonomous Wallet Infrastructure for AI Agents

The American exchange Coinbase has launched Agentic Wallets, a wallet infrastructure designed for autonomous AI agents.

This new tool enables digital assistants to manage funds independently, execute payments, trade tokens, generate income, rebalance positions in the DeFi sector, and carry out on-chain transactions.

Developers emphasized the presence of built-in protection mechanisms aimed at preventing unauthorized actions.

«AI agents are all around — they answer questions, summarize documents, and assist with tasks. Yet today, neural networks hit a wall when it comes to handling money,» wrote Coinbase Developer Platform developers Eric Reppel and Josh Nickerson.

The Agentic Wallets infrastructure is built on the x402 protocol introduced in May. Coinbase is developing this standard in collaboration with partners to ensure fully autonomous transactions.

This solution expands upon the previously launched AgentKit tool, which allowed wallets to be integrated during agent creation.

«Did your assistant spot a profitable opportunity at three in the morning? The tool will automatically reallocate funds — without needing further confirmation, as you have given consent and set limits in advance,» noted Reppel and Nickerson.

In its initial phase, Agentic Wallets will work with Coinbase’s supported L2 solution, Base, which offers gasless transactions.

The wallets feature a command-line interface allowing users to check the agent’s status, add funds, and activate new features.

Security is managed by the Smart Security Guardrails system, which includes spending limits, session duration constraints, and other control tools.

Enclave isolation technology ensures that private keys remain within Coinbase’s secure infrastructure and are never exposed to prompts or LLMs.

«We are transitioning from agents that advise to those that act. From assistants that suggest to helpers that execute. From tools requiring constant human oversight to autonomous systems operating independently within trusted constraints,» stated Reppel and Nickerson.

The x402 protocol has already processed 50 million transactions since its launch. In December, the exchange introduced an updated version with broader support for «traditional payment rails.»

It is worth noting that in February, Stripe announced a beta version of its «machine payments» tool. This solution enables developers to charge AI agents using the USDC stablecoin on the Base network and the x402 protocol.