Coinbase is rolling out Agent Controls in Coinbase for Agents, its crypto trading and research tool for AI agents, PYMNTS reported. The controls, announced Wednesday, November 11, let users set a limit for each trade and cap how much an agent can trade over 24 hours. An "auto-stop" feature lets users set a percentage-loss threshold for their portfolio. "If your portfolio falls below it, your agent stops placing trades until you turn trading back on in the Coinbase app," the company said.
Coinbase said the controls will eventually also let users choose which product categories, such as crypto, equities and derivatives, their agents can trade, and disable the others. "Frontier technology should come with strong safeguards that help protect users and their assets," the company said.
Coinbase launched Coinbase for Agents in June and has positioned it as a trading and spending account for the agent economy. On the company's May earnings call, CEO Brian Armstrong said more than 90% of on-chain agentic stablecoin transaction volume happens on Base and that the company believes "there will soon be billions of agents transacting."
PYMNTS also cited research by PYMNTS Intelligence and Thredd finding that 63% of consumers would let an AI agent compare credit offers, while 49% would let one fill out and submit an application.