Coinbase has introduced functionality that allows businesses to receive USDC payments from autonomous artificial intelligence agents. The feature forms part of a wider expansion of the exchange’s payment, trading and developer tools aimed at supporting financial activity conducted by AI systems.

Business users can now process the stablecoin payments through a protocol first released by the company in May 2025. That standard was designed to facilitate stablecoin transfers over standard web protocols for agents, applications and interfaces. In parallel, the exchange launched trading tools that permit users to monitor orders, obtain real-time market information and carry out transactions according to preset conditions. A software development kit was also released for builders of applications powered by AI agents.

The products are intended to equip an emerging environment in which AI agents handle payments, manage financial accounts and perform related tasks on behalf of users. Agent-driven traffic exceeded human traffic on the company’s Base documentation pages for the first time last month. The firm observed that existing internet financial systems were constructed around the assumption of direct human interaction, leaving a gap in tools suited to autonomous agents.

The initiative coincides with a broader industry move by exchanges and payment providers to position stablecoins and blockchain-based settlement as core infrastructure for AI-driven commerce.