Coinbase launches an AI agent that can execute trades and pay for premium research; users can give it access to their main account or have it operate separately (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/11/coinbase-debuts-ai-agent-that-can-trade-and-pay-for-premium-research/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260611/i39.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260611/p39#a260611p39" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Ivan Mehta / <a href="http://techcrunch.com/">TechCrunch</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/11/coinbase-debuts-ai-agent-that-can-trade-and-pay-for-premium-research/">Coinbase launches an AI agent that can execute trades and pay for premium research; users can give it access to their main account or have it operate separately</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; As AI agent traffic surpasses human traffic on the internet, companies working in commerce and finance are building tools &hellip; </p>