{"id":75890,"date":"2026-07-25T02:39:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T02:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/coinbase-rolls-out-ai-agents-payment-for-businesses-in-usdc-calls-it-a-high-conviction-bet\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T02:39:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T02:39:38","slug":"coinbase-rolls-out-ai-agents-payment-for-businesses-in-usdc-calls-it-a-high-conviction-bet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/coinbase-rolls-out-ai-agents-payment-for-businesses-in-usdc-calls-it-a-high-conviction-bet\/","title":{"rendered":"Coinbase Rolls Out AI Agents Payment for Businesses in USDC, Calls it a &#8216;High-Conviction Bet&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Coinbase enabled USDC payments from AI agents for 5,000+ Coinbase Business customers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Coinbase Business processed about $1B, pushing stablecoins into APIs and cloud services.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Coinbase\u2019s x402 tools could expand autonomous commerce, supported by 3.35% USDC rewards.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Coinbase Lets AI Agents Pay Businesses in USDC as Machine Commerce Expands<\/h2>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Coinbase is rolling out support for payments initiated by artificial intelligence (AI) agents through Coinbase Business. Merchants can accept USDC from autonomous software using x402, an open payment standard developed by Coinbase for machine-to-machine transactions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The feature uses the same Coinbase Business account that companies already use to receive payments from people. Businesses can manage, reconcile, and convert agent payments without creating a separate checkout flow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">\u201cA business owner can now sell their stuff to agents online,\u201d Siddharth Coelho-Prabhu, head of Coinbase Business, said, as businesses can now manage, reconcile, and cash out agent payments, all in one account.<\/p>\n<h2>Stablecoins Move Into Autonomous Commerce<\/h2>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Coinbase views agent payments as one of its highest-conviction growth areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Coelho-Prabhu said the company began investing in the idea several years ago after concluding that AI agents would become a major force on the internet. Coinbase said agent traffic recently surpassed human traffic on its Base documentation pages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The company is positioning USDC as the settlement layer for that activity. Agents can create wallets, receive funds, and pay merchants across Base and other supported networks.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Armstrong, co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, tweeted, \u201cThe agentic economy is going to be huge; it needs new financial rails, and we\u2019re building them.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_833651\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-833651\" style=\"width:1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/coinbase-rolls-out-ai-agents-payment-for-business-in-usdc-calls-it-a-high-conviction-bet-1.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Credential=AKIARQKIT2TMGZBKV2L6%2F20260724%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-Date=20260724T111906Z&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Expires=600&amp;X-Amz-Signature=da0426918c595c0fa3ee744fac460fedc958276b93e5a752323ccf7f0a6bd0fe\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-833651\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Brian Armstrong on X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Coinbase Business launched in June 2025 and has signed up about 5,000 customers. The unit has processed roughly $1 billion in combined payments and trading volume, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/coinbase\/status\/2080322207645863979?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to the company<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Businesses using the service can earn 3.35% in rewards on eligible idle USDC balances. Coinbase also says USDC payments do not carry traditional card chargeback risk, though foreign exchange and other charges may apply.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Early use cases are concentrated in digital services. AI agents are already purchasing access to application programming interfaces, cloud storage, domain names, and other online tools.<\/p>\n<h2>New Tools Put Agents Closer to Markets<\/h2>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Coinbase is also adding real-time trading features to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coinbase.com\/en-gb\/blog\/coinbase-for-agents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coinbase for Agents<\/a>, its interface for connecting AI systems to customer accounts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The new tools allow agents to monitor open orders, inspect market depth and follow live price and volume data. Users can also set conditions in natural language, such as selling bitcoin below a certain price or cancelling an order after a fixed period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Coinbase said those actions remain subject to limits set by the user.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">For developers, the exchange introduced an x402 software development kit that can add agent payments to an API, web service or AI server with minimal code. Its managed wallet tools also let developers apply spending controls.<\/p>\n<p>Coinbase\u2019s broader bet is that the next internet economy will serve two types of customers: people and software acting on their behalf.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/coinbase-rolls-out-ai-agents-payment-for-businesses-in-usdc-calls-it-a-high-conviction-bet\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways Coinbase enabled USDC payments from AI agents for 5,000+ Coinbase Business customers. Coinbase Business processed about $1B, pushing stablecoins into APIs and cloud services. Coinbase\u2019s x402 tools could expand autonomous commerce, supported by 3.35% USDC rewards. 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