{"id":197212,"date":"2026-03-18T20:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T00:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/coinbase-bets-on-ai-agents-to-power-payments-growth\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T01:35:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T05:35:23","slug":"coinbase-bets-on-ai-agents-to-power-payments-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/coinbase-bets-on-ai-agents-to-power-payments-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Coinbase Bets on AI Agents to Power Payments Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/coinbase-bets-on-ai-agents-to-power-payments-growth\/\">Coinbase Bets on AI Agents to Power Payments Growth<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/coinbase-bets-on-ai-agents-to-power-payments-growth\/\">https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/coinbase-bets-on-ai-agents-to-power-payments-growth\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-18 20:24:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.pymnts.com\">www.pymnts.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Diversification Strategy:<\/strong> Coinbase is focusing on building the infrastructure for artificial intelligence agent payments amid the downturn in its core business, indicating a strategic pivot away from traditional crypto trading revenue.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>USDC and Base Blockchain:<\/strong> Coinbase plans to make the USDC stablecoin and the Base blockchain central to its agentic payments, aligning its technology to facilitate this new payment method.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Payments Protocol x402:<\/strong> The company created the x402 payments protocol last year to enable websites to accept payments from AI agents, highlighting its commitment to advancing machine payments.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Industry Collaborations:<\/strong> Coinbase is collaborating with other firms, including World and Stripe, to develop solutions like AgentKit and Machine Payments Protocol (MPP), indicating a broader industry push towards standardized AI agent payments.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Visa\u2019s Support:<\/strong> Visa&#8217;s support for MPP by enabling card-based payments for automated agent transactions shows the mainstream financial industry&#8217;s interest in machine payments.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Introduced Agentic Wallets:<\/strong> In February, Coinbase developed Agentic Wallets\u2014special crypto wallet infrastructure designed for AI agents\u2014which allow these agents to carry out autonomous spending, earning, and trading activities.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Focus on Agentic Commerce:<\/strong> 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