Coinbase calls AI payments its 'most high-conviction bet' as businesses begin accepting agent payments
Quick TakeOn the heels of Coinbase Business one-year anniversary, the unit is rolling out the capability for all its clients to start accepting agentic payments.Team lead Sid Coelho-Prabhu told The Block that agentic payments are one of Coinbases “most high-conviction bets.” Coinbase Business is expanding its suite of AI tools to help its business clients onboard into the agentic economy, according to an announcement on Thursday. Namely, the exchange is rolling out a payments stack that will enable businesses to accept payments from AI bots. The solution is powered by Coinbase Payments, and uses the x402 open internet payments standard incubated by Coinbase. “A business owner can now sell their stuff to agents online,” Head of Coinbase Business Siddharth Coelho-Prabhu told The Block in an interview. “Its not any extra work. They can already sell their products, goods and services to humans today using Coinbase Business; were just going to add a separate lane in the same product for agents.” “Agents can come in and speak machine-friendly language, consummate the transaction and move on to the next task,” Coelho-Prabhu added, explaining how x402 works. The move comes on the heels of Coinbase Business first anniversary, having officially launched in June 2025. Since then, Coelho-Prabhu said