Coinbase’s Base launches AI tool for ChatGPT to manage crypto wallets and DeFi apps
Key takeaways
- With the integration, users can ask AI agents to send funds, swap tokens, check balances, review transaction history and interact with DeFi applications on Base without navigating traditional crypto interfaces.
- “Base MCP is a first step toward making the onchain economy easier to use via AI,” the company said in a statement.
- The launch comes as crypto companies increasingly experiment with agentic systems capable of autonomously executing blockchain transactions and interacting with decentralized applications.
The product, called Base MCP, connects a user’s Base Account to AI clients such as Chat GPT, Claude and Cursor using the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an emerging standard that allows AI systems to securely interface with external tools and applications.By Margaux Nijkerk|Edited by Stephen Alpher May 26, 2026, 4:00 p.m. 2 min read Make preferred on What to know: Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer 2 network Base launched “Base MCP,” a new AI integration that lets users connect their crypto wallets to AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude to send funds, swap tokens, track portfolios and interact with DeFi apps using simple chat prompts. The product launches with integrations for protocols including Uniswap, Morpho and Moonwell, as Base bets that AI agents and conversational interfaces could become a major gateway for how people use crypto and discover onchain apps.Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer 2 network Base has launched a new tool that lets artificial intelligence agents directly interact with users’ crypto wallets and decentralized finance applications through plain-language prompts, marking a new step in the convergence of AI and crypto infrastructure.
The product, called Base MCP, connects a user’s Base Account to AI clients such as ChatGPT, Claude and Cursor using the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an emerging standard that allows AI systems to securely interface with external tools and applications.
With the integration, users can ask AI agents to send funds, swap tokens, check balances, review transaction history and interact with DeFi applications on Base without navigating traditional crypto interfaces.