Coinbase’s Base launches AI tool for ChatGPT to manage crypto wallets and DeFi apps
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.
By Margaux Nijkerk|Edited by Stephen Alpher May 26, 2026, 4:00 p.m. 2 min readMake 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.
“Base MCP is a first step toward making the onchain economy easier to use via AI,” the company said in a statement. “Instead of forcing users to jump between apps, parse protocol interfaces, or know exactly which action to take, Base MCP lets your agent help you navigate the ecosystem in a more personalized and understandable way.”
The launch comes as crypto companies increasingly experiment with agentic systems capable of autonomously executing blockchain transactions and interacting with decentralized applications. Industry proponents argue that AI agents could simplify onboarding to crypto by abstracting away the complexity of wallet management and protocol navigation.
At launch, Base MCP includes integrations with several DeFi protocols on Base, including lending platforms Morpho and Moonwell, decentralized exchange Uniswap and perpetuals trading platform Avantis.
The integrations allow users to interact with lending markets, supply assets to vaults, manage liquidity positions and trade perpetual futures through conversational AI interfaces rather than dedicated apps or websites.
Base framed the initiative as part of a broader push toward AI-native internet interfaces, arguing that chat-based agents may eventually become a primary method for discovering and using onchain applications.
“Over time, we believe agentic chat interfaces will become an important surface for app discovery and distribution,” the company wrote in its press release. “As more people use agents as their primary internet interface, apps will need a new way to show up inside those environments.”
Read more: Coinbase’s Base to focus on tokenized markets, stablecoins, developers this year
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