Coinbase has unveiled an SEC-registered AI investment advisor along with new trading products as the company continues to expand beyond cryptocurrencies in its effort to become an “everything exchange.”
Summary
- Coinbase introduced an SEC-registered AI advisor that can help users manage portfolios using natural language commands.
- The exchange plans to launch 24/7 stock options, crypto options, prediction markets, and stock index offenders.
- Coinbase will expand its pre-IPO perpetual program with upcoming offerings tied to OpenAI and Anthropic.
According to announcements made during Coinbase’s system update event, the exchange is presenting an AI-powered advisory service, expanding access to the derivatives and prediction markets, and preparing new pre-IPO trading products linked to some of the world’s largest private technology companies.
The latest product launch comes as Coinbase continues to add traditional financial products to its platform after recently revealing plans to launch tokenized shares backed one by one by underlying shares.
Artificial intelligence tools approach user portfolio management
At the center of the announcements was Coinbase Advisor, which CEO Brian Armstrong described as one of the first SEC-registered AI-powered investment advisors in the world.
Armstrong said the tool will have access to user portfolio information and account history, allowing clients to interact with the advisor using natural language commands.
“Talk to him in plain English to take action on your account. He’ll even suggest ideas you hadn’t thought of before,” Armstrong said during the presentation.
Together with the advisor, Coinbase revealed that AI agents can now connect directly to their platform. Using systems like ChatGPT or Claude, clients can set trading rules and allow AI agents to execute transactions on their behalf.
The announcement follows a growing industry focus on agent finance. Earlier this week, stock and cryptocurrency trading platform Robinhood introduceed AI-based account management tools that allow clients to deploy automated agents to monitor trading activity.
New markets extend beyond cryptocurrency trading
Elsewhere at the event, Coinbase announced plans to launch stock options trading this summer, while crypto options are scheduled to arrive later this year.
The exchange also revealed plans to offer perpetual-style stock index products that can be traded 24 hours a day, including by users in the United States. The measure would expand the 24/7 business model commonly associated with crypto markets in stock-linked products.
Additional trading features revealed at the event include time-based prediction markets that allow users to speculate on future price movements in digital assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP and Hyperliquid. According to Coinbase, the contracts will cover periods ranging from 15 minutes to a year.
Private market exposure is also becoming an increasingly important part of the company’s strategy. Coinbase announced plans to expand its pre-IPO perpetual contracts program following the launch of SpaceX pre-IPO offenders ahead of the aerospace company’s record public listing.
According to Coinbase, the upcoming offerings will provide exposure to private companies, including OpenAI and Anthropic, before their shares are publicly available.
The new launches build on Coinbase’s previously announced tokenized stock initiative. The exchange has said those products will represent ownership interests backed 1:1 by underlying shares rather than synthetic instruments, derivatives or promissory notes.
Investors responded positively to the announcements. Data from Yahoo Finance showed Coinbase shares rose to around $170 during the trading session before falling slightly in after-hours trading. Shares were trading near $169.2 at the time of writing.
