Coinbase Adds Hard Trading Limits for AI Agents—But Open Orders Need a Second Look

By Isaac • November 13, 2026 11:12 pm •

Coinbase is putting hard limits between an AI trading agent and a customer’s money.

The exchange’s new Agent Controls let users cap the size of a single trade, limit total trading volume over 24 hours and automatically stop new trades when a portfolio crosses a chosen loss threshold. The important detail is where those rules live: Coinbase says they run on its own servers, outside the agent’s control.

According to Coinbase, an agent cannot raise or remove those limits on its own. Customers manage them through Coinbase’s app or website, behind the account’s password and two-factor authentication.

The maximum-trade setting is denominated in dollars, while the volume limit measures cumulative trading over 24 hours. Coinbase says