PANews, June 18 – Molly O'Shea, founder of the tech and investment media platform Sourcery, revealed on X that Coinbase's AI agent has been registered as an investment advisor with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and holds an independent financial account. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong stated that AI agents are forming an independent economy: they purchase goods and services and hire other agents to collaborate, thus requiring entirely new financial infrastructure to support these activities. Coinbase provides a complete technology stack covering trading, payments, and account management for this trend. Previously, Coinbase launched the "Coinbase for Agents" platform, allowing AI systems to execute trading and payment tasks through independent sub-accounts within a security framework set by users, covering spot, derivatives, and future stocks and prediction markets.