Coinbase Launches Limits and Auto-Stop Features for Agent Trading

on November 11, Coinbase announced new control features for its AI agent trading tool, Coinbase for Agents, allowing users to set per-transaction limits, 24-hour cumulative trade caps, and an automatic stop-loss threshold for portfolio drawdowns.

Once portfolio losses exceed the configured threshold, the agent will halt order execution until the user manually re-enables trading in the Coinbase app. Users will also have the option to select which product categories the agent is allowed to trade, a feature currently labeled as “coming soon.”

Coinbase clarified that these controls are executed on its servers, giving users full management access via the app or web interface, while ensuring agents cannot alter them autonomously.