Coinbase’s Jesse Pollak says AI agents are the next big wave for crypto payments

Coinbase’s Jesse Pollak says AI agents are the next big wave for crypto payments

Search/NewsVideoPricesResearchConsensus 2026Data & IndicesSponsoredSearch/enTechShareShare this articleCopy linkX iconX (Twitter)LinkedInFacebookEmailCoinbase’s Jesse Pollak says AI agents are the next big wave for crypto payments Pollak, who will be speaking at Consensus Miami 2026 next month, also sees the open-source protocol x402 as a key part of that wave. By Margaux Nijkerk|Edited by Nikhilesh De Apr 25, 2026, 1:00 p.m. Make preferred on Jesse Pollak (courtesy Winni Wintermeyer/Coinbase)What to know: AI agents are rapidly gaining autonomy and increasingly need native, programmable payment systems, positioning crypto rails like Base and standards like x402 as core infrastructure for “agentic commerce,” said Coinbase’s Jesse Pollak in an interview.Pollak’s broader thesis is that crypto adoption will come not from hype, but from invisible integration, as agents (and humans using them)

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