Coinbase pushes further into AI payments with new MCP for Base network
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FORTUNE — Coinbase announced on Tuesday that has built a tool that allows users of its Base blockchain network to plug into services like Claude and Cursor.
The new tool, called Base MCP, makes it easier to use AI for conducting crypto transactions such as trading and lending, and comes as part of a broader push by Coinbase and payments giant Stripe to redefine the technical underpinning of online commerce.
The name Base MCP invokes a popular standard known as Model Context Protocol launched by Anthropic in 2024 that makes it easy for agents to communicate with AI models.
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