The new perps feature originated from Coinbase's '/feedback' tool: a user's agent submitted feedback, Coinbase's agent converted it into a pull request, and the team approved and shipped the update within five minutes. Users can now trade perps via their agents, covering crypto plus US 500, TECH 100, AI, Defense, and China markets. Per the post, top assets by notional volume from 10/12 to 10/19 were LINK, BTC, and QNT. Coinbase for Agents is natively available on Grok, Grok Bot, Perplexity Computer, and via MCP on other AI platforms.

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  1. First reportCoinbase launches index and crypto perpetual trading for AI agents2 acc.
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  • @coinbase Coinbase 🛡️First reportOn X ↗

    "Hey Jarvis, long the US500." Trade index and crypto perps on Coinbase from Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, and more. Get started by telling your agent: "connect to https://t.co/Dj7rKBPVlY" https://t.co/wN6IsrQCVd

1 more account posted about this · 1 Telegram channel (no public link)

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Positioning · COIN

Open85 open positions · 76 long · 9 short

Tracked accounts lean long about 97% of the time, so a long-heavy book is normal, not a signal. As of 21 Oct 23:00 UTC.

Reaction since the first post

Since 19 Oct 14:29 UTC6 calls opened · 5 long · 1 short

Callers with a scored record

@watchingmarkets long · entry $169.46alpha −0.103 · 50% hit rate · 52 scored
@CK_Cryptoklepto short · entry $168.46alpha −0.159 · 35% hit rate · 23 scored

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Crowding0th percentile · vs last 28 days, 50 typical
Pulse 24h77/100 · unusualness of new calls, 0–100, 50 typical, higher means more long than usual
Book93.2% long · 2,958 accounts

As of 22 Oct 00:50 UTC.

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