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The Payments MCP launch by Coinbase is a significant milestone for AI-blockchain integration. By removing the need for API keys and enabling direct onchain access for major AI platforms like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, they're addressing one of the biggest friction points in AI-crypto convergence. The Model Context Protocol approach is particularly clever - it allows AI agents to interact with blockchain primitives as naturally as they would with any other data source. This could fundamentaly change how AI agents handle financial operations, moving from mere recommendations to actual autonomous transactions. The real question is whether the security model can handle the complexity of giving AI agents direct financial capabilties without exposing users to new attack vectors. I'm curious about the guardrails and limits Coinbase has implemented, especially around transaction amounts and frequencies. This could be the infrastructure piece that finally makes agent-to-agent commerce viable at scale.

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