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Robinhood will soon let eligible US customers connect an artificial intelligence (AI) agent to a dedicated account and trade crypto on their behalf.
The broker announced the expansion during a recent presentation, adding crypto to a product it first opened to equities in May.
Agentic Trading Moves Into Crypto
Robinhood launched Agentic Trading on May 27, initially in beta with support for equities only. At the time, the company said crypto, event contracts, and futures would follow.
The latest announcement confirms crypto is next. Connected agents will offer the same real-time profit-and-loss tracking and push notifications already built into the equities product.
Customers open a separate account and fund it directly. The agent only accesses those funds, and users can disconnect it at any time. Agents link through Robinhood’s Model Context Protocol servers.
Early demand has been steep. More than 70,000 agentic accounts have opened in the first few weeks, a Robinhood executive revealed during a presentation.
“This is another big step towards giving retail investors every advantage that institutions have enjoyed for decades,” she said.
Regulators and Rivals Circle the Agentic Trading Space
Robinhood is not alone. Coinbase introduced Coinbase for Agents in June, letting users connect agents to handle trades, payments, and automated tasks. AI agents have also reached tokenized stocks through Virtuals.
The rapid adoption has drawn scrutiny. In June, House Financial Services Committee Democrats sent the SEC 13 questions on agentic trading, setting a July 31 deadline for answers.
Representatives Bill Foster and Brad Sherman warned that agents trained on similar data could herd and amplify market volatility. They also questioned the liability of broker-dealers and developers.
Read the Original story Robinhood Plans to Let AI Agents Trade Crypto for US Customers by Kamina Bashir at beincrypto.com
