Robinhood will allow eligible U.S. customers to connect third-party AI agents to execute crypto trades on their behalf, extending a feature it introduced for equities and options traders in May. The company says the agent capability lets users build strategies with guardrails so they do not have to constantly monitor positions.
Robinhood has not provided a firm rollout date for U.S. crypto customers and said U.K. users would follow. The move is part of a broader push into autonomous trading and crypto services, complementing the firm’s work on real-world asset tokenization and its recently launched Ethereum layer-2, Robinhood Chain.
According to Robinhood’s crypto general manager Johann Kerbrat, Robinhood Chain processed about 17 million transactions from nearly 350,000 wallet addresses in its first week. Meanwhile, the initial launch of agentic trading for equities and options has attracted more than 70,000 agent-enabled accounts since the beta began in late May.
Robinhood will support agent connections from several third-party AI providers, including Anthropic, OpenAI and SpaceX’s Grok. The platform is also enabling eligible users to allow agents to make credit-card purchases on their behalf.
Executives across the crypto industry have predicted that AI agents will become major users of blockchain payments. Several infrastructure moves are already aimed at that future: Amazon Web Services integrated Coinbase’s x402 payments protocol into its Bedrock AgentCore so agents can transact in the USDC stablecoin, and wallet startup Oobit launched a Visa-backed virtual card that lets AI agents make purchases in USDT.
Despite these integrations, agent-driven transaction volume on-chain remains small so far. Data from Artemis shows only about $2 million in transaction volume flowed through the x402 protocol via AI agents in June.
Robinhood frames agentic trading as a way to give retail investors access to data-driven strategies and automated execution that previously favored institutions. The company emphasizes user control via strategy guardrails and third-party choice of AI provider.
As with any new financial technology, adoption and regulatory questions remain. Robinhood has not announced precise timing for the crypto rollout, and users should review safeguards and third-party terms before enabling agents. Independent verification of details is encouraged.
