Coinbase’s Everything Exchange: Agentic Finance, Stablecoins, and Tokenization with CEO Brian Armstrong

Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase and co-founder of New Limit, details the integration of financial services with artificial intelligence, termed "agentic finance." AI agents require independent financial accounts to perform autonomous tasks, such as micro-payments for data or services, which traditional banking rails struggle to support due to high flat fees. Coinbase is building infrastructure to enable these agents to operate on crypto rails. Beyond finance, Armstrong discusses his work at New Limit, which utilizes AI to accelerate epigenetic reprogramming research for longevity, targeting conditions like alcoholic liver disease. The conversation also addresses the potential for special economic zones in the United States to foster innovation by reducing regulatory friction, alongside broader visions for cognitive enhancement and the future of human-AI collaboration in an increasingly automated global economy.