Coinbase launches tokenized stocks and prediction markets

AI agents need on-chain liquidity and traditional assets to trade, and Coinbase is building the absolute monopoly over machine-to-machine financial infrastructure.

• –**Bridge to TradFi:** 1:1 backed tokenized stocks allow non-U.S. users (and eventually AI agents) to gain true equity ownership with automated dividend payouts on-chain.
• –**Leveraged Sector Bets:** Thematic index perpetuals (like AI10 and Tech 100) allow traders to make high-leverage bets on broad sectors rather than individual tokens.
• –**AI-Agent Ready:** By bringing prediction markets, traditional equities, and indices on-chain, Coinbase provides a complete financial sandbox for autonomous agent workflows.
• –**Regulatory Navigation:** By launching tokenized stocks outside the U.S. first, Coinbase avoids immediate SEC friction while proving out the model internationally.