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MetaMask Opens Agent Wallet for AI Trading to All Users
AI agents can now trade onchain through MetaMask’s wallet, with user-set spending limits and a three-stage security screen. The product launched August 6 after a June early access period.
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MetaMask made its Agent Wallet available to everyone on August 6, letting users delegate onchain trading to AI agents while keeping final control over funds and permissions.
The self-custodial wallet connects to frameworks including Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, and Cursor. Agents can monitor markets, prepare transactions, and execute trades through MetaMask's command line interface. The agent cannot move anything without rules the user sets first.
Users define daily spending limits, allowlisted protocols, and risk preferences before granting permission. MetaMask offers two operating modes. Guard Mode keeps agents inside approved protocols and spending limits; any transaction outside those rules pauses and goes to the user for two-factor approval via email or the MetaMask mobile app. Beast Mode removes some policy restrictions for advanced users. MetaMask said transactions flagged as malicious still get blocked and sent for human review. Agents cannot bypass the wallet's security checks.
Every supported EVM transaction passes through a three-stage security screen before execution. The first stage simulates the transaction and shows expected balance changes, token approvals, and gas routing. The second stage scans for threats using technology from blockchain security firm Blockaid. The third stage routes through MetaMask's Smart Transactions system to limit value lost to maximal extractable value activity.