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Letting an AI agent trade for you without handing over your coins

Agents can now place trades on your account through Coin Nerds CLI. Here is how scoped keys and non-custodial delivery make that something you can actually trust.

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Letting an AI agent trade for you without handing over your coins

In short

  • There is no exchange balance for a badly prompted agent to drain.
  • Scoped keys grant exactly the permissions you choose: read, trade, or full.
  • Every key is locked to one IP and revocable in one click.

The idea of an AI agent trading with real money makes most people nervous, and it should. The question is what happens when the agent gets it wrong. On a custodial exchange, a badly prompted agent or a leaked key can empty an account. Here, it cannot, because there is no exchange balance to empty.

Scoped keys do the rest

Every API key you generate carries exactly the permissions you grant: read only, read and trade, or full access. Each key is locked to a single IP address and can be revoked from your dashboard in one click. Give your market-watching agent read access. Give your dollar-cost-averaging agent trade access. Keep withdrawals for yourself.

Give your market-watching agent read access. Keep withdrawals for yourself.

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