Key Highlights
- Gemini launched Agentic Trading, letting users connect AI tools directly to their crypto accounts to automate transactions.
- The system runs on MCP and uses Trading Skills, which help AI access market data, price spreads, and historical charts to trade in real time.
- Users can plug in AI models like ChatGPT or Claude to execute strategies automatically.
U.S.-based crypto exchange Gemini today reported that it has launched a new feature called Agentic Trading. The exchange said the system is already available globally and is built to make trading more automatic and easier to run using AI.
According to the official release, this feature gives users the ability to connect artificial intelligence tools directly to their trading accounts so that AI can carry out trading tasks like buying, selling, monitoring prices, and managing risk without needing constant human action.
How the system works
According to the company, the system operates on the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard created by Anthropic that allows AI agents to access external tools and APIs.
The platform said it has integrated its full trading API into MCP, meaning AI tools can now use almost every part of the exchange. To make this work easy, Gemini introduced what it calls Trading Skills. These are small built-in tools that AI can use when trading.
At launch, the system includes Get Market Data, which provides live price and order book information; Find the Spread, which checks bid-ask differences; and Retrieve Candles, which gives historical price data used for charting and analysis. These tools allow AI systems to respond to market changes in real time and execute actions instantly based on instructions.
How users can connect to AI features
Users can connect AI models such as Anthropic’s Claude or OpenAI’s ChatGPT through MCP and use them for trading tasks ranging from simple buy and sell orders to more complex strategies involving multiple positions.
Gemini said users do not need to rebuild their systems or learn complex tools, because the setup is simple and direct. Once linked, traders can define strategies while the AI handles execution, timing, and monitoring.
“We believe we’re at the beginning of a fundamental shift in how people interact with financial markets. Agentic trading isn’t just a feature. It’s a new paradigm where AI handles the execution, patterns, and discipline, while you focus on strategy and goals,” Gemini stated.
Growing focus on AI in payments and trading
This launch comes after Gemini made major internal changes. Earlier this year, the company cut about 25% of its staff and stopped operations in some regions like the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Australia to focus more on the United States, using AI to work more efficiently with a smaller team.
Other companies are also building similar systems that connect AI and finance. Earlier this month, the x402 protocol, supported by Coinbase and now under the Linux Foundation, said that it was building a system that would allow AI to make crypto transactions for users.
Another initiative, the Machine Payments Protocol developed under Stripe’s Tempo network, is focused on enabling automated payments between machines using shared standards like MCP.
Overall, Gemini is joining this trend. The main idea behind Agentic Trading is simple: users set the plan, and AI carries it out. Instead of watching charts all day, traders can let AI handle the execution while they focus on their overall strategy.
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