Base has officially launched its new Base MCP, a platform designed to enhance AI agent payments by allowing users to interact with AI agents in conversational language for tasks such as fund transfers and transaction tracking. This move positions Base in direct competition with Stripe's Agent Payment Protocol (MPP), as both companies aim to dominate the emerging market of agent-to-agent payments. The launch of Base MCP highlights the growing importance of AI in the cryptocurrency space, with Base focusing on expanding use cases for agent payments. This development follows a trend where major financial institutions and tech companies, including Capital One and Mastercard, have made strategic acquisitions to bolster their AI-powered payment capabilities. With the introduction of Base MCP, Coinbase aims to secure its leadership in the agent payments sector by leveraging its crypto-native infrastructure and expanding the application layer for AI transactions.