MetaMask has opened early access for Agent Wallet, with 200 spots available for users who want to test AI-driven onchain trading through the wallet’s new agent-focused setup.
The product is designed as a self-custodial AI trading wallet that lets users connect an AI agent, set rules and allow that agent to execute crypto actions inside defined limits. That puts MetaMask directly into the fast-growing agentic wallet race, where crypto wallets are shifting from passive signing tools into controlled execution layers for autonomous software.
Agent Wallet is built for users who want agents to handle swaps, perpetuals, prediction markets, staking and liquidity provision without handing assets to a centralized exchange or exposing a main wallet without guardrails. MetaMask says users remain in control of their keys, while developers can also bring their own keys and still use the product’s security pipeline.
The launch fits a wider market shift where AI agent payments on Base topped 100 million transactions and autonomous software is starting to look more like a real onchain user category rather than a future concept.
Guardrails Sit At The Center Of The Product
The key feature is not only AI execution. It is permissioned execution.
MetaMask Agent Wallet lets users choose spend limits, allowlisted protocols and a risk profile before letting an agent act. Guard Mode is aimed at everyday traders, with daily spend limits, allowlisted protocols and two-factor approval when a transaction falls outside policy. Beast Mode is built for power users, allowing broader protocol access while still blocking malicious transactions and surfacing risky actions for approval.
The wallet also includes email or MetaMask mobile push approvals, with users able to approve or reject a flagged transaction before it expires. That structure is meant to reduce the biggest fear around AI agents in crypto: giving software too much authority over live assets.
MetaMask says supported EVM transactions run through transaction simulation, Blockaid-powered threat scanning and MEV protection. Transaction Protection coverage is listed at up to $10,000 per month, while malicious transactions can be automatically blocked before execution.
Agent Wallet Race Expands Across Crypto
MetaMask is entering a competitive space that has already started to move quickly. Binance has already pushed a keyless agentic wallet for Web3 automation, while Base has been building toward agent-driven wallet activity through Base MCP and AI wallet control.
MetaMask’s advantage is distribution and self-custody familiarity. The wallet already sits at the center of Ethereum and EVM activity for many retail users, developers and DeFi traders. Adding AI agent execution gives it a way to defend that position as wallet competition moves toward automation, model-context tools and cross-chain trading.
Agent Wallet is compatible with OpenClaw, Claude Code, Codex, Hermes, OpenCode and Cursor, with support across EVM chains plus Solana. The product page also references Hyperliquid support, placing perps and active trading closer to the center of the wallet’s AI strategy.
The early-access rollout is still limited, and broader adoption will depend on how well MetaMask handles security, failed transactions, false positives and user trust. AI agents can make trading faster, but they also increase the cost of bad permissions. The 200-spot launch gives MetaMask a controlled way to test whether users are ready to let agents move from suggestions into actual onchain execution.
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