MetaMask has introduced its Agent Wallet, a self-custodial solution that enables artificial intelligence systems to perform onchain trading and other decentralized finance activities while remaining firmly under user oversight.
Officially available as of early August 2026, the product addresses a core tension in emerging agentic finance: how to grant autonomous software meaningful operational freedom without surrendering unrestricted access to private keys or funds.
The wallet functions as a dedicated interface tailored for AI agents rather than traditional manual interaction.
Users connect preferred agent frameworks—including Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, Hermes, OpenCode, and Cursor—then establish clear operating parameters.
These include daily spending caps, approved protocol lists, and overall risk preferences.
Once configured, agents can monitor markets, evaluate opportunities across protocols, prepare transactions, and execute them when conditions align, all within the predefined boundaries.
Two distinct operating modes offer flexibility based on user comfort.
Guard Mode emphasizes tighter controls, restricting activity to allowlisted protocols, enforcing outflow limits, and requiring two-factor authentication for any action outside policy.
Beast Mode provides greater latitude for experienced users, allowing broader protocol access while still intercepting and flagging potentially malicious activity for explicit approval.
In both cases, the human retains ultimate authority and can revoke permissions at any time.
Supported activities span a wide range of onchain operations.
Agents can handle token transfers and swaps (including batch transactions), open or manage perpetual positions on Hyperliquid, engage with prediction markets, supply assets to yield strategies, and interact across multiple Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible networks such as those associated with Robinhood and Monad.
A notable convenience is the elimination of the need to hold native gas tokens; network fees are settled using the asset being transferred or swapped.Security forms the foundation of the design.
Every supported EVM transaction undergoes a mandatory multi-stage review before execution.
This includes simulation to preview balance impacts, approvals, and outcomes; threat detection powered by established scanning technology tested across extensive MetaMask volume; and protections against maximal extractable value extraction.
Transactions that pass these checks and later result in loss may qualify for coverage under MetaMask’s Transaction Protection program, subject to terms and limits of up to $10,000 per month.
Flagged or out-of-policy actions require explicit human confirmation via push notifications or the mobile app.
By keeping private keys under user control—whether through server-side dedicated wallets or user-supplied key material—the Agent Wallet preserves self-custody while delivering infrastructure suited to automated workflows.
It targets crypto-native traders already employing agents for research as well as developers building new agent-driven strategies.
The result is a system in which agents can act considerably more quickly and comprehensively across DeFi, yet operate strictly inside rules set by the individual.
This launch reflects broader industry movement toward integrating intelligent agents into onchain economies, where software may manage capital and seize opportunities in real time. MetaMask positions the product as infrastructure that prioritizes constrained, inspectable, and secured execution rather than open-ended delegation.