Anchorage Digital Is Giving AI Agents Their Own Bank Accounts

Anchorage Digital CEO and Co-Founder Nathan McCauley joins CoinDesk Live at Consensus Miami to break down the launch of Agentic Banking, a new regulated infrastructure that gives AI agents real financial rails to pay and get paid. With Google Cloud as the inaugural strategic partner, McCauley explains how spending controls, verified merchants, and a new compliance framework could make autonomous AI spending safe enough for everyday use. - Anchorage Digital is a sponsor of CoinDesk's Consensus Miami 2026. - Timecodes: 00:00 - Introduction to Agentic Banking and Anchorage Digital 01:08 - What Does It Actually Mean for AI Agents to Have Financial Rails? 02:11 - Google Cloud as an Inaugural Partner and the Role of Open Protocols 04:17 - The Risk of Agents Overspending 05:54 - "Know Your Agent" (KYA): the New Compliance Framework 06:28 - How Quickly will Agentic Banking Go Mainstream? - #cryptocurrency #digitalfinance #finance #bitcoin #crypto Subscribe to CoinDesk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CoinDesk?sub_confirmation=1 CoinDesk is the leading digital media, events and information services company for the crypto asset and blockchain technology community. Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/coindesk LinkedIn: https://www.din.com/company/coindesk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coindesk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoinDesk Newsletters: https://www.coindesk.com/newsletters CoinDesk Podcast Network: https://open.spotify.com/show/2jyIhkvAQhed8AWDZiPpSP Public Keys: https://open.spotify.com/show/1rqYzRV10nfKfoTpFXZhTE Markets Daily Crypto Roundup: https://open.spotify.com/show/7sDXM8BlxsUqzL2IqmLqwE The Policy Protocol: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Fh8ffulAWcCqMu0uVuwoj