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Connect to Coinbase’s 100M+ users without sharing their credentials. With OAuth2, users can securely authorize your app to access their accounts, send payments, and trade crypto.
OAuth client creation is currently limited to approved partners. If you’d like to request access please contact us.

Payouts

Send payments directly to users’ Coinbase accounts—payroll, creator payments, rewards

Pay with Coinbase

Let users pay with the USDC in their Coinbase account

Trading

Enable users to trade crypto from within your application

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How it works

Full integration guide

Step-by-step implementation with code examples

Security best practices

PKCE, state validation, and secure token storage

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Before you integrate

Plan your scopes upfront. Scopes must be declared when registering your OAuth application and are difficult to change later. Adding scopes after launch requires users to re-authorize. See Scopes for the full list.
Implement PKCE for security. We strongly recommend implementing PKCE (Proof Key for Code Exchange) in your OAuth2 flow, especially for mobile and single-page applications.

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When to use OAuth2

OAuth2 is specifically for third-party applications that need to access Coinbase consumer accounts on behalf of users. If you’re building server-side automation for your own account, use API keys instead.

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Use cases

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Payouts to Coinbase users

Send payments directly to users’ Coinbase accounts—payroll, creator payments, rewards. Required scopes: wallet:accounts:read, wallet:transactions:send

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Pay with Coinbase

Let Coinbase customers pay for goods and services with their USDC balance through Payment Acceptance. Required scopes: wallet:user:read, wallet:payment-methods:read, coinbase:stablecoins:topup-read, coinbase:stablecoins:topup-create, coinbase:stablecoins:trade-read, coinbase:stablecoins:trade-create, coinbase:stablecoins:payment-read, coinbase:stablecoins:payment-create, coinbase:stablecoins:balance-read See Pay with Coinbase.

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Trading integration

Allow users to trade crypto directly from your platform using their Coinbase account. Required scopes: wallet:accounts:read, wallet:trades:create, wallet:trades:read