Tria Launches Agentic Trading, Allowing AI Agents to Execute Crypto Trades Without Giving Up Control of Funds

What happened

Tria launched Agentic Trading, letting users connect AI agents such as Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor to run automated perpetual futures trades on Hyperliquid and Decibel through their existing Tria accounts, without moving funds to a separate AI-controlled wallet.

Confirmed

Global impact / market context

This lets traders automate crypto trades while keeping control of their money, which may attract retail users who research with AI but avoid automated trading. More automated orders could raise trading volume and fee revenue for exchanges like Hyperliquid, while easing a key worry about handing funds to AI.

Analyst inference

An April 2026 Investing.com survey found 62% of surveyed U.S. retail investors used AI for investment decisions, but only 4.5% of AI experimenters used automated trading algorithms. Tria's feature targets this gap, positioning AI-linked trading tools as a growth area for self-custodial crypto platforms.

Analyst inference

What to watch

1. Tria says the feature is powered by its Trade SDK, which means a software toolkit developers use to connect AI tools, and supports perpetual futures, which are contracts without a set expiry date. Confirmed
2. Watch whether Tria expands Agentic Trading beyond Hyperliquid and Decibel, and whether it adds more AI agents, since broader support could increase trading activity and revenue from user trades. Proposed
3. Watch whether regulators scrutinize AI agents executing crypto trades, since clearer rules could raise compliance costs for Tria and similar platforms, or restrict how much automation users can authorize. Analyst inference

Evidence

• chainwire.org