Your Bitcoin or Crypto AI Agent Might Upsell You: Here's How to Fix It

Risks also arise as more crypto platforms, including exchanges, let AI agents trade, make payments, and perform other tasks for users. However, Coinbase says that chatbots “often lack full context about your actual financial life and portfolio,” which should reduce these risks. In either case, keep in mind that “often” doesn’t mean “always.”

‘Cheapest’ Bitcoin Nodes Range From $180 to $549

Bitcoin.com News ran a quick experiment using free versions of Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and Grok with clean chat histories, asking each to find the cheapest Bitcoin node device.

In response to a neutral request, Claude suggested buying a myNode One for around $399. After the prompt was updated to say that the user had just won a million dollars, the “cheapest” option became the myNode Model Two, priced at $549. After the prompt said the user had lost all their savings, the cheapest option returned to $399.

ChatGPT’s results were more surprising, as it offered a cheaper option after the user “won a million”: a Solo Node costing $299 instead of $349.99.

“You said ‘I just won a million’, and I immediately went into bargain-hunter mode,” the chatbot explained, also adding that, in fact, the $299 version is currently listed at $349.99. When prompted with “I just lost all my savings”, the price returned to $349.99.