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Decision Matrix

Source Map

• Coinbase Help: How to create an API key (s1)
• OKX: OKX API Agreement (s2)
• OKX: OKX API Guide (s3)
• Coinbase Help: Is my API key secure? (s4)
• CISA: Securing APIs (s5)

Control Notes

1. Permission model

Permission model is the part of the decision where the reader must turn a public source into an operating rule. In this package, it means Coinbase names product permissions while OKX frames minimum scope as a user obligation. The useful action is to map each integration action to the narrowest possible permission. The unresolved edge is whether a third-party bot requests broader access than the documented need, so this article does not convert that uncertainty into a promise, ranking, reward, approval, safety claim or future-availability claim.

For an operator, permission model should be recorded before funds, account access, wallet recovery, API order flow, whitelist changes, cross-chain transfers or tokenized-asset decisions become material. The record can stay simple: the official source URL, the date checked, the product or network under review, and a non-secret note describing why the next step is acceptable. Screenshots should avoid balances, identity documents, API keys, recovery phrases, private keys, passphrases, verification codes and support-ticket private data.

2. IP binding

IP binding is the part of the decision where the reader must turn a public source into an operating rule. In this package, it means Coinbase requires an IP whitelist field and OKX requires IP allowlisting where available. The useful action is to avoid creating trade or transfer keys for unknown or shifting infrastructure. The unresolved edge is whether the user's hosting environment has stable outbound IPs, so this article does not convert that uncertainty into a promise, ranking, reward, approval, safety claim or future-availability claim.

For an operator, ip binding should be recorded before funds, account access, wallet recovery, API order flow, whitelist changes, cross-chain transfers or tokenized-asset decisions become material.

3. Secret recovery

Secret recovery is the part of the decision where the reader must turn a public source into an operating rule. In this package, it means Coinbase says lost API secrets and passphrases cannot be retrieved. The useful action is to store secrets in a manager and rotate instead of asking support to recover them. The unresolved edge is whether existing old keys were copied into logs or code repositories, so this article does not convert that uncertainty into a promise, ranking, reward, approval, safety claim or future-availability claim.

For an operator, secret recovery should be recorded before funds, account access, wallet recovery, API order flow, whitelist changes, cross-chain transfers or tokenized-asset decisions become material.

4. AI-agent risk

AI-agent risk is the part of the decision where the reader must turn a public source into an operating rule. In this package, it means OKX explicitly names authorized AI agents and unexpected behavior reporting. The useful action is to add kill switches, logging and scope review before allowing automated order placement. The unresolved edge is whether future venue terms add new AI-agent obligations, so this article does not convert that uncertainty into a promise, ranking, reward, approval, safety claim or future-availability claim.

For an operator, ai-agent risk should be recorded before funds, account access, wallet recovery, API order flow, whitelist changes, cross-chain transfers or tokenized-asset decisions become material.

5. Audit outcome

Audit outcome is the part of the decision where the reader must turn a public source into an operating rule. In this package, it means the comparison should produce a key inventory, not a venue ranking. The useful action is to list key owner, permission, IP range, rotation date and disabled status. The unresolved edge is the private state of any existing key, so this article does not convert that uncertainty into a promise, ranking, reward, approval, safety claim or future-availability claim.

For an operator, audit outcome should be recorded before funds, account access, wallet recovery, API order flow, whitelist changes, cross-chain transfers or tokenized-asset decisions become material.

Known Unknowns

• whether a third-party bot requests broader access than the documented need
• whether the user's hosting environment has stable outbound IPs
• whether existing old keys were copied into logs or code repositories
• whether future venue terms add new AI-agent obligations
• the private state of any existing key

Practical Takeaway

The safest version of this article is the one that stays boring and exact. Coinbase and OKX both make API-key scope a security decision, but the controls are not identical. Coinbase Exchange requires an IP whitelist during API-key creation and separates View, Transfer, Trade and Manage permissions; OKX emphasizes minimum scope, MFA, IP allowlisting where available, encrypted storage and incident rotation in its API agreement. The user outcome is a clearer next inspection step, not a promise that a platform, API, transfer route or tokenized asset will work under every future condition.