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MetaComp's Agent Governance Framework Puts KYB-Style Checks on AI Agents in Finance
MetaComp has introduced what it calls the first AI agent governance framework for regulated financial services, unveiled at Money20/20 Asia, built around StableX identity checks for autonomous agents.
The Bank-Bypass Narrative Meets Arithmetic: Stablecoin Volume Is 0.02% of Global Payments
Stablecoins are behaving less like bank replacements and more like the banking system's most demanding clients, with annualized payment volume at roughly $390 billion against global flows measured in the hundreds of trillions.
AEON's Agentic Checkout Sends AI Agents Shopping on Visa and Mastercard Rails
AEON's new Agentic Checkout and AI Card let autonomous agents buy from Shopify and Amazon merchants by settling through existing card networks rather than native stablecoin rails.
Twenty-One US Banks Are Forming a Joint Venture to Launch Their Own Stablecoin
A WSJ report says twenty-one firms including several megabanks plan to create a company to issue a shared US dollar stablecoin, a defensive consolidation move aimed squarely at Circle and Tether.
XRPL's Agent Payments Near 4 Million as RLUSD Approaches $2.4B
Agent-initiated payments on the XRP Ledger grew 29% in four days to approach four million transactions while RLUSD circulation climbed toward $2.4 billion, even as XRP's price slid.
Solana's Payment Channels Take Aim at Machine-to-Machine Settlement
Solana has shipped Payment Channels, a rail purpose-built for high-frequency AI-agent payments, positioning itself against Ethereum's next-generation payment infrastructure in the emerging machine-commerce stack.
Tether Froze $42.4M on a Verbal Request. A Thai Lawsuit May Define How Far That Power Reaches
Two Thai businessmen are suing Tether over a $42.4 million USDT freeze executed months before any federal seizure warrant existed, putting stablecoin issuers' off-wallet freeze power on trial.
Oobit's Visa Virtual Cards Let AI Agents Spend USDT at Any Merchant
Tether-backed Oobit has launched a Visa-supported virtual card that lets AI agents spend USDT on behalf of businesses, converting stablecoin balances into card-network acceptance with no merchant changes required.
Solana Overtakes Base in x402 Transaction Volume, Reshaping the Agent-Payments Map
Artemis data shows Solana has passed Base in both x402 transaction count and volume for the first time, upending the assumption that Coinbase's own chain dominates its own agent-payment protocol.
a16z Bets $C-Series on Félix, a WhatsApp Remittance App That Settles in USDC
Andreessen Horowitz is leading Félix's Series C as the WhatsApp-based remittance platform doubles down on USDC settlement and plots an expansion into credit.
BNB Chain's Agent Studio v3 Bakes x402 Stablecoin Payments Into the Agent Build Stack
BNB Chain's Agent Studio v3 ships Trust Wallet integration, self-funding agents and stablecoin payments over x402, collapsing agent payment plumbing into a one-stop developer toolkit.
Mastercard's Start Path Takes Its First Agentic Commerce Cohort — 22 Startups Get Institutional Cover
Mastercard has admitted 22 startups to a dedicated Start Path track for agentic commerce, the clearest signal yet that the card network treats agent-driven payments as infrastructure worth validating rather than a lab experiment.