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Dunamu and Visa Pair Up on Stablecoin Payments and AI-Driven Finance
The Upbit operator and Visa unveiled a roadmap covering OUSD-based business models, cross-border remittances and AI-driven financial services, extending the card network's agent-commerce push into Korean markets.
Solowin Takes Bahrain's First Stablecoin License — Now It Has to Ship a Coin
Solowin Holdings has secured Bahrain's first stablecoin license, giving the small Gulf kingdom an early regulatory toehold in a $308 billion market dominated by USDT and USDC.
Stablecoin Supply Turns Positive Again: USDT and USDC Add $1.7 Billion in August
Combined USDT and USDC circulating supply grew roughly $1.7 billion in August, ending three consecutive months of contraction and signaling a tentative return of net inflows into stablecoins.
CZ Says AI-Crypto Integration Starts With Stablecoins — He's Late but Not Wrong
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao told Bitcoin Asia 2026 that AI-crypto integration will begin with stablecoin transactions, a claim the on-chain data largely supports even if it is hardly news to anyone watching x402.
DBS and Stripe Partner on Cross-Border Payments and Agentic AI in Asia
DBS and Stripe are partnering to expand cross-border payments across Asia and jointly explore agentic AI services for businesses, extending the agent-commerce push into bank distribution channels.
Sui Basecamp Puts the Agentic Economy at the Center of Its 2026 Agenda
Sui's Basecamp 2026 in Singapore is structured around the agentic economy, another sign that agent commerce has moved from demo stage to conference-mainstage default.
Payouts.com Bets on Casper as a Dedicated Settlement Rail for AI Agent Payments
Payouts.com is partnering with the Casper Association to settle AI agent payments on the Casper Network, removing dependence on human card credentials for software-led purchases.
Why AI Agents Settle in Stablecoins: The Micropayment Math, Explained
a16z crypto's Phil Kwok walks through why card rails cannot serve autonomous agents making thousands of sub-cent payments a day and stablecoins can.
Coinbase's Slack Bot Settles AI Micropayments in 200ms — Inside the Machine Commerce Workflow
Coinbase turned a Slack channel into a payment rail for AI agents, settling machine-to-machine micropayments in roughly 200 milliseconds and bypassing subscriptions entirely.
Visa, Mastercard and Circle Want to Write the Rules for AI Agents That Pay
Visa, Mastercard and Circle are aligning on standards for AI agent payments settled in stablecoins, and whoever writes the rules for machine spending will shape the next payment network.
x402's $50M in AI Agent Payments Is Real but Deeply Microscopic — and Nobody Owns the Liability
x402 has cleared 165 million AI-agent payments worth $50 million, but weekly volume under $400,000 shows machine commerce is still a micropayment curiosity with no answer to who is liable when an agent pays the wrong recipient.
Bernstein Keeps $140 Circle Target, Citing Agent Payments and USDC Supply Growth
Bernstein reiterated its Outperform rating and $140 price target on Circle, arguing that USDC supply growth and AI-agent payment adoption support the thesis even if the CLARITY Act stalls in Congress.