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Mastercard is letting AI agents buy goods for cardholders through a new deal with Alchemy, as one company executive says about 132 million consumers now use AI. Key Points: Alchemy's AgentCard now gives AI agents one-time-use Mastercard credentials for online purchases. Cardholders can cap spending,

Circle has opened the public mainnet of its Arc blockchain, with USDC (USDC) covering network fees and 11 institutions, including BlackRock, Visa and Mastercard, serving as founding validators. Key Points: Arc went live Sept. 16 with more than 100 applications and over 100 institutional builders. Ne

Open USD is not being viewed by market experts as just another dollar-backed stablecoin. The larger threat, they say, is that OUSD gives major payment firms, exchanges, custodians and asset managers a direct economic reason to distribute it. Open Standard, a consortium backed by more than 140 compan

Mastercard launched Agent Pay for Machines, a service built to let AI agents and software systems make high-speed payments across cards, bank accounts and stablecoins. Key Points: Mastercard says Agent Pay for Machines supports machine-driven commerce, including microtransactions worth fractions of

Mastercard plans to settle card payments in regulated stablecoins across eight blockchains, including the XRP Ledger, in a push toward round-the-clock on-chain transactions. Key Points: ❯ Mastercard will route card settlement through regulated stablecoins on eight separate blockchains. ❯ Supported t