Latest updates, press releases, and insights from the volatile world of digital assets.
Mastercard has opened early access to its Agent Pay for Machines platform, enabling AI agents to complete multiple digital purchases within a single human-approved budget after a live demonstration at Cloudflare Connect
World launches its first industry-focused World ID tools for banks, combining human verification, Zoom deepfake checks and AI agent credentials amid rising fraud risks
Version 1.1 of the XRPL AI Starter Kit adds support for Stripe and Tempo’s Machine Payments Protocol, letting autonomous software agents settle digital service costs on the XRP Ledger
The payments company introduces a unified platform linking merchants with AI agents for product discovery, cart building and authorized transactions, while expanding tools for automated machine payments
Protocol cluster prioritizes post-quantum security across execution, consensus and data layers, with Hegotá upgrade as the critical first milestone
The blockchain will add two NIST-approved post-quantum signature schemes, letting users upgrade keys from existing recovery phrases without changing addresses or moving assets
