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Eigen Labs has released the first Beta version of AgentKit, a toolkit for developers to build AI agents that can hold assets, make payments, manage identities, and operate autonomously online.The initial application scenarios of AgentKit focus on "autonomous media agents," which can generate content (text, images, audio, video), manage their own social presence, and run continuously. In the coming weeks, Eigen Labs will expand AgentKit's integration with popular social platforms, add new agent management templates, and launch an easy-to-use user interface. Future versions of AgentKit will also introduce native support for standards such as x402 and ERC-8004.

The Solana Foundation stated that it will position the Solana network as the core infrastructure of the emerging "agentic internet," where economic activities are initiated and executed by AI systems rather than humans.Vibhu Norby, Chief Product Officer of the Solana Foundation, stated at the New York Digital Assets Summit that AI is not a single vertical industry but a platform transformation that affects various sectors, including crypto. The strategic core of Solana is payment infrastructure, and the network has processed approximately 15 million on-chain payments initiated by agents, primarily for machine-to-machine commercial transactions. The programmatic nature of crypto payments is key to attracting agents, and stablecoins will become the default method for paying for any computational resources.Vibhu Norby believes this will fundamentally reshape internet business models, making micropayments and pay-per-use possible, which traditional payment channels cannot support. The Solana Foundation emphasizes that its high-performance design has advantages in this new paradigm: "Agents are calm, precise machines... If you ask agents how to use crypto payments, Solana often ranks as the preferred choice."Additionally, advancements in AI technology have lowered the development threshold, and Solana developers are directly building tools for AI systems, including machine-readable "skill" files and AI-first development platforms. Norby anticipates that in the future, user interactions with crypto will default to agents, with 95% to 99% of transactions initiated by large language models (LLMs).

According to the Israel Times, 26-year-old Israeli "Iron Dome" defense system reservist Raz Cohen is accused of leaking sensitive military secrets to Iranian agents and receiving approximately $1,000 in cryptocurrency as payment. He could face life imprisonment or the death penalty.Investigations show that over several months, he disclosed operational details of the "Iron Dome" air defense system, locations of air force bases, and a list of Israeli officials to Iranian intelligence personnel.

According to The Block, the crypto payment company MoonPay has open-sourced a new wallet infrastructure standard called Open Wallet Standard, aimed at supporting autonomous AI agents to conduct transactions across blockchains, marking the company's latest advancement in AI-native crypto tools.This version (available on GitHub, npm, and PyPI) builds on the "MoonPay Agents" launched earlier by MoonPay. "MoonPay Agents" is a non-custodial software layer introduced in February that allows AI systems to interact with wallets and execute transactions programmatically.

Strategy submitted an 8-K filing to the SEC, disclosing the addition of Moelis & Company, A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners, and StoneX Financial as full sales agreement agents on March 23, and simultaneously launching three new ATM issuance programs: Class A common stock (ticker: MSTR) with a maximum issuance size of $21 billion, variable rate perpetual preferred stock STRC with a maximum issuance size of $21 billion, and 8% perpetual preferred stock STRK with a maximum issuance size of $2.1 billion.At the same time, the company increased the authorized shares of STRC preferred stock from 70,435,353 shares to 282,556,565 shares, and decreased the authorized shares of STRK preferred stock from 269,800,000 shares to 40,270,744 shares. The original STRK preferred stock old issuance program was terminated on March 22.

Katie Haun, founder and CEO of the crypto venture capital firm Haun Ventures, stated in an interview with CNBC, "What is happening in the global payments space is essentially an arms race. Mastercard this week acquired the stablecoin infrastructure company BVNK for up to $1.8 billion, officially entering the stablecoin space. This is one of Mastercard's largest acquisitions ever. Stablecoins can transfer digital dollars instantly and frictionlessly on a global scale, which is a truly significant innovation. The transaction volume in this space has reached $12.5 trillion, and we believe this scale will only continue to grow in the AI era."On the regulatory front, Katie Haun mentioned, "This week, the CFTC and SEC jointly released guidance on what constitutes a security and what constitutes a commodity, which is a core issue in the crypto industry. I have heard that the Senate Banking Committee is advancing a compromise proposal that could be announced as early as today, and I am cautiously optimistic about it. But the key issue is that Congress effectively has only three working months left before the midterm elections, and they need to quickly push the CLARITY Act to a vote after the Easter recess." Speaking about the combination of AI and blockchain, Katie Haun stated, "AI agents will increasingly replace humans in executing transactions and payments. If you think AI agents will use the same payment systems as humans, I believe that is a mistake. Agents require 24/7, instant settlement on a global scale, and stablecoins are the infrastructure built for this new era."

WLFI officially releases the AgentPay SDK, an open-source, self-hosted AI Agent payment infrastructure built on USD1.According to the introduction, the AgentPay SDK supports AI Agents to hold, transfer, and use USD1 for payments on EVM chains; it adopts a self-hosted model where private keys are always stored on local devices, and data is not uploaded to the platform. It also introduces a strategy engine mechanism, requiring all transactions to be verified against preset rules before signing, and supports manual approval for transactions exceeding a threshold, with end-to-end encryption.In terms of functionality, the SDK is compatible with mainstream AI tools and Agent systems such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Goose, and OpenClaw, and includes a Bitrefill plugin that supports direct purchases of gift cards, eSIMs, and prepaid cards. Additionally, the AgentPay SDK is open-source and uses the MIT license, with no platform fees.The content states that traditional stablecoins primarily serve the existing financial system, while USD1 focuses more on the next phase of currency application scenarios driven by AI Agents, positioning itself as the economic operational layer for autonomous AI systems.

According to official news, the cryptocurrency project World Liberty Financial, supported by the Trump family, announced the launch of the AgentPay SDK, an open-source, self-hosted payment toolkit designed for AI agents. This SDK integrates self-hosted key management, policy-based transaction authorization, and can connect to commonly used AI development tools such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and OpenClaw.The AgentPay SDK allows AI agents to hold, transfer, and operate USD1 stablecoins on EVM chains, with transactions signed locally. The policy engine can set single and daily limits, requiring manual approval when thresholds are exceeded. The SDK also includes a built-in Bitrefill purchasing feature. World Liberty Financial stated that USD1 is positioned as the economic operating layer for autonomous AI systems, aimed at addressing the issue of how AI agents can make payments securely and reliably. The SDK currently supports Ethereum and BSC networks.

According to The Information, Coinbase is promoting the use of AI agents to make payments with cryptocurrency and is working to reach a stablecoin partnership with Cloudflare.Given Cloudflare's key role in managing network traffic, if an agreement is reached, the relevant stablecoin will play a central role in the AI agent-driven traffic.

According to Cointelegraph, World, a identity network co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has released AgentKit, a developer toolkit that allows AI agents to prove their association with verified unique humans through World ID when interacting with websites and online services.The report states that the system combines human identification via World ID with the x402 micropayment protocol initiated by Coinbase and Cloudflare, allowing agents to pay for access to online resources while providing cryptographic proof of their association with verified human credentials.The x402 protocol allows agents to pay small fees to access websites, APIs, and other services. According to the announcement, since its launch in 2025, the ecosystem has processed over 100 million payment transactions, covering applications, APIs, and AI agents.

According to data from Agentscan and 8004scan, the BNB Smart Chain has currently registered over 34,000 AI agents adopting the ERC-8004 standard, surpassing Ethereum's mainnet with 14,000 and Base's 16,500, making it the network with the highest number of on-chain AI agents. Since the beginning of this year, the total number of ERC-8004 agents across various chains has increased from 337 to nearly 130,000, a growth of over 39,000%.On-chain activity is also rising. On March 10, the daily transaction count of agents on BSC reached a historical high of nearly 523,000; on March 11, the daily trading volume of agent-driven DEX also exceeded $18.1 million.