AI & RWA
Mastercard lets AI agents pay their own way: nine payments, one budget, no invoices
Mastercard opened early access to Agent Pay for Machines, which lets AI agents buy services on their own within a spending limit set by a human. It runs on the x402 standard and can settle in cash or stablecoins on Base.
DeFi
Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, Coinbase and Shopify launch OUSD, and hand partners the interest
Open Standard's dollar stablecoin went live on September 30 with more than $1 billion in launch liquidity and over 200 partner companies. Partners, not the issuer, keep most of the reserve income. Circle is not on the list.