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According to Bitcoin News, Lightning Labs has officially released a set of open-source tools that allow AI agents to autonomously send and receive Bitcoin payments through the Bitcoin Lightning Network without the need for human approval, accounts, login credentials, or API keys.The toolkit uses the L402 protocol, built on the HTTP 402 "Payment Required" standard. Websites can send Lightning Network invoices to AI agents, and after payment, the agents receive a digital payment receipt as an access key to unlock services or data. The toolkit also includes the "lnget" tool, which can automatically handle paid content access requests in the background. Additionally, the toolkit supports AI running Lightning nodes, managing permissions, hosting paid services, and completing transactions between agents, while also incorporating spending limits and remote signing protection.

Decentralized AI Intelligent Network DGrid AI officially announces the launch of Arena for Agent, allowing users to create their own AI Agent on the BNB Chain based on the ERC-8004 standard with one click, enabling it to automatically participate in AI Arena model battles and earn USDT rewards for you 24/7.Arena for Agent supports users in quickly creating their own AI Agent with one click and authorizing their idle AI API Key to their Agent, supporting multiple platforms such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, OpenRouter, and HodlAI. The Agent will automatically vote for model responses in the DGrid AI Arena, with each vote bringing real USDT earnings to the users.DGrid AI is a leading decentralized AI intelligent network that provides low-cost, highly available, and verifiable decentralized AI capabilities to developers and AI applications through a unified API connecting over 200 mainstream models.

Bitget announces the launch of Agent Hub, further expanding the infrastructure capabilities for AI Agents to deeply participate in trading within the crypto and TradFi markets. Agent Hub is built on the Bitget API and introduces the officially packaged Model Context Protocol (MCP) toolkit, enabling AI Agents to securely access market data and execution capabilities through standardized interfaces. The platform provides MCP servers maintained by the exchange and supports quick access, allowing developers to complete integration in as little as three minutes, while also equipped with a dedicated sub-account system to enhance permission isolation and asset security.AI is one of Bitget's three core strategies for 2026, and Agent Hub will be embedded within the Bitget panoramic exchange UEX architecture, supporting cross-asset class operations under a unified account and risk system, transforming AI agents from experimental tools into true market participants, and providing production-grade infrastructure support for AI-driven trading.

Mantle network has completed the deployment support for the ERC-8004 standard, providing on-chain identity, verification, and collaboration infrastructure for decentralized AI agents.Relying on Mantle's high-performance, low-cost execution environment, applications related to the AI agent economy are expected to accelerate their implementation.

According to market news, Coinbase has announced the launch of "Agentic Wallets," a wallet infrastructure designed for autonomous AI agents, enabling AI agents to independently hold funds, send payments, trade tokens, earn yields, and conduct on-chain transactions.The tool is built on the x402 protocol developed in collaboration with other internet institutions, aiming to achieve "autonomous crypto payments without human intervention." Agentic Wallets are plug-and-play solutions that can configure wallets for any agent and execute transactions on behalf of users. Users can pre-set permissions, and agents will operate autonomously within secure boundaries, such as automatically adjusting positions when better yield opportunities are detected.The tool supports EVM-compatible chains and Solana, and enables gas-free transactions on the Coinbase-incubated Base Layer 2 network. The system includes built-in intelligent security protections, such as programmable spending limits, session caps, and transaction controls, with private keys always stored within Coinbase's secure infrastructure, not exposed to agents or large language models.The development team stated that agents are evolving from "advisors" to "executors," transitioning from "assistive tools" to "systems that operate autonomously within trust boundaries."

Coinbase has announced the launch of wallet infrastructure for AI Agents called Agentic Wallets, aimed at "providing wallets for any intelligent agent," allowing AI to independently complete on-chain transactions and payments without human intervention.This tool is based on the x402 protocol that Coinbase is developing, allowing AI Agents to autonomously hold funds, send payments, trade tokens, earn yields, and execute on-chain operations, all while incorporating built-in security permissions and risk control mechanisms. Coinbase states that this solution addresses the critical limitations currently faced by AI when it comes to financial operations, enabling it to truly perform economic actions.Agentic Wallets are an upgrade to the previous AgentKit tool, adopting a plug-and-play approach that allows developers to quickly configure tradable wallets for AI Agents. For example, under preset permissions, AI can automatically adjust asset allocations or capture yield opportunities. It is reported that this feature will initially support the EVM ecosystem and Solana, and will enable gas-free transactions on the Base Layer 2 launched by Coinbase.

Camp Network announced the launch of the first ethical agent platform built on authorized IP. The platform claims that unlike ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini, its output is based solely on authorized data that has been registered in Origin (Camp's IP registration system).According to the introduction, when the works of IP holders are used to train models or generate content on the mAItrix platform, they will receive corresponding revenue compensation. IP holders can build a derivative and distribution system through Origin+mAItrix, allowing users to create entirely new derivative IP within the platform.Camp Network stated that with the launch of both the Origin and mAItrix platforms, Camp now covers the entire lifecycle of the AI economy from IP registration and licensing to the commercialization of agents.

According to official news from Base, Stripe has launched the x402 payment feature on Base, which allows developers to charge AI agents directly using USDC.

The autonomous AI agent platform Feltsense announced the completion of a $5.1 million financing round. This round was participated by Matt PRD, the founder of moltbook, as well as the founders of Crunchbase and Joinrepublic, along with well-known venture capital firms such as Draper VC, Precursor VC, and Liquid 2 VC.

BNB Chain announced on platform X that the "AI Agent Economy" has launched on BNB Chain, and the ERC-8004 infrastructure has been deployed on the BSC mainnet and testnet.This standard aims to establish a trust layer for AI agents by introducing two core components: identity registration and reputation registration, providing verifiable on-chain identity and reputation systems for autonomously operating AI agents.

Cookie DAO announces the launch of the Moltbook proxy tracking application molt.cookie.fun, which can monitor: the "mindshare" of Moltbook proxies, trending posts and news, and top agents ranked by mindshare and engagement.molt.cookie.fun also provides APIs for agents and developers, and natively integrates Claude Skills.

Farcaster officially announced that the OpenClaw proxy now has native support, allowing users to autonomously create Farcaster accounts without manual intervention or additional verification, and directly perform actions such as posting, replying, and interacting within the protocol.According to the introduction, users only need to pay approximately 1 USDC or ETH to initiate the OpenClaw proxy, after which the proxy will automatically complete the account creation and all subsequent on-chain social activities. Farcaster stated that this move will further lower the barrier for AI proxies to access decentralized social networks, providing foundational support for the native operation of automated accounts and intelligent proxies at the protocol layer.

The BNB Chain developer team stated that as the ecosystem continues to expand, applications need to share rules for seamless collaboration. To this end, BNB Chain has launched the BAP (BNB Application Proposal) mechanism, allowing developers to reach consensus on application layer standards such as NFT utility, AI agent behavior, and identity specifications without touching the consensus layer or EVM.The official introduction also presented the first proposal BAP-578, which is the Non-Fungible Agent (NFA) token standard. This standard proposes that the NFA is an AI-driven asset existing on-chain, capable of autonomous operation, wallet holding, executing transactions, recording behavioral history, and functioning across multiple dApps. BAP-578 is seen as one of the infrastructures for the "agent economy," aiming to promote the flow and collaboration of AI agents within the BNB Chain ecosystem according to unified standards.BNB Chain pointed out that the BAP is designed to be community-driven, allowing developers to participate in reviewing BAP-578, providing feedback, or submitting new BAPs to collectively shape the application layer standard system.

Regarding the upcoming AI agent new standard ERC-8004 for Ethereum, BitMine Chairman Tom Lee stated that AI agents will bring security issues in the future, and the agent system will operate outside the "walled garden" of its existing systems.How do real-world systems determine if commands are genuine? Smart contract blockchains can serve as a place to prove the origin of commands and record payment behaviors and conduct final settlements, which seems to be a powerful use case for Ethereum. Ethereum has been the only smart contract platform with 100% uptime since its inception, and 100% uptime is crucial.Earlier today, Ethereum officially announced that the ERC-8004 standard will soon be launched on the mainnet. By enabling discovery mechanisms and portable reputations, ERC-8004 allows AI agents to interact across different organizations, ensuring that reputations circulate everywhere, thereby unlocking a global AI service interoperability market.

WORLD3 has officially submitted the ERC-8118 (Agent Authorization) proposal to the Ethereum Foundation. This standard aims to provide a secure and controllable authorization mechanism for autonomous AI Agents to perform on-chain operations. ERC-8118 introduces time-limited authorizations with automatic expiration mechanisms, usage and transaction limits, as well as fine-grained permission control at the function level, allowing users to revoke authorizations at any time, thus bridging the gap between the high risks of unlimited authorizations and the cumbersome nature of one-time signature operations.Currently, ERC-8118 has undergone production-level validation on the WORLD3 platform, covering over 1 million wallets and 5.7 million transactions, and has completed peer review at the IEEE International Blockchain Conference (BRAINS 2025). This standard is compatible with all EVM-based blockchains and has entered the community public discussion phase on the Ethereum Magicians forum.

A smart contract standard for trustless AI Agent communication on Ethereum, ERC-8004, is set to be officially deployed to the Ethereum mainnet this Thursday. Marco De Rossi, head of MetaMask AI, stated in a developer Telegram group that further development of ERC-8004 has been "frozen," with plans to launch on the mainnet mid-week. The official Ethereum X account later confirmed that the protocol will be "live soon" on the mainnet.ERC-8004 (Ethereum Request for Comment) proposes a standardized way to register and verify AI Agents on-chain, allowing developers to integrate it directly into smart contracts without needing to upgrade the Ethereum network itself. The standard aims to address two core issues in the AI Agent economy: first, how to discover AI Agents in an open environment, and second, how to assess their trustworthiness. By introducing portable reputation and discovery mechanisms, ERC-8004 enables cross-organizational AI Agents to interact without the need for prior trust, thus supporting an open Agent economy.Davide Crapis, head of AI at the Ethereum Foundation, stated that Ethereum has unique platform conditions to "secure and settle AI-to-AI interactions." Developers also revealed that the standard will support Ethereum Layer 2 networks like Base in the future. With the launch of ERC-8004, AI Agents are expected to evolve from isolated tools into on-chain participants with autonomous economic behavior, laying the foundation for a decentralized AI service market.