World Liberty Financial co-founder announces upcoming launch of AI agent payment technology for USD1

Odaily reported that Zak Folkman, co-founder of World Liberty Financial, stated on Wednesday that the stablecoin issuer is preparing to make a major push into the field of autonomous payments by AI agents. This move will enable its stablecoin USD1 to be used in scenarios where future autonomous software agents transact at machine speed. Folkman said the team has been developing related technology behind the scenes, and the upcoming update will completely change people's perception of AI agent autonomous payments. Other developers on the project confirmed that World Liberty Financial is already developing AI agents capable of autonomous payments.

Currently, the total stablecoin market size is approaching $315 billions, doubling since 2022, and USD1 is the fifth largest stablecoin. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent previously raised his forecast for global stablecoin adoption to $3 trillions by 2030, while Citi analysts predict the market could expand to $4 trillions by the end of 2030.

Meanwhile, Circle is launching blockchain infrastructure and micropayment features for agent-based transactions, Stripe is developing a blockchain called Tempo dedicated to stablecoin payments, Shopify has integrated stablecoin payments, and an exchange has incubated the open standard x402 for agent-based payments. Meta acquired the social network Moltbook, built specifically for AI agents, on Tuesday, and OpenAI has hired the creator of the autonomous agent framework OpenClaw.