Privy has added support for the XRP Ledger, enabling developers to build embedded wallets directly into apps with support for stablecoins and AI agent payments.
Stripe has declared January 1, 2026, the start of the singularity, citing rapid AI progress and a surge in new business creation, while announcing an $8 billion acquisition of OpenRouter.
The Open USD stablecoin reached a market cap of over $100 million on Ethereum in its first week, driven by institutional partners and over $1 billion in committed liquidity.
Meta, Walmart, and Stripe have introduced an open standard called the Personal Agent Protocol to regulate how AI agents interact with businesses and verify their identity.
Stripe has named Privy CEO Henri Stern to head its crypto and stablecoin division, tasking him with scaling card programs to over 100 countries by late 2026.
The Stripe-backed stablecoin USDsui is now tradable on the Bullish exchange, marking a new milestone for the asset shortly after its March 2026 launch.
Stripe has adopted Open USD as its default stablecoin, leveraging a consortium-backed model that shares reserve yields with network partners.
Stripe warns that AI companies face a surge in 'token theft,' with fraud rates 4.3 times higher than average as criminals exploit usage-based billing to drain budgets.
Meta and startup Instinct are deploying AI agents capable of executing tasks and payments, though consumer trust in automated financial transactions remains limited.
Stripe's acquisition of OpenRouter underscores the shift toward dynamic model routing, a technology that adapts AI task distribution similarly to SD-WAN network management.
Meta has launched Muse, an AI agent with paid tiers up to $100 per month, aiming to automate consumer transactions and earn commissions.
Meta has launched Muse, a secure personal AI agent for automating digital tasks, featuring Stripe-powered payments and a virtual machine architecture for privacy.
Meta has launched Muse, a personal AI agent designed for mass-market automation of tasks like travel booking and payments via Stripe's Link.
Anthropic is weighing the development of its own financial infrastructure to reduce reliance on Stripe following a massive surge in quarterly revenue to over $11.5 billion.
Andreessen Horowitz's AI infrastructure investments yielded over $8 billion following the acquisitions of Cursor by SpaceX and OpenRouter by Stripe.
AI token prices have dropped nearly 60%, raising concerns about the return on investment for the $600 billion AI infrastructure boom.
