--- title: "Fireblocks Bets AI Agents Will Drive the Next Stablecoin Boom" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/287180724.md" description: "Fireblocks has launched its Agentic Payments Suite, aimed at facilitating AI agents in managing payments with stablecoins. The company has joined the x402 Foundation to develop a universal payment rail for AI agents. With stablecoins positioned as the primary payment method for AI economies, the move reflects a growing trend in crypto and tech sectors to support autonomous transactions. Despite current low transaction volumes, industry leaders believe AI agents could significantly boost stablecoin adoption in the future." datetime: "2026-05-21T08:06:48.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/287180724.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/287180724.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/287180724.md) --- # Fireblocks Bets AI Agents Will Drive the Next Stablecoin Boom Fireblocks is deepening its push into AI-powered finance with the launch of its new Agentic Payments Suite, a platform designed to help autonomous AI agents send, receive, and manage payments using stablecoins. The company also announced it has joined the x402 Foundation, an industry alliance aiming to turn Coinbase’s x402 protocol into a universal payment rail for AI agents — a sign that some of the biggest players in crypto and Big Tech are now racing to build the financial infrastructure for machine-driven commerce. > Today is 4.02 day. > > Less than a year ago (May 6, 2025), we published the x402 whitepaper. > > Since then, the protocol has: > • Processed 166M+ transactions > • Unlocked new monetization models for API, data, and other providers on the web. > • Enabled autonomous flows that were… pic.twitter.com/VxI0K4exsa > > — kevin (@kleffew94) April 2, 2026 Fireblocks said its new Agentic Payments Suite is built to manage the full lifecycle of AI-driven payments, including wallet infrastructure for AI agents, merchant acceptance systems, compliance checks, and settlement tools for regulated financial institutions. The broader goal is clear: position stablecoins as the native payment layer for AI-powered economies. > 💸ASIA DOMINATES STABLECOIN PAYMENTS > > Nearly two-thirds of stablecoin payment volume now comes from Asia, led by Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan. > > North America accounts for roughly 25%, Europe sits near 13%, while Latin America and Africa remain below $1B combined. pic.twitter.com/hQdEEL8ChR > > — Coin Bureau (@coinbureau) May 18, 2026 According to Idan Ofrat, even a small shift toward AI-controlled spending could dramatically accelerate stablecoin adoption. More than one billion people already use AI assistants daily, Ofrat noted, arguing that if users begin delegating purchasing authority to AI agents, stablecoin transaction velocity could surge across blockchain networks. That prediction is increasingly shared across the crypto industry. Executives including Brian Armstrong and Jeremy Allaire have both argued that AI agents could eventually become larger users of blockchains than humans themselves. > 🔥 LATEST: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says AI has rebuilt the company's compliance workflow, cutting restriction resolution times by 90% while keeping humans in the loop. pic.twitter.com/gRUxLp6aLC > > — Cointelegraph (@Cointelegraph) May 21, 2026 The launch comes amid a growing push by both crypto companies and major technology firms to prepare for an internet where software agents autonomously transact online. Earlier this month, Amazon Web Services integrated Coinbase’s x402 protocol into Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, enabling AI agents to make payments in USDC through AWS-managed payment controls. > 🤖Amazon anunció el lanzamiento de Bedrock AgentCore Payments, una infraestructura que permite a agentes de IA realizar pagos autónomos por recursos digitales (API, contenido web, otros agentes, etc.) usando el protocolo x402 y stablecoins. pic.twitter.com/fj8WrRP4VW > > — CriptoNoticias (@CriptoNoticias) May 8, 2026 At the same time, Oobit rolled out a Visa-supported virtual payment card allowing AI agents to make purchases in USDT on behalf of businesses. Fireblocks’ latest move positions the company directly inside that emerging ecosystem. A major theme behind the announcement is the growing belief that traditional payment systems may not be capable of supporting machine-to-machine commerce at scale. Ofrat argued that card networks and bank transfers were never designed for instant, programmable, autonomous transactions between AI systems. Stablecoins, by contrast, can move value globally in real time while supporting programmable execution directly on blockchain networks. Fireblocks is effectively betting that AI agents and stablecoins will evolve together — with autonomous software increasingly needing a native digital payment system to operate efficiently online. Despite the excitement, AI-agent payments are still in their infancy. Data from x402.org shows that only about $24.2 million in transaction volume has moved through the x402 protocol over the past 30 days, underscoring how early the market still is. > INSIGHT: Since April, the real x402 trading volume has remained stable at approximately $50,000 daily. > > Despite Solana having twice the number of x402 sellers compared to Base, 93% of the real x402 trading volume is driven by Base. > > Over the past 30 days, Blockrun and… pic.twitter.com/VaRnqmrwoc > > — DeFAI Scope (@defaiscope) May 20, 2026 Ofrat compared the current moment to the early development of credit card infrastructure, noting that trust layers, compliance systems, and payment controls took decades to mature. Still, the list of companies now backing the x402 ecosystem suggests momentum is building rapidly. The x402 Foundation already includes major firms such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Visa, and Mastercard, alongside crypto-native organizations like Circle, Polygon Labs, and Solana Foundation. For Fireblocks, the message is becoming increasingly clear: the next major stablecoin adoption wave may not come from humans — but from AI agents spending money autonomously on the internet. ### Related Stocks - [CRCL.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/CRCL.US.md) - [GBTC.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/GBTC.US.md) - [ABTC.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/ABTC.US.md) - [COIN.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/COIN.US.md) - [BKKT.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/BKKT.US.md) - [LTCN.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/LTCN.US.md) - [ETHE.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/ETHE.US.md) - [ARKB.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/ARKB.US.md) - [COIG.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/COIG.US.md) - [BTCO.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/BTCO.US.md) - [ETHA.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/ETHA.US.md) - [BTCW.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/BTCW.US.md) - [EZBC.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/EZBC.US.md) - [ETHW.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/ETHW.US.md) - [CONL.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/CONL.US.md) - [CONI.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/CONI.US.md) - [BRRR.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/BRRR.US.md) - [IBIT.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/IBIT.US.md) - [LMBO.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/LMBO.US.md) - [BSOL.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/BSOL.US.md) - [GSOL.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/GSOL.US.md) - [HODL.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/HODL.US.md) - [FBTC.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/FBTC.US.md) - [BLCN.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/BLCN.US.md) - [BITO.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/BITO.US.md) - [BITB.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/BITB.US.md) - [BLOK.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/BLOK.US.md) - [CETH.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/CETH.US.md) - [FETH.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/FETH.US.md) - [AMZN.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/AMZN.US.md) - [V.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/V.US.md) - [GOOGL.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/GOOGL.US.md) - [GOOG.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/GOOG.US.md) - [MSFT.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/MSFT.US.md) - [MA.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/MA.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [02:00 ETWSPN Launches W Agent: A Stablecoin Payment Skill Built for the AI Agent Economy](https://longbridge.com/en/news/286515700.md) - [Bakkt (BKKT) Is Up 9.1% After Zoth Taps It For Regulated Cross‑Border Stablecoin Payments](https://longbridge.com/en/news/287097731.md) - [Circle, the first stablecoin to go public, has actually issued its own token.](https://longbridge.com/en/news/286785804.md) - [BoE weighs stablecoin guardrail alternatives ahead of draft rules](https://longbridge.com/en/news/286890798.md) - [Circle, the first stablecoin to go public, has actually issued its own token.](https://longbridge.com/en/news/287030047.md)