{"id":25759,"date":"2025-09-16T21:42:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T21:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/25759\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T21:42:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T21:42:18","slug":"google-launches-ai-payment-protocol-with-stablecoin-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/25759\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Launches AI Payment Protocol With Stablecoin Support"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google has unveiled an open-source protocol that allows AI applications to send and receive payments, including transactions using stablecoins \u2014 highlighting the growing role of dollar-pegged cryptocurrencies in the emerging AI-driven web.<\/p>\n

The initiative is being launched in partnership with Salesforce, American Express and more than 60 other companies, Fortune reported<\/a> Tuesday. Stablecoin functionality was developed in collaboration with crypto exchange Coinbase, and the Ethereum Foundation was also consulted on the project.\u00a0<\/p>\n

James Tromans, head of Web3 at Google Cloud, confirmed the rollout, telling Fortune that the protocol was designed to support both \u201cexisting payment rail capabilities as well as forthcoming capabilities such as stablecoins.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coinbase engineer Erik Reppel said the exchange worked with Google to make their payment systems interoperable. \u201cWe\u2019re all working to figure out how to make AI transmit value to each other,\u201d he told Fortune.<\/p>\n

Source: Coin Bureau<\/a><\/p>\n

The payment system builds on Google\u2019s Agent2Agent Protocol, introduced<\/a> in April, which provides a framework for AI agents to exchange information and interact more efficiently. It was developed with support from more than 50 technology partners, including PayPal, Salesforce and SAP, and consulting firms such as Deloitte, McKinsey and PwC.<\/p>\n

The Tuesday announcement comes amid a growing push to connect AI agents<\/a> \u2014 autonomous software programs capable of making decisions without human input \u2014 with decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols. Such integration could streamline trading, improve user interaction, and expand real-world payment use cases.<\/p>\n

Related: Ethereum Foundation forms AI research team to blend blockchain, AI<\/a><\/p>\n

Stablecoin integration with AI gains momentum<\/p>\n

Stablecoins may prove to be the most impactful crypto use case for AI agents, emerging just as both technologies gain broader mainstream adoption. These dollar-pegged tokens recently received a regulatory boost in the United States through the GENIUS Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz recently underscored stablecoins\u2019 importance<\/a> in this shift, predicting that AI agents will eventually become \u201cthe biggest user of stablecoins.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Ethereum Foundation has also highlighted stablecoins\u2019 potential in powering AI-driven applications.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Source: Ethereum Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n

In August, the foundation pointed to the dormant HTTP 402 status code<\/a> \u2014 which denotes \u201cpayment required\u201d \u2014 and noted that, when paired with Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 3009, it could enable AI agents to execute stablecoin transfers automatically.<\/p>\n

At the time, the foundation stated that \u201cautonomous agents are about to become Ethereum\u2019s biggest power users.\u201d<\/p>\n

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