Odaily Planet Daily reports that Zak Folkman, co-founder of World Liberty Financial, said on Wednesday that the stablecoin issuer is preparing to aggressively advance into the field of AI agent-driven autonomous payments. This initiative will position its stablecoin, USD1, for transactions conducted by autonomous software agents at machine speed. Folkman stated that the team has been developing the underlying technology behind the scenes, and the upcoming update will fundamentally transform perceptions of AI agent-driven payments. Other developers on the project confirmed that World Liberty Financial is already developing AI agents capable of executing autonomous payments.
The total market size of stablecoins has now approached $315 billion, doubling since 2022, with USD1 ranking as the fifth-largest stablecoin. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent previously raised the forecast for global stablecoin adoption to $3 trillion by 2030, while Citigroup analysts predict the market could expand to $4 trillion by the end of 2030.
Meanwhile, Circle is launching blockchain infrastructure and micropayment features for agent-based transactions, Stripe is developing Tempo, a blockchain specifically designed for stablecoin payments, Shopify has integrated stablecoin payments, and Coinbase has incubated the open standard x402 for agent-based payments. Meta acquired Moltbook, a social network built for AI agents, on Tuesday, and OpenAI has hired the creator of the autonomous agent framework OpenClaw.