Circle Unveils Vision for Open Agentic Economy with AI-Powered USDC Transactions

Circle has outlined its vision for an open agentic economy where AI agents can act as autonomous laborers, publishing services and transacting via stablecoins like USDC. This concept builds on open standards and blockchain technology to create a decentralized marketplace for agent-driven commerce.

The cornerstone of this vision is the transformation of software from tools into autonomous agents that can perform work, make decisions, and settle payments. Circle emphasizes that this shift mirrors the internet's evolution where innovations like webpages and APIs democratized global publishing and composable services.

Circle's USDC stablecoin plays a central role in this initiative, with over $90 trillion in cumulative on-chain transaction volume as of July 2026. Stablecoins like USDC enable microtransactions and real-time pay-per-use services, which traditional payment systems struggle to support efficiently.