Ripple Enables AI-Powered Payments in XRP and RLUSD via Stripe-Tempo Protocol

Ripple has updated its XRP Ledger developer kit to support AI agents making payments for data, computing, and other online services in XRP and RLUSD via the Machine Payments Protocol. This protocol was co-authored by Stripe and Tempo, a payments blockchain company. The update will simplify integration for developers building agent-based services, potentially accelerating crypto adoption and on-chain settlement.

The new developer kit uses the Machine Payments Protocol, which allows AI agents to make payments directly to online services without needing human intervention. This can be particularly useful for Web3 payments and DeFi/merchant use cases.