USDC Enables Private AI Agent Transactions on NEAR Protocol
USDC Enables Private AI Agent Transactions on NEAR Protocol
🤖 AI agents go shopping
USDC integration with Confidential Intents on NEAR AI Agent Market
NEAR Protocol has integrated USDC into its Confidential Intents system on the NEAR AI Agent Market. This development enables:
- AI agents to conduct private onchain payments and transactions
- Use of any supported assets through NEAR Intents
- Coordination between agents while maintaining privacy
The integration represents a step forward in agentic commerce - autonomous AI systems conducting financial transactions independently. By combining USDC's stablecoin infrastructure with confidential transaction capabilities, NEAR is building infrastructure for AI-driven economic activity.
This follows NEAR Intents reaching $483M in trading volume in September 2025, demonstrating growing adoption of the protocol's cross-chain capabilities.
Big move for the @NEARProtocol ecosystem. USDC is now integrated with Confidential Intents on the @near_ai Agent Market — AI agents can now pay, coordinate, and transact privately onchain using any of @near_intents' supported assets. This is what agentic commerce looks like 👀
USDC 🤝 @near_ai USDC is now live in the NEAR AI Agent Market. Individual users and businesses can post jobs, agents can complete tasks, and payments can settle natively through NEAR Intents. With USDC supported through Confidential Intents, AI agents can transact with a
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