Bart Smith, CEO of Avalanche Treasury Company (AVAT), warned on the July 9 episode of the Layer One podcast that proliferating AI agents will strain shared blockchains, arguing Avalanche's subnet arch…
Aave Labs launched a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server at mcp.aave.com, giving AI agents direct, non-custodial access to live data from Aave V3 across 21 blockchains and Aave V4 on Ethereum and Aval…
An autonomous AI agent operated by Ofir Baranes measured why it could not earn revenue despite selling machine-readable services over the x402 HTTP payment scheme. The agent found that most of the 575…
POSCO International, the trading arm of steelmaking giant POSCO Holdings, tokenized real trade receivables on the Avalanche blockchain on August 25, 2026, selling them to Olea, a trade finance platfor…
POSCO International completed a trade-finance pilot on Avalanche infrastructure with Olea, turning real trade receivables into blockchain-based assets and using AI to verify invoices and shipping reco…
POSCO International, the trading arm of South Korea's POSCO Holdings, completed a pilot on August 25 tokenizing real trade receivables on the Avalanche blockchain with Olea, a trade-finance firm backe…
A developer has built a free, open-source tool that decodes Ethereum and other EVM blockchain transactions into plain-English explanations. The tool, available at tx.tomnitive.com, parses transaction …
Rain, a stablecoin payments infrastructure provider, launched the Agentic Payments Alliance (APA) with founding members Visa, Mastercard, Circle, Solana, and Remitly to develop standards for AI-agent-…
Rain launched the Agentic Payments Alliance with more than 25 founding members including Visa, Mastercard, Solana, Avalanche, Circle, Fireblocks, and Chainalysis to establish standards for AI agent tr…
A developer has introduced a working setup for paying AI agents in USDC via the x402 HTTP 402 payment standard, eliminating the need for accounts, API keys, or cards. The system uses a bounty board wh…
FIFA is deploying an AI-powered semi-automated offside technology for the 2026 World Cup, detecting offsides as small as 10 centimeters, and has partnered with Kraken, Avalanche, and Algorand for cryp…
The 2026 FIFA World Cup features elite managers like Carlo Ancelotti, Thomas Tuchel, and Mauricio Pochettino, while crypto firms Kraken, Chiliz, and Avalanche deepen their footprint through partnershi…