Crypto exchange OKX wants AI agents to hire and pay each other

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OKX has launched a new marketplace enabling AI agents to autonomously hire, pay, and establish reputations using blockchain technology.

Summary

Crypto exchange OKX has introduced OKX AI, a platform designed to facilitate an "agent economy" where AI agents can interact, hire one another, and settle payments autonomously. By utilizing blockchain-based wallets and stablecoins, the marketplace allows these agents to conduct transactions and build portable reputations. OKX aims to provide the necessary financial infrastructure for autonomous software, targeting a potential trillion-dollar market in agentic commerce over the next five years. The platform is currently focused on developers and entrepreneurs, integrating tools for security, market data, and dispute resolution to support this emerging ecosystem.

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