Ant Group's Blockchain Arm Launches Platform for AI Agents to Transact on Crypto Rails

Ant Digital Technologies launched Anvita at its Real Up summit in Cannes, a platform enabling AI agents to coordinate tasks and settle payments in real time using stablecoins like USDC. The platform includes Anvita TaaS for tokenizing real-world assets and Anvita Flow, which integrates the x402 protocol developed by Coinbase and Cloudflare to enable sub-cent transactions instantly over HTTP. Ant Digital is pursuing stablecoin licenses in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Luxembourg while partnering with Circle for USDC integration. The launch comes amid a race among payment giants including Visa, Mastercard, and Google to capture the AI agent economy, which McKinsey projects could mediate $3 trillion to $5 trillion in global commerce by 2030, though current x402 protocol volume remains modest at roughly $28,000 daily with Artemis analysts flagging half of transactions as artificial activity.

Ant Group's Anvita Platform Launch and Features

• ▪Anvita Flow is a platform for AI agents to register, find each other, coordinate tasks and settle payments in real time
• ▪Anvita TaaS (Tokenization-as-a-Service) focuses on tokenizing real-world assets for institutions, including custody and treasury tools
• ▪Ant Digital Technologies is pursuing USDC integration with Circle
• ▪AI agents on Anvita Flow can complete sub-cent transactions instantly using USDC
• ▪Ant Digital Technologies launched Anvita, a platform enabling AI agents to hold assets, trade, and make payments with minimal human involvement
• ▪Anvita supports major frameworks like OpenClaw and Claude Code with flexible hosting options
• ▪Anvita includes an Agent Store with modules for data collection, financial analysis and gaming
• ▪Ant Digital Technologies unveiled Anvita at the company's Real Up summit in Cannes
• ▪Ant Digital Technologies is applying for stablecoin licences in Hong Kong, Singapore and Luxembourg
• ▪Anvita Flow integrates the x402 protocol, developed by Coinbase and Cloudflare, which enables stablecoin payments directly over HTTP

Competitive Landscape in AI Agent Payment Infrastructure

• ▪Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong expects AI agents to surpass humans in transaction volume
• ▪The Solana Foundation reported the Solana network processed over 15 million onchain agent transactions
• ▪Visa released a Trusted Agent Protocol targeting card-rail checkout for agent-based payments
• ▪Coinbase released the x402 protocol targeting stablecoin micropayments for agent-based payments
• ▪Mastercard acquired stablecoin firm BVNK for $1.8 billion in the largest stablecoin infrastructure deal on record
• ▪Google unveiled its Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) in September, backed by over 60 organisations

Market Adoption and Future Projections

• ▪The x402 protocol is currently seeing roughly $28,000 in daily volume, much of it from testing
• ▪McKinsey projected that AI agents could mediate $3 trillion to $5 trillion of global consumer commerce by 2030
• ▪Artemis analysts flagged roughly half of observed x402 protocol transactions as artificial activity

Perspective of Industry analysts and observers

• ▪The x402 protocol's current daily volume of roughly $28,000 consists largely of testing transactions
• ▪Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong expects AI agents to surpass humans in transaction volume

Perspective of Competing payment infrastructure providers

• ▪Mastercard acquired stablecoin firm BVNK for $1.8 billion in the largest stablecoin infrastructure deal on record
• ▪Visa released a Trusted Agent Protocol targeting card-rail checkout for agent-based payments