Fetch.ai will launch an AI agent-to-agent payment system in January 2026

Circle Joins Agentic AI Foundation as Gold Member to Integrate USDC Payments for Autonomous AI Agents

Circle (NYSE: CRCL), the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, announced its participation as a Gold Member in the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) during the Linux Foundation Member Summit on February 24, 2026. The foundation, which now comprises 146 members following the addition of 97 new organizations, aims to develop open protocols and standardized tools enabling artificial intelligence agents to operate interoperably within the digital economy, with Circle seeking to integrate its "agentic wallets" i

Japan launches stablecoin payment experiment! Shibuya PARCO allows testing of USDC self-custody payments

Japanese digital transformation company Digital Garage, credit card giant JCB, and financial holding company Resona jointly announced that from February 24 to March 2, 2026, they will conduct a stablecoin physical payment experiment at PARCO in Shibuya, Tokyo. The test will involve self-custody wallets for USDC (Base chain) and JPYC (Polygon chain), with merchants settling payments in Japanese Yen.

TruStage partners with over 93% of American credit unions to pilot the stablecoin TSDA, launched in the first half of the year

Fintech company TruStage plans to collaborate with blockchain technology company Block Time Financial to launch the stablecoin TSDA (TruStage Stablecoin), which is pegged 1:1 to the US dollar. The pilot project is scheduled to launch in the first half of 2026, with extensive recruitment of credit unions to join. TruStage currently serves approximately 93% of credit unions in the United States.

Circle joins the Agentic AI Foundation, with stablecoins becoming the cornerstone of the AI agent economy

Circle officially joined the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) on February 24, becoming one of 18 new Gold Members. AAIF also announced the addition of 79 new Silver Members, bringing the total membership to 146, and appointed AWS Developer Experience Director David Nalley as Chair of the Governance Committee.

WisdomTree achieves first-ever all-weather settlement of tokenized funds, SEC exemption sets a precedent

Global asset management firm WisdomTree announced that its government bond money market digital fund (WTGXX) has officially launched 24-hour trading and real-time settlement capabilities, becoming the first registered tokenized mutual fund share authorized to conduct round-the-clock trading under the U.S. regulatory framework using a dealer-to-client liquidity model. This feature rollout received an exemption approval granted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Huang Licheng deposits another 245,000 USDC into Hyperliquid to continue going long

PANews February 24 News, according to Lookonchain monitoring, whenever Brother Magie Huang Licheng is liquidated to nearly zero, he deposits more funds into Hyperliquid to continue going long. He has just deposited another 245,000 USDC into Hyperliquid.