Circle outlines the agentic economy and its payment infrastructure

Circle’s latest explainer says the “agentic economy” is emerging as AI software starts making governed economic decisions on behalf of people and businesses, from buying data to paying for APIs and software. The company argues that the model matters because agents can only work at software speed if the surrounding payment and agreement systems can keep up. In the 2026 blog post, published Oct. 27, Circle describes an AI research agent that hits a paywalled data source, evaluates the cost within a set budget, pays for the query and continues working, while its operator receives the analysis and an expense…

Source: Blockchain.News