Elliptic(@elliptic):🤖 An agentic payment is a payment an AI agent makes for a person or business. Someone gives the agent a budget and a task, such as compiling a report. If the task needs paid data, the agent finds a seller, decides to buy from it and pays, usually in stablecoins. Nobody approves that individual payment. Once a payment on a public blockchain goes through, it can't be reversed. So the compliance check on who is being paid (or who pays you) has to happen before the money moves. Our new explainer walks through how these payments work, who is involved and where those checks fit:

2026.10.08 12:54

🤖 An agentic payment is a payment an AI agent makes for a person or business. Someone gives the agent a budget and a task, such as compiling a report. If the task needs paid data, the agent finds a seller, decides to buy from it and pays, usually in stablecoins. Nobody approves that individual payment. Once a payment on a public blockchain goes through, it can't be reversed. So the compliance check on who is being paid (or who pays you) has to happen before the money moves. Our new explainer walks through how these payments work, who is involved and where those checks fit: