OKX bets the agentic economy needs its own payment rails before anyone else builds them
OKX launched an open protocol in April 2026 that lets AI agents autonomously hire, pay, and dispute with each other on-chain. With AWS, Alibaba Cloud, and major blockchain ecosystems already pledged, the company is racing Mastercard, Stripe, and Coinbase to own the payment rails of the agentic economy, before regulators work out who is liable when no human is in the loop.