agentic-commerce

Algorand's new CEO inherits a 2027 quantum deadline and an undisclosed K3 Labs role — William Herkelrath began as Algorand Foundation CEO on Aug. 31. He inherits a 2027 post-quantum deadline, a live agentic-payments contest…
Algorand ships AC2, an open protocol that keeps AI agents off users' keys — Algorand Foundation's AC2 protocol lets users approve AI agent actions — payments, code commits, API calls — with a passkey while private…
Algorand's post-quantum v5.0.0 nears mainnet after 90% node-support vote — Algorand's v5.0.0 — native Falcon-1024 post-quantum accounts, usage-based fees, a bigger AVM — cleared 90% node support Aug 15 and…
x402-winning Verun charges AI agents 0.01 USDC per trust verdict on Algorand — Verun, the BCP Partners-built trust layer that won its track at Algorand's June x402 hackathon, scores AI agents 0-1000 via validator…
Algorand Foundation's Aug 25 x402 workshop follows a 75M-transaction month — The Algorand Foundation's hands-on x402 workshop returns Aug 25 to teach payer clients and payment-gated APIs, as the protocol logs 75.4M…
Algorand's Global x402 Challenge passes 60 live paid endpoints — The Algorand Foundation's pay-per-request AI-commerce challenge is mid-flight with 60 live endpoints and $19.8K settled, as v5.0.0 brings…