Alchemy adds Mastercard credentials to AgentCard, bridging AI agents to card rails

AgentCard pairs one-time-use card credentials with a stablecoin wallet, extending Alchemy's push from blockchain infrastructure into agentic commerce.

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Primary source: PR Newswire

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Alchemy is using card networks as the distribution layer for agentic commerce while keeping stablecoins in the stack, a practical hedge as payment standards for AI agents remain unsettled.

A close-up of a digital screen displaying a secure transaction using an 'AgentCard' with Mastercard details and the Alchemy logo.

Nikil Viswanathan (@nikil), the co-founder and CEO of Alchemy, is giving software agents another route into the human economy: one-time-use Mastercard credentials that work at online merchants already equipped to accept cards.…

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