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HSBC, Ant Digital test AI-agent payments using tokenized deposits

  • —HSBC and Ant Digital completed a technical trial of AI-agent payments
  • —Settlement used HSBC's tokenized deposits
  • —The trial covered service discovery and micropayments by AI agents
  • —Risk checks and settlement ran in real time
Why it matters: A major bank is testing the combination of AI agents and tokenized deposits, which could speed up blockchain-based settlement in traditional finance.
Source: Cointelegraph
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