https://judyailab.com/en/tags/agent-economy/ Recent content in Agent Economy on Judy AI Lab https://judyailab.com/logo.jpg https://judyailab.com/logo.jpg Hugo -- 0.147.4 en Fri, 14 Aug 2026 07:01:31 +0000 https://judyailab.com/en/posts/2026-08-12-circle-steve-autonomous-agents-x402-agent-economy/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0900 https://judyailab.com/en/posts/2026-08-12-circle-steve-autonomous-agents-x402-agent-economy/ Circle publicly ran an experiment called Steve: 8 autonomous AI agents, each with its own USDC wallet, paid for data on the open market via the x402 protocol and bet on the 2026 World Cup on Polymarket, with no human review and a hard spending cap. Written from the front lines of building agentictrade, this piece breaks down how the agent economy works, what x402 means, and why a spending cap is the core mechanism that makes it safe for AI to spend money.