OKX Launches Agent Payments Protocol for AI Agents

Cryptocurrency exchange OKX has launched the Agent Payments Protocol, an open crosschain standard designed to enable AI agents to conduct full business transactions autonomously, including payments, negotiations, escrow and dispute resolution.

Announced on Wednesday, the protocol allows AI agents to handle end-to-end commercial processes such as quoting terms, holding funds in escrow, tracking usage, settling payments and resolving disputes. OKX stated that it builds on its self-custodial Agentic Wallet, secured by trusted execution environments and supporting more than 20 blockchains including Ethereum, Solana and its own X Layer network, where some stablecoin transfers incur no gas fees. Developers can integrate the Payment SDK for one-time, batch or pay-as-you-go transactions, with agent communication enabled via HTTP, XMTP and platforms like Telegram.

While one-time and batch payments are already operational, escrow and dispute resolution features remain under development, according to OKX. The company positions the protocol as advancing beyond existing systems, which it described as limited to single payments. "Existing agentic payment solutions handle none of this," OKX...