Oobit Launches Visa Cards for AI Agents Using USDT

Oobit, a cryptocurrency payments platform backed by Tether, launched virtual Visa corporate cards on Thursday designed exclusively for AI agents, enabling them to make purchases directly from USDT stablecoin balances at millions of merchants worldwide.

The product, called Agent Cards, addresses a key challenge for companies deploying AI agents in production environments. Each agent receives its own programmable card with server-side controls, including spend limits, merchant category restrictions and per-transaction or per-merchant caps that cannot be overridden. Transactions and declines generate real-time, human-readable logs in a centralized dashboard, providing finance teams with clear audit trails. Setup takes under three minutes and integrates with any AI framework or payment processors like Stripe. Cards are funded straight from a company's Oobit stablecoin treasury, bypassing fiat conversions, banking delays and foreign exchange costs.

Oobit operates across 150 million merchants in more than 100 countries via the Visa network. The company restricts access to businesses verified through know-your-business processes, with onboarding open to a limited group through the...