AI Agents & Web3 Agent Ecosystem

Baek Yeon-joo, a research fellow at the Korea Institute of Finance, stated on Oct. 23 that artificial intelligence agents could accelerate deposit outflows from banks and erode profitability. Baek made the remarks at '2026 Payment Insight,' a seminar marking the 40th anniversary of the Korea

According to ChainCatcher, robotics company Galactic General and Unitree Technology announced recently at the 2026 World Physical AI Conference that they jointly developed Galbot ET1, the world's first native AI agent robot. The product debuted at the World Robot Conference in August. The

According to Bitcoin Magazine, on October 22, Square Tech, GOAT Network, and DAC Labs signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore AI agent-powered stablecoin payment services in South Korea as part of Square Tech's Digital Solutions business. As an initial priority, the partners will

According to Odaily, Ethereum's ERC official repository has adopted seven AI agent-related proposals submitted by Finch, including ERC-8436 (Agentic Collective Decision-making Framework) and ERC-8444 (on-chain Agentic Resource Discovery). All seven proposals, authored by Finch founder and CEO Gary

According to Alibaba Cloud, the company completed DAY0 adaptation on the launch day of Stepwise Star's flagship open-source model Step 5 Preview. The solution, built on Alibaba Cloud's Agent Sandbox and Kubernetes, achieves minute-level creation of 30,000 sandboxes with support for up to 1 million c

Cho Jae-bak, vice president of Naver Pay, stated on October 23 that artificial intelligence agents will reshape finance by performing payments and investments on behalf of users. Speaking at the Financial Clearing Institute's 40th-anniversary Payment Insight Seminar at the Korea Chamber of

According to Bank of America, on October 23, agentic AI will not turn enterprise software into a commodity. Instead, competitive advantages are shifting from user interfaces and standardized implementation to trusted data, industry expertise, AI control planes, and partner networks. The bank

According to Barron's, Meta Platforms (META-US) stock fell 7% to $648.85 yesterday (Oct 22) following the company's third-quarter earnings release. The social media giant's AI consumer agent Muse has emerged as a key growth driver, with analysts divided on near-term valuation. Muse logged over 10 m

According to ChainCatcher, Anthropic today donated the Agent Skills standard to the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) under the Linux Foundation. The standard, initially designed during Claude Code development and launched in October 2025, is now maintained jointly by engineers from Anthropic, OpenAI, an

MIT researchers placed 13 AI agents called Eko on a simulated desert island for 30 hours without assigned tasks, observing behavior the team characterizes as play. The agents, each running on Claude Opus 4.7, invented their own challenges and games during unsupervised

According to MIT researchers, 13 AI agents called Eko, each running on Claude Opus 4.7, were left alone to explore a simulated desert island without specific tasks for 30 hours. The agents began inventing challenges on their own, and the researchers later described this behavior as bearing

Interactive Brokers (NASDAQ: IBKR) launched autonomous AI trading on October 21, allowing eligible customers to authorize third-party artificial intelligence platforms to identify opportunities and submit orders for stocks and options without individual trade approval. The launch extends the

Hedera launched Agent Accounts, a new wallet management feature allowing users to set specific spending limits and maintain full audit trails for every transaction. The initiative aims to enhance user control and transparency within the Hedera ecosystem. Hedera is a decentralized public network

According to Hedera's official announcement, the platform has launched Agent Accounts, enabling users to set specific spending limits and maintain a full audit trail for every transaction. The new feature enhances wallet management by providing greater customization and transparency, allowing both i

NousResearch CEO Dillon Rolnick engaged in a discussion with Cloudflare CEO East Dakota regarding digital sovereignty and the future of the internet. The conversation, highlighted by NousResearch in a tweet, focused on the role of agents in shaping digital spaces. The discussion reflects the tech in

According to Axios and Reuters, major U.S. banks are restricting third-party AI agents from accessing and conducting transactions in customer accounts following reports that some AI agents have taken actions independently of user instructions. Banks are increasingly concerned that powerful AI agents

1Password on Thursday launched a new authentication platform allowing AI agents to log into user accounts without accessing passwords. The tool, named 1Password for Agents, creates a verification system where agents send a digital key to 1Password to confirm identity, users approve login attempts

On Thursday (October 22), 1Password launched 1Password for Agents, a platform that allows AI agents to log into user accounts on behalf of users without accessing passwords. The system works by creating a digital identity verification process: when an agent attempts to log in, a unique digital key i