t54 announced that autonomous AI agents can now pay for services natively on the $XRP Ledger (XRPL) using $XRP and Ripple USD (RLUSD).
The system relies on t54’s x402 facilitator. Coinbase and Cloudflare originally launched x402 in 2025 as an open standard for machine-native payments.
“Agent commerce is coming to the XRPL. With @virtuals_io, agents can transact autonomously: escrowed jobs, verification through evaluators, and programmable settlement,” the post read.
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t54, founded by Chandler Fang, is a San Francisco-based startup building trust infrastructure for the agentic economy. The company raised $5 million in a seed round in February, co-led by Anagram, PL Capital, and Franklin Templeton. Ripple joined as a strategic investor alongside Virtuals Ventures, Blockchain Coinvestors, and ABCDE.
Meanwhile, the development comes as $XRP continues to face market volatility. BeInCrypto Markets data showed that the altcoin has dropped more than 1% over the past day. At press time, it was trading at $1.45.
AI-driven “agent commerce” on the $XRP Ledger could strengthen the long-term case for $XRP, especially if autonomous systems begin using it for payments and settlement. It gives $XRP a credible story in the AI + crypto intersection.
But whether it translates into enough on-chain volume to meaningfully impact $XRP’s price depends on whether agent commerce actually takes off at scale, and that’s still an open question.