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24 Oct 2026ArticleMastercard opens AI agent payments to developers after 6 firm pilotsVisa starts an agent invoice pilot and Proof and Circle show identity-gated payments, while TRM Labs finds 0.6% to 7.5% of likely x402 commerce looks agentic.Emily ParkerGlobal23 Oct 2026ArticleVisa and IBKR let AI agents move money as Goldman commits $500MMoody's revenue rose 1% to $2.02 billion and Deutsche Börse lifted its 2026 outlook again, while a Fed governor said agent payments could change how money moves.—Global22 Oct 2026ArticleNew proof-of-work design targets idle AI GPUs with 32 GiB datasetCypherium says COLOSSUS-X would let data centers mine blockchain rewards between AI jobs, as one survey put average GPU use near 5% before optimization.—North America21 Oct 2026ArticleFhenix launches mainnet on 2 chains as tokenized assets top $39BFhenix says its encryption coprocessor is in production on two networks, while its own design post lists narrower DeFi support and visible sender, receiver and timing data.—Global20 Oct 2026ArticlePostquant launches quantum VM running on 3 hardware typesThe Quip Virtual Machine quotes a maximum cost before every run, while Quantinuum's Standard plan on Azure Quantum costs $125,000 a month.—Global