THE PAYMENT LAYER FOR AUTONOMOUS AGENTS
ARCPAY AGENT is an agent-native payment interface. Software agents discover priced services, receive a 402 payment challenge, authorize sub-cent USDC transactions inside strict policy limits and settle on ARC — without a human approving each step.
AUTOMATE. PARTICIPATE. EARN.
- TICKER
- APA
- NETWORK
- ARC
- ASSET
- USDC
- CONTRACT
- SOON
Watch an agent pay for what it needs
A complete machine-to-machine transaction: discovery, payment challenge, policy check, settlement, resource unlock.
An AI agent needs market data. Press RUN AGENT DEMO to watch it discover a service, receive a 402 challenge, authorize a USDC payment on ARC and unlock the resource.
Agent receives a task it cannot complete alone.
Agent queries the service layer for a capable provider.
Provider answers with a payment challenge and a price.
Spending policy validates amount, recipient and session limits.
USDC moves on ARC. The receipt is the authorization.
Provider releases the payload. Task completes.
Built for machine-speed commerce
Four primitives that make autonomous payments safe enough to run unattended.
AGENT IDENTITY
Every agent runs with its own wallet, spending policy and audit trail. Identity is the unit of accountability.
PROGRAMMABLE PAYMENTS
Payments are triggered by machine intent, bounded by policy ceilings and executed without a human in the loop.
SERVICE DISCOVERY
APIs advertise a price. Agents query, compare and select the cheapest capable provider before paying.
SETTLEMENT ON ARC
Stable-value settlement in USDC on ARC — designed for high-frequency, sub-cent machine transactions.
Active agents
Each agent carries its own wallet, budget ceiling and audit log.
PAYMENT AGENT
SETTLEMENT
Settled 0.001 USDC → Market Data API
RESEARCH AGENT
KNOWLEDGE
Purchased 12 web-search calls
DATA AGENT
INGESTION
Requested Dune Analytics API
Priced APIs agents can buy
Every endpoint advertises a price in USDC. Agents pay per request, not per subscription.
ETH OHLCV Feed
★★★Sub-cent priced Ethereum OHLCV + orderbook snapshots designed for agent consumption. Returns 402 Payment Required before payload release.
Dune Analytics API
★☆☆Execute parameterized Dune queries with row-level metering. Results signed and timestamped by the provider.
Network activity
Demo telemetry illustrating the shape of agent-driven transaction flow.