Ripple launched an AI agent payment toolkit for the XRP Ledger on Wednesday as XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) ETFs pulled $7.44 million in net inflows on June 9.
Why Ripple Is Building Payment Rails For AI Agents On XRPL The toolkit gives developers infrastructure to build agentic payment applications that settle transactions without manual approval loops, supporting x402-powered payments using both XRP and Ripple USD (CRYPTO: RLUSD), an open internet-native standard built around HTTP.
"AI agents are no longer a future state," Ripple said.
"They're already paying for compute, settling invoices, navigating policy constraints, and completing transactions without a human in the loop." Ripple argued most existing payment rails were designed for humans to initiate and approve transactions, leaving autonomous systems without the speed and predictability they need.
The race to build agentic payment infrastructure is already underway.
