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Circle Ran 8 AI Agents With Real USDC Wallets to Bet on World Cup Matches

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Circle, the company behind the USDC stablecoin, conducted a public experiment called 'Steve' in which eight autonomous AI agents were each given their own USDC wallet and tasked with predicting the final three matches of the 2026 World Cup. Operating without real-time human oversight, the agents independently purchased live match data and social sentiment feeds via the x402 payment protocol, then placed prediction bets on Polymarket. Every transaction and balance change was broadcast live on a public website, and each agent operated under strict per-transaction and total spending caps it could not override. After the experiment concluded, the remaining funds — totalling over $10,000 — were donated to the Apache Software Foundation, with Circle matching the amount dollar-for-dollar for a combined contribution exceeding $20,000. The demo is being cited as an early real-world example of the emerging 'agent economy,' where AI systems autonomously buy, sell, and settle for services using on-chain payments.

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