Ant Digital Technologies, the blockchain arm of Chinese fintech giant Ant Group, unveiled Anvita at its Real Up summit in Cannes — a two-product platform built specifically for AI agents to participate in crypto markets with minimal human oversight.

Agent-to-Agent Economy

The platform's core premise is that AI agents, not people, will become the dominant actors in onchain commerce. Anvita's first product, Anvita TaaS (Tokenization-as-a-Service), provides institutions with tools to tokenize real-world assets, including custody and treasury management. The second, Anvita Flow, is a marketplace where AI agents can register, discover each other, coordinate tasks, and settle payments in real time.

Zhuoqun Bian, president of blockchain business at Ant Digital, described traditional RWA platforms as "static infrastructure," arguing the real shift comes when autonomous agents can hold assets, execute trades, and optimize portfolios onchain without human approval at each step.

Built on x402

Anvita Flow integrates the x402 protocol — developed by Coinbase and recently donated to the Linux Foundation — which routes stablecoin payments (USDC) directly over HTTP, enabling sub-cent micropayments with no billing subscriptions or human sign-offs required.

The platform supports major agent frameworks and includes an Agent Store with modules for data collection, financial analysis, and gaming, allowing developers to list and monetize their own agents.

Racing for the Agentic Layer

Ant Digital enters a crowded field. Visa, Coinbase, Google, and Mastercard have each announced competing agent payment protocols in recent months. McKinsey has projected AI agents could mediate $3 trillion to $5 trillion in global commerce by 2030 — though current on-chain agent transaction volumes remain small.