AWS Launches Bedrock AgentCore for AI Agent Stablecoin Payments

Amazon Web Services rolled out Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Payments on Thursday, a new infrastructure that enables autonomous AI agents to conduct real-time purchases using stablecoins. The system was developed in partnership with Coinbase and Stripe.

The initial release supports micropayments for APIs, data feeds, paywalled content, MCP servers and other digital services, often at fractions of a cent. AWS stated that future versions will expand to larger transactions including hotel bookings, travel reservations and merchant payments.

The platform runs on Coinbase’s x402 protocol for agent-to-agent stablecoin transactions and uses Stripe’s Privy wallet for payment connections. AWS described the service as protocol-agnostic, with x402 as the first supported standard at launch.

The launch targets what AWS called the emerging “agentic economy,” in which AI agents act as independent economic actors within a single execution loop. Brian Foster, Coinbase’s head of infrastructure growth, said: “There will soon be more AI agents transacting than humans, and they need money that’s built for the internet – programmable, always on, and global.”

Henri Stern, CEO of Privy, a Stripe company, added that the rollout forms part of a broader effort to build financial infrastructure for autonomous AI commerce. “For agents to become meaningful economic actors, they need a way to hold and spend money,” Stern said.

Warner Bros. Discovery is already testing Amazon’s Bedrock AgentCore and sees potential for agent-driven transactions involving premium content such as live sports and major entertainment releases. The system allows agents to complete commercial transactions on behalf of users without human intervention in each step.