MultiversX Integrates OpenAI and Stripe for Gasless, AI-Driven On‑Chain Commerce
MultiversX has integrated OpenAI’s Agent Commerce Protocol (ACP) and Stripe’s payment protocol to enable AI-driven on‑chain commerce. ACP is an open standard that lets AI agents discover, buy and pay for products within chat interfaces without wallet operations or Gas fees. MultiversX implemented ACP via an open-source adapter and introduced Relayed v3 to provide native gasless transactions so users can transact without holding EGLD. The project also added support for Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), covering the full shopping flow from discovery to after‑sales. Together with the upcoming Supernova upgrade (which promises sub‑second finality), these integrations aim to enable automated service contracts and machine‑to‑machine economic activity, bridging on‑chain and off‑chain payment rails and creating new financial infrastructure for AI agents. The announcement is positioned as infrastructure development rather than investment advice.
Bullish
This integration is bullish for MultiversX and related on‑chain activity because it lowers user friction (no wallets or Gas), expands payment interoperability (Stripe, UCP), and enables new use cases (AI agent commerce, machine‑to‑machine payments). Reduced onboarding friction and gasless UX have historically increased usage and on‑chain volume for projects that deliver them, attracting retail users and developer interest. The Supernova upgrade promising sub‑second finality further improves the network’s competitiveness for commerce use cases, potentially increasing demand for network services and EGLD utility. Short term, expect positive sentiment and speculative buying in EGLD and ecosystem tokens as traders price increased adoption potential. Volume spikes and higher volatility are likely around product launches and upgrade milestones. Long term, if integrations lead to sustained merchant adoption and real economic activity routed through MultiversX, network fees, token utility and developer ecosystem could grow materially. Risks include implementation delays, competition from other chains offering similar gasless UX, and the pace of merchant/AI agent adoption; these could temper upside or produce volatility but do not negate the fundamentally positive impact of reduced friction and broader payment rails.