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On February 2, 2026, MultiversX announced it had become the first network to integrate Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), an open standard launched in January that lets AI assistants discover products, negotiate prices, and complete purchases across merchants like Shopify, Walmart, and Target.
— Multiversᕽ (@MultiversX) January 29, 2026
With the integration, AI systems running on tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude can now directly check wallet balances, transfer tokens, and execute transactions on MultiversX without human input or brittle code-guessing.
The rollout builds on MultiversX’s recent adoption of x402. A December 2025 upgrade expanded x402 to multiple chains and traditional rails like cards and ACH, allowing apps, services, or AI agents to pay for APIs, premium data, or compute automatically, no logins, redirects, or checkout flows required.
AI models often fail when trying to interact with blockchains, generating wrong code or instructions because they lack reliable, structured network information. MultiversX addresses this head-on. UCP gives agents a standardized way to transact, while x402 removes payment friction.
I'm being asked what x402 is, so here's why you should care:
a) Background:
– The x402 protocol enables agents to make payments onchain@a16zcrypto 2025 "State of Crypto" Report specifically mentioned x402 in the context of agentic payments, which is anticipated to hit $30… https://t.co/4eo9HiVYf2 pic.twitter.com/M4uQJBPMD1
— 0xSammy (@0xSammy) October 24, 2025
Together, they enable “agentic commerce”, where AI can autonomously access services, move money, and interact with dApps or real-world merchants. Potential uses range from research agents paying for data to automated trading strategies in DeFi or AI services charging users directly for analysis.
This fits a wider trend across chains to become infrastructure for autonomous AI agents. Ethereum rolled out ERC-8004 last week for on-chain identity and reputation; now MultiversX is betting on practical commerce tools to win share.
ERC-8004 is going live on mainnet soon.
By enabling discovery and portable reputation, ERC-8004 allows AI agents to interact across organizations ensuring credibility travels everywhere.
This unlocks a global market where AI services can interoperate without gatekeepers. https://t.co/Yrl0rvnSxj
— Ethereum (@ethereum) January 27, 2026
MultiversX’s double integration is a smart land grab in the emerging AI-agent economy. Google’s UCP and Coinbase’s x402 solve two critical pain points, transaction reliability and payment friction, making MultiversX one of the first chains truly usable by autonomous systems.
Timing wise, it seems to be a good market move. AI agents are currently moving from chat to action, and it’s expected that blockchains that enable seamless, trustless commerce will capture the wave. For developers, this lowers barriers to building AI-native dApps, while for users, it promises invisible, instant on-chain interactions. For both categories, it means AI can finally use blockchain reliably, with less hallucinated transactions and more programmatic value flow.
It begins.
Agentic Payments everywhere. https://t.co/862UQEqg12
— Robert Sasu | dev/acc (@SasuRobert) February 2, 2026
Like most projects of this nature, much will be dependent on how the execution is carried out. Will standards prove reliable under load? Will agents revert to centralized workarounds? But if MultiversX is able to deliver low-latency, accurate agent flows, it could leapfrog competitors still stuck in manual UX.
This is beyond just tech. As we predicted at the end of the year, 2026 will be a year of more collaboration between AI and the crypto ecosystem. Consequently, this move is about positioning for a future where AI handles money and data on-chain at scale. Adoption metrics and agent volume could be the biggest telltale sign in the next quarter, so it’s best to keep an eye on that.
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