CIRCLE LAUNCHES NANOPAYMENTS ON TESTNET

Summary from the TLDR Crypto newsletter

Circle's Nanopayments infrastructure enables gas-free, sub-cent USDC transactions for AI agents using the x402 open standard. By aggregating off-chain payments for periodic on-chain settlement, the system supports machine-to-machine economies across networks like Arbitrum and Base, addressing cost barriers for high-frequency, micro-scale digital services.