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MoonPay, a crypto payments platform, on Friday unveiled a virtual Mastercard debit card that lets AI agents spend stablecoins directly from an on-chain wallet at any online merchant that accepts Mastercard.
The new product, called MoonAgents Card, is being rolled out under an expanded partnership with self-custodial wallet provider Exodus and regulated card issuer Monavate, according to a press release. Stablecoin debit cards already exist, but MoonPay said theirs is the first designed to be managed programmatically by agents through its developer command-line tool, MoonPay CLI.
The card "extends" MoonPay's existing agent infrastructure, the company said, by giving agents a way to actually spend at merchants, something they couldn't do before. According to MoonPay, the card connects to a self-custodial wallet via a smart contract that authorizes access to stablecoin balances at the moment of purchase, with crypto-to-fiat conversion happening at checkout.
"Agents are already managing wallets, executing trades, and moving value onchain," said Ivan Soto-Wright, MoonPay's CEO and co-founder. "The one thing they couldn't do was spend at a merchant. Now they can."
Wallet custody is never transferred and approvals can be revoked at any time, the release said. The card is available now through MoonPay CLI in the U.K. and LATAM, with U.S. and EU rollout planned in the coming months. Identity verification is required before issuance.