Circle’s chief AI officer Li Fan says gas-free nano payments can support the agent economy

Circle’s chief AI officer Li Fan says gas-free nano payments can support the agent economy

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2026-09-01 00:22:48
Li Fan, Circle’s chief AI officer, said in a post on X that gas-free nano payments could provide the payment rail needed for the agent economy by enabling fast, low-cost machine-to-machine transactions. She said the model supports charging at a much finer level than traditional subscriptions, including per article, episode, task, or API call. According to Fan, that structure removes the need for users to pay through subscription bundles and instead allows payments to match actual usage. The remarks frame gas-free nano payments as a possible way to support transactions between machines as AI agents take on more automated economic activity.

Li Fan, Circle’s chief AI officer, said in a post on X that gas-free nano payments can enable fast, low-cost machine-to-machine transactions and support the development of the agent economy.

Fan said the payment model can charge at the level of an article, episode, task, or API call, without requiring users to subscribe.

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