ERC-8183 Agentic Commerce Standard
Co-developed by Virtuals and the EF dAI team, the standard enables autonomous agents to trustlessly buy and sell services from one another.
Virtuals introduces the ERC-8183.
LI.FI introduces Agentic Commerce API.
EF increases bug bounty to $1 million.
BitMine now holds 4.5 million ETH.
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Virtuals Protocol, an AI protocol for creating, deploying, tokenizing, and co-owning AI agents on Base, introduced the ERC-8183 Agentic Commerce Standard, a new Ethereum standard designed to create a trustless commerce layer for AI agents. Co-developed with the Ethereum Foundation’s dAI team, the standard enables autonomous agents to buy and sell services from one another onchain. At the core of ERC-8183 is a minimal commerce primitive called a Job. Each job involves three roles: a client, who defines the task and funds it; a provider, who performs the work; and an evaluator, who verifies whether the deliverable meets the agreed terms. Payments are locked in programmable onchain escrow and released or refunded, enabling deterministic settlement. ERC-8183 also works alongside ERC-8004.
The Ethereum Foundation increased the maximum reward in its bug bounty program to $1 million, paid in ETH or DAI. The program rewards security researchers who discover vulnerabilities affecting the Ethereum network in production. It operates on an ongoing basis and features a public leaderboard recognizing contributors. The bounty covers a wide range of Ethereum components, including the network’s core protocol design, consensus layer and execution layer specifications, proof-of-stake mechanics, peer-to-peer networking, fork-choice rules, the Beacon Chain, the deposit contract, client implementations, and smart-contract compiler vulnerabilities.
LI.FI, the DEX and bridge aggregation protocol behind Jumper, introduced an API for Agentic Commerce that enables AI agents to perform cross-chain transactions through a single integration. The toolkit allows agents to swap tokens, bridge assets, and track transactions across 58 chains, aggregating liquidity from 27 bridges and 31 exchanges. By providing a unified routing engine and agent-ready tools, LI.FI addresses market access for AI agents.
BitMine Immersion Technologies Inc. digital asset treasury now holds 4.5 million ETH, representing over 3.7% of the total Ethereum supply. The holdings are valued at over $9 billion. BitMine continues its accumulation strategy, progressing toward its long-term goal of owning 5% of the total ETH supply, roughly 6 million ETH. BitMine is also staking 3 million ETH from its holdings.
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OpenSea Launches Agent CLI
The AI agent skill allows agents to interact directly with the OpenSea NFT marketplace.
OpenSea launches an agent CLI.
Gitcoin proposes an overhaul.
Curve accuses PancakeSwap.
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OpenSea introduced a command-line interface and AI agent skill that allows developers and AI assistants to interact directly with the OpenSea NFT marketplace. Using the OpenSea CLI, agents can query NFT collections, tokens, listings, and offers, execute NFT trades on the Seaport marketplace, and swap ERC-20 tokens through OpenSea’s DEX aggregator. The tool can operate through the OpenSea API, CLI commands, shell scripts, or an MCP server designed for LLM integrations. It supports multiple output formats, including TOON, a compact format that uses roughly 40% fewer tokens than JSON, helping reduce context usage. The tool works for transactions on Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, and Polygon. An OpenSea API key is required to access the service.
The Gitcoin team introduced a governance proposal to sunset the long-running Gitcoin Grants program and relaunch it as a single annual initiative, with a first focus on funding the decentralization acceleration (d/acc). Under the proposal, the new program would run targeted monthly campaigns, each focused on a specific subdomain. The funding model would also shift away from community matching pools toward a mix of coalitional funding, co-funding partnerships, yield-based funding through Octant Vaults, and instruments such as convertible notes. If approved, the new structure would launch in May 2026.
Curve Finance accused PancakeSwap of copying its StableSwap smart contract code without authorization, claiming the move violates Curve’s licensing policy. Curve shared a screenshot from PancakeSwap’s codebase showing a forgotten “Todo” note indicating the team still needed to decide which license to apply. Curve’s StableSwap smart contract is not distributed under an open-source license, using a restrictive copyright that prohibits modifications without permission. Earlier this week, PancakeSwap introduced StableSwap functionality on its Pancake Infinity AMM, enabling stablecoin swaps with dynamic fees and reduced slippage. PancakeSwap said it is reaching out to the Curve team.
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Polygon Launches Agent CLI Toolkit
The toolkit enables AI agents to operate onchain with built-in wallets, payments, identity, and transaction capabilities.
Polygon launches an Agent CLI toolkit.
Bitwise donates $100k to Protocol Guild.
Vitalik urges bolder Ethereum innovation.
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Polygon Labs launched the Polygon Agent CLI, a toolkit that enables AI agents to operate onchain with built-in wallets, payments, identity, and transaction capabilities. The tool provides a single-click installation that lets agents securely hold and spend funds onchain, eliminating the need for developers to integrate multiple services. The toolkit supports the ERC-8004 standard for verifiable onchain identity and reputation, and the x402 protocol, which enables agents to pay for APIs and data services per request using stablecoins. Using the CLI, agents can create wallets, execute gas-abstracted transactions, and interact with DeFi.
Bitwise donated $100,000 to the Protocol Guild and the Proposer Builder Separation (PBS) Foundation, marking its second donation trench. The donation follows a commitment made in 2024 by both VanEck and Bitwise to allocate 10% of their profits from their Ethereum ETFs to support Ethereum development over the next decade. The Bitwise ETHW ETF was launched on the NYSE Arca in July 2024, offering investors a way to invest in Ethereum without having to own the asset directly. The fund currently holds more than 110,000 ETH. The Protocol Guild is a collective of Ethereum core contributors.
Vitalik Buterin urged Ethereum builders to adopt a bolder, more experimental mindset at the application layer without compromising on core principles: censorship resistance, open source, privacy, and security (CROPS). Culturally, he encouraged Ethereum to move beyond “respectable” institutional norms, referencing the Milady meme culture. Buterin suggested rethinking key areas of the ecosystem, including DeFi potentially evolving toward universal futures markets, oracles built from cryptographic proofs over multiple AI models and trusted data sources, and re-evaluating the role of Layer-2s to ensure they are truly additive to Ethereum. He also pointed to the need for a privacy-first application stack.
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