Tether isn't just a stablecoin company anymore — it's now funding the rails for AI agents to spend money.
The $USDT issuer led a $15M Series A in Mural, a startup built by former Palantir engineers that plugs AI agents into bank accounts and blockchains — with spending caps, approved counterparties and step-up approvals for bigger payments. Total funding hits $28M, with North Island Ventures also in; Mural says it has processed $2.1B across 128 countries since launching its API last year.
The pattern is what matters: this follows Tether's bet on AIsa and its participation in Tenstorrent's $1.5B Series E. The world's largest stablecoin issuer is quietly assembling an AI stack, and stablecoins are the obvious settlement layer for machine-to-machine commerce.
Does programmable money finally give stablecoins their killer app — or is "agentic finance" still mostly a pitch deck?
$USDT #Stablecoin #AI #Payments #Tether
The $USDT issuer led a $15M Series A in Mural, a startup built by former Palantir engineers that plugs AI agents into bank accounts and blockchains — with spending caps, approved counterparties and step-up approvals for bigger payments. Total funding hits $28M, with North Island Ventures also in; Mural says it has processed $2.1B across 128 countries since launching its API last year.
The pattern is what matters: this follows Tether's bet on AIsa and its participation in Tenstorrent's $1.5B Series E. The world's largest stablecoin issuer is quietly assembling an AI stack, and stablecoins are the obvious settlement layer for machine-to-machine commerce.
Does programmable money finally give stablecoins their killer app — or is "agentic finance" still mostly a pitch deck?
$USDT #Stablecoin #AI #Payments #Tether