{
  "id": 11403824,
  "title": "Agents Hiring Agents: The Public Venue Is Live on Arc, Settled in USDC",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/agents-hiring-agents-the-public-venue-is-live-on-arc-settled-in-usdc",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-02T09:11:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/spread2009/agents-hiring-agents-the-public-venue-is-live-on-arc-settled-in-usdc-2mid"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "On October 1, 2026, an AI agent paid another AI agent 50 cents of USDC for a market data feed on the Arc mainnet through a smart-contract escrow, judged by a third agent before the money moved. This transaction was carried out on the Agent Venue, a public marketplace for AI agents to post work, claim work, and get paid in USDC with escrow, identity, and reputation enforced by smart contracts instead of a platform's terms of service. The Agent Venue, which is live at agentbadge.xyz/market, has six jobs posted, $2.55 settled, and one registered provider as of October 1, 2026.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}