In a report published on November 13, 2026, BlockBeats said a16z had released a map of the agent economy. In an accompanying article, a16z partners Olivia Moore and Justine Moore wrote that as AI agents begin choosing products, subscribing to services and completing purchases for users, payment, identity-verification and anti-fraud infrastructure will face new demands.
The map’s “Payments & Checkout” section includes crypto-related projects Kite, Crossmint, Privy, Turnkey and Catena Labs. Together, they cover stablecoin payments, wallets and spending management. BlockBeats reported that, among those projects, Kite was the only one with a tradable native token at the time.
Original report: BlockBeats, published November 13, 2026, at 20:34:53 UTC+08:00.