Ant Group Launches Anvita: AI Agents Executing Crypto Transactions Without Humans

China-based Ant Group, the company behind the Alipay payment app, has stepped into a new era for digital transactions. Through its blockchain arm Ant Digital Technologies, the company this week launched the Anvita platform, which allows artificial intelligence agents to execute cryptocurrency transactions completely autonomously, without human approval at each step.

Anvita was presented at the Real Up conference in Cannes on April 5th and consists of two main components. Anvita TaaS offers tokenization of real-world assets for institutions, with tools for custody and treasury management. Anvita Flow is a platform where AI agents can connect, coordinate tasks, and settle payments in real time using stablecoins.

The platform uses the x402 protocol, developed by Coinbase and Cloudflare, which enables stablecoin payments directly over HTTP. This means microtransactions without the need for traditional billing systems or human intervention.

Ant Group emphasizes that the company does not plan to issue its own cryptocurrencies or engage in speculative trading. The ambition is to build infrastructure for an "onchain agentic economy" where autonomous agents can own assets, execute trades, and optimize portfolios on their own behalf.

The positioning against tech giants is clear. Ant Group now competes directly with Visa, Google, and Coinbase, all of which are developing infrastructure for AI-driven commerce. Ant Digital Technologies is seeking regulatory licenses in Hong Kong and Singapore to ensure international operating permits.

For CIOs and technology leaders, this represents a concrete shift: Agentic AI is no longer just a tool for information processing, but an actor in financial transactions. It raises new questions about accountability, regulation, and auditing of AI-driven financial flows in business.