# XRP is CONNECTED - AI Agents and Banks Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-the-chain-blockchain-and-cryptocurrency-news-opinion-628887/xrp-is-connected-ai-agents-and-banks Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-the-chain-blockchain-and-cryptocurrency-news-opinion-628887/xrp-is-connected-ai-agents-and-banks.md Podcast: [On The Chain - Blockchain and Cryptocurrency News + Opinion](https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-the-chain-blockchain-and-cryptocurrency-news-opinion-628887) Published: 2026-05-07T01:44:59+00:00 Episode link: https://pod.co/on-the-chain/xrp-is-connected-ai-agents-and-banks Audio file: https://downloads.pod.co/b3a5eef4-992e-4755-a874-5eb801a66c42/55d914ed-5585-4c1e-969c-852f441c0214.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/on-the-chain-blockchain-and-cryptocurrency-news-opinion-628887/episodes/xrp-is-connected-ai-agents-and-banks Duration seconds: 4426 ## Resource AI agents are starting to move money. Not someday. Right now. Tonight we break down the rapidly emerging connection between AI agents, banking infrastructure, tokenized assets, and XRP β€” and why this may represent the next phase of the global financial system. Mastercard, Ripple, Ondo Finance, and Kinexys by JPMorgan just completed a landmark pilot connecting the XRP Ledger with interbank settlement rails for near real-time cross-border settlement of tokenized U.S. Treasuries. At the same time: πŸ”Ή Stripe is launching AI agent wallets πŸ”Ή Solana is pushing AI payment agents πŸ”Ή XRPL developers are building pay-per-use AI infrastructure πŸ”Ή Flare and Uphold are expanding XRP DeFi utility πŸ”Ή 24/7 programmable financial markets are becoming reality This episode goes far beyond crypto price action. We’re talking about: ⚑ autonomous finance ⚑ machine-to-machine payments ⚑ tokenized assets ⚑ AI-driven commerce ⚑ global settlement infrastructure ⚑ the rise of programmable money And somehow… XRP keeps appearing right in the middle of it. If the internet connected information… The next phase may connect money, markets, assets, and AI itself. πŸ”₯ On tonight’s show: βœ” Mastercard + Ripple + JPMorgan pilot explained βœ” Why tokenized Treasuries matter βœ” AI agent wallets and autonomous payments βœ” Stripe’s massive AI payment push βœ” XRP + Flare expanding utility and DeFi βœ” XRPL infrastructure for AI commerce βœ” Why 24/7 financial markets change everything βœ” The future of programmable finance #XRP #Ripple #AI #Crypto #XRPL #Mastercard #Stripe #Flare #Blockchain #Finance #Stablecoins #Tokenization #AIAgents #Fintech #Banking ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ πŸ”₯ SUPPORT ON THE CHAIN ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ β˜• Badassery Coffee https://badasserycoffee.com 🧬 OTC Mint https://otc.one/mint πŸ› On The Chain Merch https://onthechain.shop β˜•β€¦ ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/on-the-chain-blockchain-and-cryptocurrency-news-opinion-628887/episodes/xrp-is-connected-ai-agents-and-banks/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/on-the-chain-blockchain-and-cryptocurrency-news-opinion-628887/xrp-is-connected-ai-agents-and-banks.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.