Create or connect an AI agent with ClawUp and GOAT AgentKit, add payments and identity, and build toward real commerce with Builder Grants.

GOAT Network Research analyzes agent infrastructure in 2026, covering x402 payments, ERC-8004 identity, onchain adoption, and Bitcoin settlement.

GOAT Network integrates Snaplii’s gift-card infrastructure to let users buy gift cards with USDT and USDC through agent payment flows powered by x402 and GOAT AgentKit.

OpenClaw Hack Toronto brought agent builders together during Toronto Tech Week to build autonomous economic agents using OpenClaw, ClawUp, AgentKit, x402, ERC-8004, and GOAT Network. The event set new single-day records across ClawUp and GOAT Network mainnet activity, with 230+ new ClawUp registrations, 130 agents created, and 74 agents registered under ERC-8004.

Q1 was the quarter GOAT Network defined what it's building toward - Bitcoin-secured Infrastructure for the Digital Economy - and shipped the foundational AI stack to make it real: x402 as the native payment rail, ERC-8004 as native agent identity, and AgentKit as the developer entry point. This recap covers what shipped, who's building on it, and how it sets up Q2: putting the stack into practice through the GOAT AI Builder Grants Program.

GOAT User Journey Season 1 wrapped with 800+ participants, $1,400 USDT rewards, BitVM2 testing, Mainnet onboarding, AI tools, and ambassador nominees.

A short overview of GOAT Network’s role as a Canton Network validator operator and why it matters. The piece explains Canton’s position as a privacy-enabled blockchain for regulated institutions, outlines what validator participation involves, and shows how GOAT can connect agent-native infrastructure such as x402, ERC-8004, and ClawUp with institutional financial rails over time.

The June newsletter covers agent payments, Builder Grants projects, x402 expansion, developer programs, and research on Bitcoin-secured agent infrastructure.

ThoughtProof is the first project in the GOAT AI Builder Grants Program. Its Sentinel API verifies agent reasoning before execution, using x402 pay-per-call payments and ERC-8004 identity to make reasoning checks a native primitive for economic agents on GOAT Network.

GOAT Network’s May newsletter recaps a month of builder activation, covering new agent infrastructure, grants, AgentKit updates, Bitcoin-secured agents, OpenClaw Hack Toronto, User Journey Season 2, and ecosystem growth.

Not all agents are the same. This article defines Bitcoin-secured Agents: a new category of AI agent built to operate independently with payments, identity, reputation, programmable execution, and settlement anchored to Bitcoin.

A primer for turning a standard AI agent into an economic agent that can provide services, transact, manage identity, and participate in real onchain workflows using GOAT Network infrastructure.

GOAT Network User Journey Season 2 lets users explore AI agents, build with ClawUp, learn x402 and 8004, and compete for $1,400 rewards.

A concise overview of GOAT Network’s integration with 8004scan and why it matters for the emerging agent economy. The piece explains how ERC-8004 and 8004scan provide identity, reputation, validation, and discovery, and how GOAT extends that trust layer with Bitcoin-secured payments, execution, and settlement for autonomous agents.

HyperMove lets AI agents pay for APIs with Bitcoin as collateral - and never hold a private key. The second project in the GOAT AI Builder Grants Program.

The GOAT Network Developer Advocates Program brings together developers, community leaders, and technical operators to onboard builders into the GOAT ecosystem, drive adoption of AgentKit, and support the growth of AI-powered and agent-native applications through technical communities.

GOAT User Journey Season 2 recap: how the community explored ClawUp, AgentKit, x402, ERC-8004, AI agents, missions, showcases, and what comes next in Season 3.

GNS is now live on GOAT Mainnet, giving users, builders, projects, and agents readable .goat names for addresses and records across the GOAT Network ecosystem. Learn how GNS improves usability by replacing complex wallet addresses with recognizable names, while complementing GOAT’s broader stack for payments, identity, agents, and onchain applications.

The GOAT AI Builder Grants Program supports teams building AI agents and agent-native applications with real economic utility. Through grants, technical support, ecosystem access, and potential follow-on investment, the program helps builders turn early concepts into usable products powered by payments, identity, coordination, and Bitcoin-secured settlement on GOAT Network.

A map of the protocols powering AI agent payments - x402, MPP, ACP, A2A, and more - and why the settlement layer underneath them matters most.