Alchemy Launches AgentCard, Virtual Visa Card for AI Agents

Alchemy, a major blockchain infrastructure provider, has launched AgentCard, a virtual Visa card and identity tool designed to let AI agents make payments and operate across real-world digital commerce systems. This product reflects a growing push to give autonomous software agents access to payment rails originally built for humans, businesses, and apps.

AgentCard was built through an integration with Visa Intelligent Commerce, giving developers access to familiar card payment infrastructure while leaving room for crypto and agent-native payment protocols when merchants support them. The system will default to Visa-issued tokens but can support crypto or agent-native payment protocols as adoption grows.

The product includes spend controls, giving users the ability to set merchant restrictions, per-transaction limits, budgets, and other rules. This matters because autonomous payments create a different risk model.