By Isaac • May 2, 2026 3:41 pm •
Circle launched Nanopayments powered by Circle Gateway on mainnet April 29, giving developers and AI agents a gas-free USDC payment rail that handles transfers as small as one millionth of a dollar.
The product supports 11 blockchains at launch. Payments range from $0.000001 up to $1 million through a unified Gateway balance. Settlement happens in periodic onchain batches, while individual payments are verified instantly using signed EIP-3009 authorizations.
The target market is clear: APIs, datasets, compute credits, and any usage-based digital service where traditional payment minimums make sub-cent billing impossible.
Nanopayments powered by Circle Gateway is now live.
This gives builders a new financial rail for agentic economy:
→ Gas-free USDC transfers down to $0.000001
→ Instant
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