Crossmint Bets Agent Payments Need No New Rails, Just a Bridge to the Old Ones

Most of the entries in the checkout-definition war we have been mapping try to build something new. American Express moved intent evidence toward issuers with its Proof of Intent token . Ripple and Privy put programmable wallets on the XRP Ledger and let agents hold funds of their own. Crossmint’s Agent Commerce Toolkit, announced October 8, is the opposite move: no new rail and no new token, just one integration onto the cards and checkout paths that already exist. \n The pitch is compression.