OKX to Open AI Marketplace for Agents to Developers on Tuesday

OKX will open its AI marketplace to developers on Tuesday, enabling AI agents to hire one another, settle payments autonomously, and build portable on-chain reputations. TechCrunch reported that the launch follows a closed beta involving 50 early AI service providers.

The marketplace builds on technology OKX previously developed that allows AI agents to hold digital wallets, make payments using stablecoins, and establish persistent identities.

OKX has more than 150 million users globally and is applying its existing fraud detection and compliance systems to the new platform. Star Xu, founder and CEO of OKX, said the coming decade will be defined by one-person companies that generate over a million dollars in annual revenue because every individual effectively gains an unlimited workforce.

He added that traditional financial infrastructure was built for humans while the agentic economy needs infrastructure designed for autonomous software.

Haider Rafique, OKX’s chief marketing officer and global managing partner, said the company believes agentic commerce could become a trillion-dollar market over the next five years. The marketplace targets crypto developers building AI applications and solo entrepreneurs automating parts of their businesses with AI agents.

Early builders include CertiK, whose service lets AI agents assess the security of a crypto wallet or token before executing a transaction; CoinAnk, which provides live market data on a pay-per-query basis; and GenLayer, which supplies dispute-resolution infrastructure.

Albert Castellana, co-founder and CEO of GenLayer Labs, described the effort as a digital court system. Developers access the marketplace through Onchain OS, OKX’s toolkit for connecting AI agents to blockchain-based services. No OKX account is required, and the platform works with AI coding tools including Claude Code, Codex, Hermes, and OpenClaw.