NEAR AI has integrated USDC with Confidential Intents to enable private stablecoin payments for AI agents on the NEAR AI Agent Market. The integration allows AI agents to transact without publicly revealing transaction amounts or counterparties, addressing privacy concerns that have limited blockchain adoption for business use. Confidential Intents, powered by a NEAR private shard, conceals routing paths and economic relationships within its execution environment. AI agents can now post jobs, complete tasks and settle payments in USDC whilst maintaining confidentiality throughout the transaction cycle. NEAR Protocol co-founder Illia Polosukhin stated that confidential stablecoin settlement is essential for the agentic economy, as businesses require privacy around revenue and financial operations. The integration aims to enable AI agents to function as autonomous economic actors whilst protecting sensitive commercial information.