/ Globe PR Wire /
LazAI, the leading AI application layer within the Metis ecosystem, today announced the launch of GMPayer, the world’s first multi-currency, multi-chain payment hub built on the x402 protocol designed specifically for AI agents. GMPayer enables seamless, instant settlements for data, compute, and services on a pay-per-request basis, ushering in a new era of autonomous agent-to-agent commerce.
In a landmark development, GMPayer represents the first real-world deployment of x402 – to support scalable, automated transactions across blockchains. In collaboration with ZKM, Metis, and GOAT Network, GMPayer bridges the gap between AI-driven demand and Web3 infrastructure, allowing agents to transact trustlessly without centralized intermediaries or traditional accounts.
“This launch marks a pivotal moment for AI in Web3,” said Ming Guo, Co-founder of LazAI. “For decades, the web has relied on external payment rails because HTTP had a roadblock due to a lack of a native payment protocol, so instead built workarounds to hide this pain point. x402 changes that by embedding payments at the protocol layer. GMPayer operationalizes it for AI agents, turning every API call into a verifiable, settled transaction. We’re not just building payments – we’re rebuilding the web for an agentic future.”
Addressing the AI Payment Challenge
Metis is unifying its ecosystem through a landmark governance vote that created the Ecosystem Alignment and Growth Reserve (EAGR) to fuel cross-project synergy, designating METIS as the native gas token for LazAI Network and empowering initiatives like GMPayer—a collaborative breakthrough with LazAI, GOAT Network, and ZKM. This x402-powered payment hub dismantles legacy bottlenecks: ad-funded, human-centric models fail at AI agents’ machine-speed consumption, while external rails impose latency, custody risks, and silos stifling autonomy. GMPayer delivers instant, trustless, multi-chain settlements, with phased rollout over four weeks (full details: https://forum.ceg.vote/t/governance-proposal-metis-ecosystem-unification-and-economic-model-evolution/11006/2).
What is GMPayer?
GMPayer (GOAT–Metis–Payer) is an x402-powered hub that facilitates instant, trustless payments across multiple blockchains and currencies. Its core purpose: enable agent-to-agent and agent-to-service payments across EVM chains and the Bitcoin ecosystem.
Key features in Phase 1 include:
- x402 Gateway: Manages 402 challenges, payment intents, and response streaming.
- Multi-Chain Router: Optimizes venue selection based on latency, fees, and liquidity; EVM-first, with extensibility.
- Currency Adapters: Supports multi-stablecoins (beyond USDC), with real-time quotes and slippage controls.
- Agent Wallet Abstraction: Enables non-custodial approvals, rate limits, budgets, and revocations.
- Policy & Risk Engine: Includes guardrails, anomaly detection, and circuit breakers.
- Observability Tools: On-chain receipts and SLA telemetry for refunds and audits.
- SDKs: Lightweight libraries for agent frameworks and provider integrations.
A Collaborative Foundation for Agentic Commerce
GMPayer’s open architecture invites builders and providers to participate:
- LazAI: Through its Data Anchoring Token (DAT) standard, LazAI binds provenance, rights, and revenue directly to datasets and models. Each x402 transaction is mapped to its contributors, enabling automatic per-call revenue routing across multiple chains.
- ZKM: With zero-knowledge proofs, ZKM ensures x402 facilitators remain verifiable and trustless. It validates quotes, authorizations, and payment payloads – providing portable truth for agents and auditors while preserving neutrality.
- Metis: Serving as the execution and settlement backbone, Metis anchors transactions on Andromeda and scales inference workloads via Hyperion. Its low fees and fast finality make x402 microtransactions economically viable.
- GOAT: As a native Bitcoin settlement layer, GOAT introduces EIP-3009 support and zkRollup infrastructure, bridging stablecoins and Bitcoin with ultra-low-fee cross-chain operations between GOAT and Metis.
Why GMPayer Matters: From Promise to Protocol Reality
In an agent dominated web, ad models fail – replaced by “per request” settlements that align incentives and ensure fair value exchange. Looking ahead, the four-phase vision includes:
- Hub Buildout: Multi-currency x402 for independent agent payments.
- Trust & Control: User-defined policies and budgets for micro-spends.
- AI Business Network: DAT as the core asset for the data layer, monetizing every call.
- Universal Exchange: Enabling any Web3 chain to integrate AI via x402.
How it works: https://gmpayer.ai/
Send $xMETIS or $xGOATED via an x402 payment request on Metis Andromeda or GOAT Network. Each transaction generates a verifiable proof and returns a corresponding amount of $BANG tokens as confirmation. GMPayer supports both the Metis Andromeda and GOATGoat Network, and allows you to convert tokens between $METIS/$xMETIS and $GOATED/$xGOATED at a 1:1 ratio. Note: $xMETIS and $xGOATED are EIP-3009 compatible tokens designed to support the x402 protocol standard.
Disclaimer: $BANG is a PoC token issued simultaneously on Metis Andromeda and GOAT Network, with a total supply of 1 billion — 500 million on each chain, of which 250 million per chain will be used for the token mint and 250 million for liquidity and no current utilities
About LazAI
LazAI is a Web3-native AI infrastructure protocol designed to enable full-lifecycle assetization and incentive models for building value-aligned, personalized AI agents. By offering advanced blockchain infrastructure and toolkits, LazAI paves the way for the next generation of personalized AI solutions.For more, visit lazai.com.