Mantle announced that it has deployed ERC-8004 to its mainnet to power on-chain economic interactions of on-chain AI agents. Mantle tokens have fallen nearly 5% despite the development, according to data from CoinMarketCap.
Mantle, a modular Ethereum layer 2 scaling solution, has deployed the ERC-8004 standard on its mainnet. This feature aims to enable AI agents to function as independent actors in a blockchain-based economy. Once deployed, these agents transform from isolated scripts to full-fledged economic participants.
This transformation enables agents to operate across real-world assets, traditional financial bridges, and decentralized blockchain-based economies through an identity layer that provides on-chain identity and authentication to these AI agents. This integration creates what Mantle calls an “integrated ecosystem” powered by autonomous agents.
Mantle token drops 4% as ERC-8004 goes live on mainnet
The new standard introduces an on-chain trust and identity framework to address what Mantle Network calls the “visibility crisis.” According to press release This “crisis” covering integration has prevented autonomous agents from engaging in high-stakes financial markets where verifiable credentials are essential.
The standard also combines three core on-chain registries that work together to create what DeFi protocols refer to as a trustless “internet of agents.” These registries include a reputation registry that maintains a portable performance history across platforms, an identity registry that provides NFT-based verification for each agent, and a verification registry that provides cryptographic proof of work completed.
According to Mantle’s press release, the AI agent did not have the ability to build a reputation across different platforms. Nor can they maintain a historical track record of performance outside of the specific ecosystem in which they were created.
According to cryptocurrency data aggregator CoinMarketCap, the Mantle token has fallen 4% in the past 24 hours and is currently trading at $0.6347. Cryptocurrencies have been in sharp decline since the beginning of the year, recording a decline of nearly 40% year-to-date.
BNB chain too I participated According to Cryptopolian’s previous report dated February 4, the bandwagon took off earlier this year. The report notes that ERC-8004 infrastructure has been deployed on the mainnet and testnet.
Joshua Cheong, head of product at Mantle, said the role of introducing this standard is to bridge traditional finance to the decentralized economy. “By introducing ERC-8004 into our ecosystem, we will provide AI agents with the ‘credentials’ they need to manage real capital,” Cheong said, adding that the goal extends beyond automation to “creating a verifiable workforce that can navigate compliance, liquidity, and payments at scale.”
ERC-8004 Mantle’s mainnet deployment demonstrates how AI agents can autonomously participate in financial systems with minimal human intervention. This standard allows AI agents to operate across different platforms without being limited to a single ecosystem. This standard promotes interoperability, which is essential for the development and deployment of autonomous financial systems. A trust-focused layer allows agents to automatically communicate, verify credentials, and transact.
Mantle Network could pave the way for institutional adoption of ERC-8004
Mantle’s ecosystem includes over $4 billion in community-owned assets and partnerships with leading issuers such as Ethena USDe, Ondo USDY, and OP-Succinct. The ecosystem’s institutional-grade infrastructure provides the foundation for ERC-8004 deployment and is positioned to support large-scale deployment of autonomous AI agents.
The news comes after Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin touted the network as an ecosystem that will soon allow AI to interact economically. Recent Cryppolitan reported Buterin said Ethereum’s goal is to enable further decentralization through the ERC-8004 standard. Vitalik explained that Ethereum facilitates interactions between different AI agents, including decentralized authorization of API calls, hiring between bots, and depositing security deposits. The publication highlighted Buterin’s claim that the upgrade will make interactions between AI agents as trustless and private as possible.
