{"id":48518,"date":"2026-02-16T14:11:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T07:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=48518"},"modified":"2026-02-16T14:11:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T07:11:00","slug":"mantle-unlocks-autonomous-economy-with-erc-8004-deployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=48518","title":{"rendered":"Mantle Unlocks Autonomous Economy with ERC-8004 Deployment"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"10\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2902122\/Mantle_Logo.jpg?p=medium600\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" title=\"logo\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"118\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\">DUBAI, UAE<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">Feb. 16, 2026<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Mantle, the high-performance distribution and liquidity layer for real-world assets, announced the official deployment of the ERC-8004 standard on mainnet. This milestone introduces a specialized trust and identity layer designed to transform AI agents from isolated scripts into sovereign economic participants capable of operating across RWAs, TradFi bridges, and DeFi.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2904476\/Mantle_Unlocks_Autonomous_Economy_ERC_8004_Deployment.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2904476\/Mantle_Unlocks_Autonomous_Economy_ERC_8004_Deployment.jpg?p=medium600\" title=\"Mantle Unlocks Autonomous Economy with ERC-8004 Deployment\" alt=\"Mantle Unlocks Autonomous Economy with ERC-8004 Deployment\" \/><\/a><br \/><span>Mantle Unlocks Autonomous Economy with ERC-8004 Deployment<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>The Trust Gap: Why AI Agents Were Problematic<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Until now, on-chain AI agents have faced a &#8220;visibility crisis.&#8221; Despite their ability to execute code, agents remained invisible to the broader financial system. They lacked a way to build a reputation across different platforms, approve their historical performance, or be discovered outside of the specific ecosystem where they were created.<\/p>\n<p>This gap has prevented autonomous agents from participating in high-stakes financial markets where verifiable records are non-negotiable.<\/p>\n<p><b>ERC-8004: The Three Components of Agent Autonomy<\/b><\/p>\n<p>By deploying ERC-8004, Mantle provides the foundational infrastructure for a trustless &#8220;Internet of Agents.&#8221; The standard introduces three critical on-chain registries:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b>Identity Registry:<\/b> Provides a verifiable, NFT-based on-chain identity for every agent, making them discoverable and unique.<\/li>\n<li><b>Reputation Registry:<\/b> Establishes a portable track record. An agent&#8217;s &#8220;credit score&#8221; or performance history now follows it across platforms, ending the need to start from zero.<\/li>\n<li><b>Validation Registry:<\/b> Offers cryptographic proof of work completed, allowing agents to verify the accuracy of each other&#8217;s outputs through stake-secured or ZK-based mechanisms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;At Mantle, we are building the liquid layer for the future of finance, where RWAs and DeFi converge.&#8221; <b>said by Joshua Cheong, Head of Product at Mantle.<\/b> &#8220;By bringing ERC-8004 to our ecosystem, we are providing AI agents with the &#8216;credentials&#8217; they need to manage real capital. This isn&#8217;t just about automation; it&#8217;s about creating a verifiable workforce that can navigate compliance, liquidity, and settlement at scale.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Bridging the Gap in TradFi and RWAs with ERC-8004<\/b><\/p>\n<p>On Mantle, where institutional-grade assets flow seamlessly, these agents serve as the &#8220;connective tissue.&#8221; With ERC-8004, agents can now discover one another, verify credentials, and transact autonomously without being locked into a single platform. This enables three primary categories of autonomous building:<\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li><b>Financial Strategy Agents:<\/b>\u00a0Executing complex yield or trading strategies with a performance history that anyone can audit.<\/li>\n<li><b>RWA Coordination Agents:<\/b>\u00a0Managing the heavy lifting of compliance, custody, and settlement for tokenized assets.<\/li>\n<li><b>Cross-Market Bridges:<\/b>\u00a0Bridging liquidity between traditional legacy systems and on-chain protocols by acting as verifiable intermediaries.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>A Unified Ecosystem Is Now Powered by Mantle<\/b><\/p>\n<p>ERC-8004 is designed to be backwards-compatible and works in tandem with the protocols agents already use, including the <b>Model Context Protocol (MCP)<\/b>, <b>Agent-to-Agent (A2A)<\/b> communication, and the <b>x402<\/b> payment standard.<\/p>\n<p>By combining these communication and payment standards with Mantle&#8217;s massive distribution layer and $4B+ treasury, the network is uniquely positioned to lead the &#8220;DeFAI&#8221; (Decentralized AI Finance) revolution.<\/p>\n<p>Ethereum is the settlement layer for AI, and with ERC-8004, the future of autonomous finance is officially live on Mantle.<\/p>\n<p><b>About Mantle<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mantle positions itself as the premier distribution layer and gateway for institutions and TradFi to connect with on-chain liquidity and access real-world assets, powering how real-world finance flows.<\/p>\n<p>With over $4B+ in community-owned assets, Mantle combines credibility, liquidity and scalability with institutional-grade infrastructure to support large-scale adoption. The ecosystem is anchored by $MNT within Bybit, and built out through core ecosystem projects like mETH, fBTC, MI4 and more. This is complemented by Mantle Network&#8217;s partnerships with leading issuers and protocols such as Ethena USDe, Ondo USDY, and OP-Succinct.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Mantle, please visit: <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mantle.xyz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">mantle.xyz<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p>For more social updates, please follow: <u><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Mantle_Official\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mantle Official X<\/a><\/u>\u00a0&amp; <u><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/mantlenetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mantle Community Channel <\/a><\/u>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For media enquiries, please contact: <a href=\"mailto:contact@mantle.xyz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">contact@mantle.xyz<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"10\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2902122\/Mantle_Logo.jpg?p=medium600\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" title=\"logo\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"118\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\">DUBAI, UAE<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">Feb. 16, 2026<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Mantle, the high-performance distribution and liquidity layer for real-world assets, announced the official deployment of the ERC-8004 standard on mainnet. This milestone introduces a specialized trust and identity layer designed to transform AI agents from isolated scripts into sovereign economic participants capable of operating across RWAs, TradFi bridges, and DeFi.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2904476\/Mantle_Unlocks_Autonomous_Economy_ERC_8004_Deployment.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2904476\/Mantle_Unlocks_Autonomous_Economy_ERC_8004_Deployment.jpg?p=medium600\" title=\"Mantle Unlocks Autonomous Economy with ERC-8004 Deployment\" alt=\"Mantle Unlocks Autonomous Economy with ERC-8004 Deployment\" \/><\/a><br \/><span>Mantle Unlocks Autonomous Economy with ERC-8004 Deployment<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>The Trust Gap: Why AI Agents Were Problematic<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Until now, on-chain AI agents have faced a &#8220;visibility crisis.&#8221; Despite their ability to execute code, agents remained invisible to the broader financial system. They lacked a way to build a reputation across different platforms, approve their historical performance, or be discovered outside of the specific ecosystem where they were created.<\/p>\n<p>This gap has prevented autonomous agents from participating in high-stakes financial markets where verifiable records are non-negotiable.<\/p>\n<p><b>ERC-8004: The Three Components of Agent Autonomy<\/b><\/p>\n<p>By deploying ERC-8004, Mantle provides the foundational infrastructure for a trustless &#8220;Internet of Agents.&#8221; The standard introduces three critical on-chain registries:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b>Identity Registry:<\/b> Provides a verifiable, NFT-based on-chain identity for every agent, making them discoverable and unique.<\/li>\n<li><b>Reputation Registry:<\/b> Establishes a portable track record. An agent&#8217;s &#8220;credit score&#8221; or performance history now follows it across platforms, ending the need to start from zero.<\/li>\n<li><b>Validation Registry:<\/b> Offers cryptographic proof of work completed, allowing agents to verify the accuracy of each other&#8217;s outputs through stake-secured or ZK-based mechanisms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;At Mantle, we are building the liquid layer for the future of finance, where RWAs and DeFi converge.&#8221; <b>said by Joshua Cheong, Head of Product at Mantle.<\/b> &#8220;By bringing ERC-8004 to our ecosystem, we are providing AI agents with the &#8216;credentials&#8217; they need to manage real capital. This isn&#8217;t just about automation; it&#8217;s about creating a verifiable workforce that can navigate compliance, liquidity, and settlement at scale.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Bridging the Gap in TradFi and RWAs with ERC-8004<\/b><\/p>\n<p>On Mantle, where institutional-grade assets flow seamlessly, these agents serve as the &#8220;connective tissue.&#8221; With ERC-8004, agents can now discover one another, verify credentials, and transact autonomously without being locked into a single platform. This enables three primary categories of autonomous building:<\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li><b>Financial Strategy Agents:<\/b>\u00a0Executing complex yield or trading strategies with a performance history that anyone can audit.<\/li>\n<li><b>RWA Coordination Agents:<\/b>\u00a0Managing the heavy lifting of compliance, custody, and settlement for tokenized assets.<\/li>\n<li><b>Cross-Market Bridges:<\/b>\u00a0Bridging liquidity between traditional legacy systems and on-chain protocols by acting as verifiable intermediaries.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>A Unified Ecosystem Is Now Powered by Mantle<\/b><\/p>\n<p>ERC-8004 is designed to be backwards-compatible and works in tandem with the protocols agents already use, including the <b>Model Context Protocol (MCP)<\/b>, <b>Agent-to-Agent (A2A)<\/b> communication, and the <b>x402<\/b> payment standard.<\/p>\n<p>By combining these communication and payment standards with Mantle&#8217;s massive distribution layer and $4B+ treasury, the network is uniquely positioned to lead the &#8220;DeFAI&#8221; (Decentralized AI Finance) revolution.<\/p>\n<p>Ethereum is the settlement layer for AI, and with ERC-8004, the future of autonomous finance is officially live on Mantle.<\/p>\n<p><b>About Mantle<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mantle positions itself as the premier distribution layer and gateway for institutions and TradFi to connect with on-chain liquidity and access real-world assets, powering how real-world finance flows.<\/p>\n<p>With over $4B+ in community-owned assets, Mantle combines credibility, liquidity and scalability with institutional-grade infrastructure to support large-scale adoption. The ecosystem is anchored by $MNT within Bybit, and built out through core ecosystem projects like mETH, fBTC, MI4 and more. This is complemented by Mantle Network&#8217;s partnerships with leading issuers and protocols such as Ethena USDe, Ondo USDY, and OP-Succinct.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Mantle, please visit: <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mantle.xyz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">mantle.xyz<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p>For more social updates, please follow: <u><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Mantle_Official\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mantle Official X<\/a><\/u>\u00a0&amp; <u><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/mantlenetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mantle Community Channel <\/a><\/u>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For media enquiries, please contact: <a href=\"mailto:contact@mantle.xyz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">contact@mantle.xyz<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\">\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48518\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}