Circle is supporting builders at the AI Agents Summit 2026 in Berlin, where participants are challenged to create the Best Agent Wallet Application using Circle’s Agent Stack and Wallet. This hackathon encourages projects focused on developing autonomous agents with capabilities such as managing budgets, discovering services, and processing transactions in USDC. Coinciding with the summit’s theme—designated the year of agents—this event highlights the evolution of large language models into autonomous systems capable of executing decisions that generate economic value. The hackathon runs from June 19 to June 21 and is part of a broader initiative to showcase advancements in agentic technology.

USDC: USDC is a digital dollar stablecoin issued by Circle for use in payments and financial applications. In the news, it is specified as the payment currency for AI agents in the hackathon challenge, enabling discovery of paid services, execution of transactions, and generation of receipts or logs within autonomous workflows.
Circle: Circle is a financial technology company focused on digital payments and stablecoins. It is supporting builders at the AI Agents Summit 2026 hackathon in Berlin by providing its Agent Stack and Wallet tools. The partnership targets development of agent wallet applications capable of autonomous budget management and USDC transactions.
AI Agents Summit 2026: AI Agents Summit 2026 is the flagship gathering for the global agentic ecosystem held during Berlin Blockchain Week under the theme ‘From Chatbots to Autonomous Economies.’ It includes the Agents Hackathon for designing production-grade agents focused on agentic commerce, nanopayments, and multi-agent architectures. The event runs June 18-21, 2026, with formats such as Agent Arena competitions and technical building sprints.

Event Theme: 2026 is described as the year of agents, with large language models evolving into autonomous systems that build workflows, manage assets, and execute decisions generating real economic value.
Hackathon Tracks: Projects can explore research agents, paid RAG systems, agent-to-agent marketplaces, autonomous media workflows, market intelligence agents, and expense managers.
Agent Capabilities: The hackathon encourages agents that can hold wallets, manage budgets, discover paid services, pay in USDC, and return transaction documentation as part of their operations.