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Hashlock Markets enables agent treasuries to execute forward OTC trades

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The article introduces a new decentralized finance protocol designed for autonomous agents, focusing on enabling complex trades beyond simple payments. It highlights the limitations of current agent payment systems, which offer instant settlement but are ill-suited for multi-asset, multi-party trades requiring specific settlement windows. The proposed solution, Hashlock Markets, utilizes sealed-bid RFQs and hashed timelock contracts (HTLCs) to facilitate forward OTC trades, thereby eliminating counterparty risk and enabling atomic settlement across different blockchains. AI

IMPACT Enables autonomous agents to perform complex financial trades, moving beyond simple payments and potentially increasing their utility in decentralized finance.

RANK_REASON This describes a new product/protocol for decentralized finance, not a core AI model release or research.

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Hashlock Markets enables agent treasuries to execute forward OTC trades

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Baris Sozen ·

    Forward OTC settlement for agent treasuries: T+24h trades that don't depend on trust

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