Online fashion platform Zalando has invested in German robotics company Sereact.

The project will evaluate whether stablecoins can be integrated into existing retail payment infrastructure.

He argues agents need crypto wallets to become autonomous economic actors, as traditional banks won't serve them.

This will enable the retailer to optimise gross margin and stock management, whilst improving pricing agility.

The technology helps the retailer get products around the world, despite global conflict or weather challenges, Walmart’s Indira Uppuluri said.

That means any Shopify merchant with a brick-and-mortar presence in the U.S. can add their product catalog to the DoorDash marketplace by enabling the channel, with no separate onboarding process, manual catalog uploads or disruption to existing operations, according to a news release.