OKX, MetaMask and Matter Labs Join Internet Court for AI Agent Disputes

OKX, MetaMask, Matter Labs and Genlayer are among 27 crypto and Web3 firms backing a new dispute resolution protocol called Internet Court, according to CoinDesk. Led by the Genlayer Foundation, the initiative is designed to help AI agents resolve disagreements that arise when they negotiate, transact or make financial commitments without direct human involvement.

The development matters because agent-to-agent commerce is moving into areas where payments, escrow and contractual obligations can collide. CoinDesk reported that traditional courts are not built for disputes between autonomous systems operating at machine speed, while existing agentic systems lack a standard way to settle conflicts when deals go wrong.

Internet Court is intended to make AI-based payments, escrow and dispute resolution interoperable across a still-fragmented market. The source notes that emerging standards and protocols already address separate parts of the stack, including Coinbase’s x402 for payments, ERC-8004 for agent identity and Google’s A2A for agent interoperability.

GenLayer Labs CEO Albert Castellana said the aim is to make these systems work together, so agents have a shared mechanism for contested financial commitments. The protocol is also using MetaMask’s Smart Accounts Kit, including ERC-7710 delegations and its x402 Facilitator, according to Ryan McPeck, Smart Accounts Lead at MetaMask.

For the crypto ecosystem, the project reflects a broader push to build infrastructure around AI-driven financial activity rather than only around human users. If agentic commerce continues to expand, dispute resolution may become a core piece of the stack alongside payments, identity and wallet tooling.