# PayBox

> PayBox, from crypto firm MoonPay, tackles a problem that arrives the moment you let an AI assistant actually do things: how does it pay? It is a non-custodial payment vault that lets assistants like ChatGPT or Claude execute real transactions, from swapping tokens and bridging assets to booking travel or buying something online, all triggered by a plain-language request. The design tries to thread the safety needle. Your wallet keys are protected by threshold cryptography and secure enclaves, and every transaction requires you to approve it with a passkey, so the AI can propose and prepare a payment but cannot quietly spend on its own. It launched in late July 2026 at paybox.sh with support for Solana and EVM-compatible chains including Ethereum, Arbitrum, and Polygon. It is early and crypto-flavored, which will limit the audience, but the concept is a glimpse of where agents are heading. If AI is going to run errands, it needs a wallet with guardrails, and PayBox is an attempt to build one where the human still has to say yes.

_Section: [New AI Tools](https://www.wortins.com/new-tools) · Source: MoonPay · Published Sunday, August 16, 2026_

## Wortins' read

PayBox, from crypto firm MoonPay, tackles a problem that arrives the moment you let an AI assistant actually do things: how does it pay? It is a non-custodial payment vault that lets assistants like ChatGPT or Claude execute real transactions, from swapping tokens and bridging assets to booking travel or buying something online, all triggered by a plain-language request. The design tries to thread the safety needle. Your wallet keys are protected by threshold cryptography and secure enclaves, and every transaction requires you to approve it with a passkey, so the AI can propose and prepare a payment but cannot quietly spend on its own. It launched in late July 2026 at paybox.sh with support for Solana and EVM-compatible chains including Ethereum, Arbitrum, and Polygon. It is early and crypto-flavored, which will limit the audience, but the concept is a glimpse of where agents are heading. If AI is going to run errands, it needs a wallet with guardrails, and PayBox is an attempt to build one where the human still has to say yes.

## Source

[Read the full story at MoonPay](https://www.moonpay.com/newsroom/moonpay-paybox)

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