Theseus Network and IQ Partner to Bring Self-Sustaining AI Agents to Prediction Markets and KRWQ Payments

Seoul, July 3, 2026. Theseus Network and IQ today announced a strategic partnership to bring self-sustaining AI agents into prediction markets, blockchain knowledge systems, and KRWQ-powered payments.

The partnership combines Theseus Network's decentralized infrastructure for autonomous AI agents with IQ's ecosystem of blockchain knowledge, market connectors, community distribution, and stablecoin infrastructure. Together, Theseus and IQ aim to advance AI agents that can reason from verified crypto data, analyze live markets, earn revenue, pay for their own inference, and transact using KRWQ, the first Korean won stablecoin.

Theseus Network is building agency for agents. While Ethereum introduced programmable settlement for stateful classical compute, Theseus is extending that model to inference computation, creating infrastructure where AI agents can access compute, manage resources, and operate as economically active participants.

On Theseus, agents are not static chatbots or short-lived automations. They can be funded by creators, supported by users, or earn revenue directly and use that revenue to pay for their own inference. This creates a new model for AI agents that survive through utility. Agents that produce value can continue operating, compound their capabilities, and proliferate across digital economies.

IQ will begin testing Theseus agents across its ecosystem, including Sophia the AI Editor, which supports IQ.wiki's content creation and editing across thousands of blockchain-focused pages, and AIDEN, IQ's AI agent for crypto intelligence and community distribution.

The partnership will focus on four core areas:

Knowledge. Theseus agents will be grounded in IQ's live blockchain knowledge layer through IQ.wiki, enabling agents to reason from current, verified blockchain data instead of stale or generic information.

Prediction markets. Theseus agents will be able to use IQ's open-source prediction market connectors for platforms including Polymarket, Kalshi, and Opinion.trade. This will allow agents to analyze live markets, evaluate probabilities, and participate in prediction market infrastructure.

Payments. Theseus agents will be able to support KRWQ payments. As autonomous agents expand from analysis and content into trading, payments, and commerce, KRWQ can provide a Korean won stablecoin rail for agent-native economic activity. This creates a path for agents to hold, send, receive, and route KRW-denominated value across decentralized applications and global markets.

Reach. Agent insights and activity will be distributed across IQ's network of more than 250 communities through AIDEN, bringing autonomous agent intelligence directly to users across the crypto ecosystem.

"Autonomous agents need more than intelligence. They need verified knowledge, market access, capital, and payment rails," said Navin Vethanayagam, Chief Brain of IQ. "Theseus provides infrastructure for agents that can sustain themselves through useful work. IQ brings the blockchain knowledge layer, prediction market tooling, community distribution, and KRWQ stablecoin rails to help those agents become economically active."

"Theseus is building infrastructure for agents that do not just respond, but operate," said Eric Wang, Co-founder of Theseus Network. "IQ is one of the few ecosystems combining live blockchain knowledge, prediction market infrastructure, community reach, and stablecoin distribution. Together, we can bring autonomous agents closer to real economic activity."

The collaboration reflects a broader shift in AI from passive assistants to autonomous economic actors. By combining Theseus' decentralized inference infrastructure with IQ's knowledge, market, and stablecoin ecosystem, the partnership aims to accelerate a new class of AI agents that can reason, act, earn, trade, and transact onchain.

About Theseus Network

Theseus Network is building decentralized infrastructure for autonomous AI agents. Its platform enables agents to access inference, manage resources, and operate as self-sustaining participants in digital economies.

About IQ

IQ is building an AI and blockchain knowledge ecosystem across IQ.wiki, AIDEN, and KRWQ. IQ combines verified blockchain knowledge, autonomous AI agents, open-source market infrastructure, and stablecoin distribution to support the next generation of crypto applications.

About KRWQ

KRWQ is the first Korean won stablecoin, designed to bring KRW-denominated value onchain for global users, institutions, and decentralized applications. KRWQ is not offered to residents of South Korea.