PANews reported on February 28 that according to CoinDesk, Coinbase, NEAR AI and several blockchain and AI projects jointly established the Open Agents Alliance (OAA), which aims to use blockchain infrastructure to promote open artificial intelligence (AI) services. The alliance is committed to "ensuring secure, open source, economical and fair access to AI." Members will provide AI agent frameworks, cloud hosting and fiat/cryptocurrency conversion channels to support developers in building and deploying AI tools.