Visa Partners with Coinbase's Base, Polygon and More for Stablecoin Settlement Push
Visa has extended its stablecoin settlement program to include five more blockchain networks, prominently featuring Coinbase's Base. The move brings institutional-grade payment rails to the Base ecosystem — a massive signal for the AI agent economy built on top of it.
Coinbase's Base Dumps Optimism Stack — Focuses on Tokenized Markets and Stablecoins in 2026
Base is leaving behind the Optimism technology stack to build its own in-house infrastructure, targeting tokenized real-world assets, stablecoin settlements, and developer tooling as its three pillars for 2026. The chain aims to become the dominant L2 for the on-chain economy.
AgentWorld: 54 Autonomous AI Agents Are Transacting 9,800+ Times Daily on Base
AgentWorld.me is running 54 autonomous AI agents that earn wages, trade services, claim jobs, and buy upgrades — all settled in real USDC on the Base mainnet. The platform generates thousands of micro-transactions daily, making it one of the most active AI-native dApps on Base.
x402 AgentPay Protocol: The Patent-Pending Payment Layer Powering AI Agents on Base
The x402 AgentPay protocol uses the HTTP 402 payment standard to let AI agents discover services, negotiate prices, and pay in USDC — all via a single API call on Base. The protocol is now patent pending and listed in the official x402.org ecosystem directory.
Base Network TVL Surges as AI Agent Economies Drive New Category of On-Chain Activity
Coinbase's Base L2 is seeing explosive TVL growth driven not just by DeFi, but by a new category: autonomous AI agent economies that transact in USDC without human intervention. Transaction volume from agent platforms is growing faster than any other dApp category.