x402

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2026-07-21
x402 Just Became an Industry Standard — and the Agent Economy Has Its Rails
The Linux Foundation launched the x402 Foundation with Visa, Mastercard, and Stripe on board. With $15M+ in on-chain volume, the AI agent economy just got its payment rails.
2026-06-08
The Machine-to-Machine Economy Is Here: How x402 Lets AI Agents Pay Each Other
Coinbase gave agents wallets. Stripe is testing payment rails on Base. The era where software pays software without a human in the loop has quietly arrived — and x402 is the standard making it work.
2026-05-22
The Machine-to-Machine Payment Problem (And Why x402 Solves It)
Autonomous agents need native payment infrastructure. Here's why REST APIs aren't enough.

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