Quick rundown on x402 -->@coinbase 's Internet-Native Payment Standard TLDR: Enabling Al agents to make instant payments using stablecoins Intro • An open-source payment protocol developed by Coinbase --> enabling instant, autonomous micropayments directly over HTTP • Governed by the x402 Foundation (co-founded by Coinbase and @Cloudflare) and operates on @base with $USDC, enabling payments as low as $0.001 with ~2-second settlement times • x402 embeds payments directly into HTTP interactions using the long-dormant 402 status code • Leverages existing EVM standards rather than deploying custom contracts, utilizing USDC's EIP-3009 compliance for transfers Use Cases & Ecosystem Applications • AI Agent Autonomous Payments: x402's flagship use case enables AI agents to act as independent economic entities, automatically paying for API access, data retrieval, and compute resources • Integration with Model Context Protocol (MCP): allows agents to discover and purchase tools without human intervention, supporting the emerging "agentic economy" projected to reach $30 trillion by 2030 Real world implementations •@circle integration: AI agents create email-based wallets, onramp fiat, and execute autonomous USDC payments • @Cloudflare Agents SDK: Pay-per-crawl functionality • @Google A2A/AP2: Integration with Agent2Agent and Agent Payments Protocol creates hybrid agent-human payment capabilities Some x402 tokens • $VIRTUAL • $PING • $SANTA • $PAYAI • $DREAMS • $AURA • $HEU • $MRDN (NFA just listing out the tokens that are in this narrative) Personal thoughts This represents a shift toward internet-native payments, positioning itself as the "HTTPS for value" in the AI-driven economy