AI agents are starting to pay each other. Coinbase, Stripe and Mastercard are already building M2M payment rails. The question now: can crypto handle constant small payments at scale? Our take on TradFi vs Web3 for machine payments 👇

x402 is now live on XLayer via the @Wallet API. Developers can monetize APIs more efficiently with: • Micropayment support • AI agents & M2M automation • HTTP 402 standard integration • Gas-free transactions All without the need for account management. More details:

“Brexit’s bill has come due, and someone will have to pay it. The only question is whether Labour does so on terms that allow it to govern—or on terms that ensure it does not,” writes @m2matthijs.

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3/ Agentic Commerce 🤖 The most exciting takeaway? AI Agents need native currency. $U is being architected as the programmable blood for the $3T-$5T Agentic Economy while EIP3009 enabled. M2M (Machine-to-Machine) payments are the next frontier.

Main takeaways from @pointzeroforum > the frame for the whole forum: europe regulates, asia builds, the us scales liquidity, and whoever owns the settlement asset owns the rails > antoine martin (@SNB_BNS) opened by saying central banks aren’t the innovators and the private sector has to step in > zurich was very hot, the kongresshaus aircon did not survive day one > project agorá took over the roundtables, 8 central banks and 40+ institutions all asking if tokenization fixes cross-border without breaking the banking system > the recurring obsession was settlement, everyone wants T+1 to go instant and nobody’s there yet > matcha game was weak this year, sort it out for day three > stablecoins everywhere, anchorage (@sergiofly) on tokenized deposits, circle on stage, and the reminder that 97% of the market is still dollar > “agentic economy” got its panels but it was all identity and trust, near zero on actual m2m payments > met old friends @AlessiaBaumgar , @gaudenzio_eth , @Lili_Zurich > best networking was in the palmenhaus, conference badges in a greenhouse is a vibe > very different energy from crypto cons, central bankers giving real answers in 1.5hr panels that went deep > shout out to @pointzeroforum, @gftn_official and team for a genuinely senior room