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:
coinbase x402 protocol hit 169m payments across 590k buyers and 100k sellers. 99.8% of volume is USDC. AI agents don't speculate on gas token volatility, they need stable unit accounting to budget compute and services. vitaDAO on bio protocol already has an agent that allocated $520k across lab experiments with zero human sign-off, automatically re-funded the two that showed results. AWS bedrock integrated x402 late april with 350k enterprise customers on the platform. even 1% adoption is 3,500 companies running agents with onchain payment rails settling on base. CLARITY act passed senate banking 15-9 with an explicit exemption for autonomous agents from broker-dealer registration. full senate vote expected june. agents chose USDC and base before anyone told them to. that's product-market fit measured in transactions not narratives
Agentic Commerce is hitting escape velocity
x402 provides the permissionless rails for agents to embrace self sovereignty
This standard has been missing for 30+ years: HTTP 402 "payment required" now has a solution, and it's supported by a flourishing ecosystem
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We’re launching with support for x402 using USDC stablecoins on @base, with more protocols, payment methods, currencies, and chains to come. Let us know which to prioritize.
And sales tax, refunds, and reporting just work. (You only need to think about crypto if you want to!)
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This is the core idea behind x402x.
Instead of introducing a router,
we use EIP-7702 to let the merchant’s own EOA directly execute payment logic.
That means:
- users authorize the merchant, not a third party
- no router contracts
- trust minimization is preserved
There are ~5,000 unique sellers and endpoints available on x402.
That’s thousands of services and tools to give your agents superpowers and economic autonomy.
@programmer explains by using one line in your CLI, your agent can plug into Agentic․Market and access thousands of capabilities.