What do you think about X402? Who is actually building the payment layer for AI Agents?

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Summary

X402 is an open payment protocol supported by companies like Coinbase and Google, aiming to enable AI agents to make autonomous payments through stablecoins, potentially becoming key infrastructure for future agent actions.

x402 is getting a lot of attention recently. The open payment protocol, led by Coinbase and supported by major players like Google, AWS, and others, aims to let AI agents make autonomous payments through stablecoins for micropayments and settlements. Could x402 become the underlying payment infrastructure for the next generation of agents? So far, AI agents are mostly focused on recommendations, automation, and completing workflows. But the next step could be agents that can actually take actions on behalf of users, like subscribing to services, purchasing resources, paying for APIs, or negotiating transactions. With co. like Cloudflare and Google actively pushing adoption and development, it feels like the ecosystem is moving quickly. Other players, including Stripe and Anvita flow, are also exploring how agents can interact, exchange value, and operate more independently. However, how should an agent handle payment permissions? This could become one of the biggest challenges in the future. What do you think?
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