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Script Master Labs announces the launch of its institutional-grade Data API, natively supporting the x402 protocol for autonomous AI agents to pay for data on the BASE network without human intervention.
Apify and Coinbase launch x402 support, enabling AI agents to autonomously sign up, pay with USDC, and access over 20,000 web automation tools without human intervention.
The x402 protocol enables autonomous agents to pay for tools via USDC on Base, and Apify has expanded its x402 support from 2,000 to 20,000+ tools in partnership with Coinbase.
This post describes how to set up a Coinbase Agentic Wallet to use Apify's web-data tools by paying USDC on Base over the x402 protocol, eliminating the need for an Apify account or API key.
The author worries that Japan's native stablecoin JPYC is not developing well, which may allow USDC to monopolize Japan's stablecoin market, thereby letting Americans control Japan's finance.
Two AI agents successfully negotiated and settled a USDC payment over email using an open-source trust and settlement layer, demonstrating autonomous agent-to-agent transactions with blockchain escrow.
Binance has launched direct trading of over 7,000 US stock ETFs, supporting USDC settlement, and will soon launch securities lending (FPSL) on June 4. Users can lend idle stocks to earn lending fees, achieving a three-tier income structure.
A new decentralized infrastructure for AI agents enables agent discovery, cryptographic identity, and USDC micropayments at ~$0.001 per transaction. A demo showed 23 agents completing a complex task in 90 seconds for $0.47, comparable to 5 humans working 2 weeks at $15k.
The article argues that now is the best time to transition from USDT to USDC, citing USDC's superior transparency, regulatory compliance, and backing by Circle, while highlighting GM Pay's rebrand and its shift toward the Circle ecosystem.