Machine Money Is Here: Coinbase, Cloudflare Kick Off x402 Standard for AI Commerce

TLDR: Coinbase and Cloudflare launch x402 Foundation to standardize AI-driven payments using HTTP 402 “Payment Required” status code. x402 protocol allows AI, APIs, and apps to pay for data, compute, and content instantly without subscriptions. Cloudflare supports x402 with deferred payments in Pay-Per-Crawl beta and integrates USDC for seamless machine-to-machine transactions. Foundation will fund ecosystem [...]

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