The US listed listed in the CryptoCurrency Exchange Coinbase (Coins) creates a new ecosystem that combines stablecoin -based micropayments with AI.
Building on Release earlier this year of X402, An open resource payment protocol that provides -daan Instant payment of stablecoin On any website, Coinbase engineers added a layer of discovery for AI agents, such as a “Google for agents,” whose firm calls the X402 Bazaar.
This is important because it is about unlocking new paradigns inside Agentic CommerceA term often associated with people who set the requirements and preferences for AI agents to shop for them.
In fact, the market of things that AI agents want to buy is really bigger than the things people can buy, says Erik Reppel, head of engineering on the Coinbase developer platform. He used the word “pay-per-crawl” to describe the problem that was solved.
“Think of it like paywall for scrapers,” Reppel said in an interview. “So X402 is a great standard for situations where an AI agent requires accessing data or accessing content to make more knowledgeable, better decisions.”
Imagine an agent that draws the latest data on the market, regulating a design from an AI art model, or subscribing to a live data feed or finance, Coinbase said on a blog about X402 unique.
Some of the first projects listed are included Prixe.
As many services have been added, the possibilities for autonomous workflows will only expand, Reppel said.
“Really any digital goods or any digital piece of media can be paid for X 402,” he said.
