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0x Opens Swap API to AI Agents Paying $0.01 Per Request in USDC
0x Protocol opened its Swap API to AI agents charging $0.01 per request in USDC, paid directly from agent-controlled wallets with no API key required. The integration runs on the x402 standard (HTTP 402 Payment Required) with Alchemy AgentPay providing payment rails, enabling machine-to-machine micropayments at the protocol call layer. Agents can now access 0x's DEX aggregation routing autonomously without human-managed credentials, removing centralized gatekeeping from on-chain swap infrastructure for agentic workflows.
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