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Finance and tech firms unite around Internet payments protocol x402
More than 40 finance and technology companies have joined the Linux Foundation to launch the x402 Foundation, an open governance body supporting a protocol that enables payments to flow natively over the web. The standard, originally contributed by Coinbase, is designed to let AI agents, APIs, and applications transact as easily as they exchange data, with support for payment methods ranging from credit cards to stablecoins. If widely adopted, x402 could become foundational infrastructure for AI-driven commerce by giving automated software a standardized way to send and receive payments across the internet.
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