Back to all news
Web3

AI agentic payments enter mainstream as Visa, Mastercard, Ripple back x402 standard

CoinDesk·July 15, 2026·1 min read
AI agentic payments enter mainstream as Visa, Mastercard, Ripple back x402 standard

Visa, Mastercard, and Ripple backed the x402 standard for AI agentic payments, now governed by 40 companies. The protocol, built by Coinbase and handed away, settled about $24 million last month across 75 million payments, bringing AI-driven payments into the mainstream.

Read at CoinDesk
Daily crypto arcade

Read the news, then play it.

Chainshorts turns crypto headlines into a daily game. Catch up in 60 words, then jump into daily lucky draws for a shot at the pot.

Open ChainshortsGet it on the Solana dApp Store