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x402 Payments Explained: Why Visa, Mastercard and Ripple Are Backing Agent Commerce

Crypto Daily·July 15, 2026·1 min read
x402 Payments Explained: Why Visa, Mastercard and Ripple Are Backing Agent Commerce

Agent commerce processed 75.41M x402 transactions and $24.24M in 30 days. Cloudflare, AWS, and Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin enable pay-per-request services. Visa and Mastercard are backing this model, signaling a shift toward automated payments for AI agents. The trend highlights growing integration of stablecoins in enterprise commerce.

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