Coinbase Builds Agent Payments Infrastructure With USDC
Coinbase is building infrastructure for AI agent payments, prioritizing USDC stablecoin and its Base blockchain, The Information reported March 18. The firm developed the x402 payments protocol and agentic wallets, while Stripe and Tempo unveiled the Machine Payments Protocol and Visa announced card-based support; Coinbase and World also launched AgentKit to enable trusted agent shoppers.
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