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Mastercard AI agent pays two merchants nine times within one approved budget

  • —The agent bought research from AIsa and eight images from Cloudflare AI Gateway within Hype's budget
  • —Payments settled via a BVNK wallet on Base in fiat or stablecoins
  • —Mastercard opened early access to Agent Pay for Machines and buyer/seller APIs
  • —The project remains a pilot and is not yet commercially available
Why it matters: Mastercard is setting a payments standard for AI agents, potentially accelerating stablecoin and x402 adoption in the machine economy.
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Source: Cryptopolitan
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