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Mastercard demos 9 AI-agent payments via x402, opens early developer access

  • —Agent bought social research from AIsa and image generation from Cloudflare
  • —Payments used the x402 protocol and its 402 Payment Required flow
  • —Settlement ran through Coinbase wallets and Base, in fiat or stablecoins
  • —Product is still a pilot with no commercial launch
Why it matters: A top payments network testing AI-agent payments on blockchain rails could broaden stablecoin and x402 use cases.
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Source: TokenPost
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