x402 Adds Bitcoin Lightning Payment Standard
- —x402, originally built by Coinbase, is now managed by the Linux Foundation
- —Lightning enables satoshi-denominated payments verified cryptographically via payment preimages
- —x402 participants include Cloudflare, Google, AWS, Visa, Mastercard, Stripe and American Express
- —No confirmation yet of live commercial deployment by partner companies
Why it matters: It expands payment rails for AI agents and strengthens Bitcoin's role in machine-to-machine payments.
Source: TokenPost