Coinbase promotes ecosystem development that integrates micropagues in stablecoins with AI

According to Coinbase, The proposal seeks that AI agents can find and pay directly for information, digital services or access to real -time content.

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• Coinbase lance X402 Bazaar, A market for AI agents.
• The platform allows micropayments with Stablecoins by data and services.
• The ecosystem seeks to enable new forms of digital trade.

Coinbase, The Cryptocurrency Exchange based in the United States, is developing a new ecosystem that integrates micropayments with Stablecoins and artificial intelligence. The initiative relies on x402, An instant payments protocol launched at the beginning of this year and open source, designed to enable transactions on any website.

With this base, the company’s engineers introduced a called layer X402 Bazaarconceived as a “Google for agents” of ia. The proposal seeks that self -employed agents can find and pay directly for information, digital services or access to real -time content, he says COINDESK.

A market for artificial intelligence agents

The central concept is linked to the call “Agricultural Commerce”, An emerging trend in which users define parameters and preferences, and it is the ia agents who execute purchases in their name. According to Coinbase, This agents’ needs market is broader than that of humans themselves.

Erik Reppel, Chief of Engineering at Coinbase Developer Platform, He explained that the idea addresses what he calls “Pay-Per-Crawl.” It is about establishing a payment model for access to data, information or digital content that these agents require to make better founded decisions.

In Reppel’s words, “Think about this as payment walls for Scrapers.” Under this logic, X402 It is presented as an efficient standard to meet those needs without depending on traditional subscription or advertising models.

Practical examples and initial projects

Among the first applications of X402 Bazaar They appear Prixe, A programming interface (API) of actions of shares that facilitates agents to generate updated financial reports. Endpoints of images and videos have also been integrated, in addition to subscriptions to live broadcasts of sports or financial data.

Coinbase He illustrated the potential with specific examples: an AI agent could pay to obtain the latest market data, order an illustration to a generative model or hire access to a real -time information flow. All this, automatically and with micropayments in Stablecoins.

Expansion and possibilities

The company emphasized that any digital good or piece of content can be marketed through this system. The vision is that the list of services grow continuously, which will expand the possibilities of autonomous workflows in multiple sectors.

Reppel said the ecosystem enabled by X402 It will allow agents to act more independently, creating a space where digital services can be integrated with instant payments and without friction. For Coinbase, This bet represents a key step towards a more interconnected and programmable internet, where the digital economy adapts to the rhythm of artificial intelligence.

Written article with the help of an AI content editor, edited by Angel Di Matteo / Diariobitcoin

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