AI-Powered Payments Surpass 100 Million Transactions on Base: Are Stablecoins Becoming the Infrastructure of the AI Economy?
Coinbase's x402 payment protocol has surpassed 100 million transactions on the Base network just nine months after its launch, according to data from Chainalysis. The milestone highlights the rapid growth of automated payment systems that enable AI agents to interact with digital services directly on blockchain networks.Unlike traditional cryptocurrency transactions initiated by humans, x402 is designed to allow AI agents to make autonomous stablecoin payments in exchange for data, API access, c
