Agentic Payments & Stablecoin Expansion
Coinbase and Mastercard launched agentic payment infrastructure via x402 on Base, while Tether invested in Bolivian fintech Peso and stablecoins are moving $400M/hour with 73% of volume occurring outside traditional banking hours.
What we know
Brian Armstrong announced Coinbase is working with Mastercard to enable agentic commerce via x402 on Base, calling it transformative for the economy — @brian_armstrong. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino confirmed Tether invested in Bolivian fintech Peso to expand USDT payments across Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, and Argentina — an account on X. Zerohedge amplified Coinbase research showing stablecoins move $400M/hour with 73% of volume outside banking hours — another account on X. Meanwhile, Grayscale launched in-kind investing across 10 digital assets (BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, DOGE), allowing eligible investors to exchange digital assets directly for product shares — another account on X.
How the story developed
Coinbase and Mastercard launched agentic payment infrastructure via x402 on Base, while Tether invested in Bolivian fintech Peso and stablecoins are moving $400M/hour with 73% of volume occurring outside traditional banking hours.
Coinbase is powering Mastercard and Cloudflare's new agentic payments infrastructure via its x402 protocol, marking a major institutional step toward AI-native commerce on-chain.
Sources
“Excited to work with Mastercard to enable agentic commerce, with x402, @CoinbaseDev, and @base”
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