How AI Shopping Agents, Stablecoins and Smarter Checkout Drive Business Growth
What's happening
Coinbase Business has added the ability for merchants to accept payments from AI agents using the x402 machine-to-machine payments standard, settling funds instantly in USDC and now supporting USDT, the company said. The feature plugs into the same checkouts merchants already use and is available to the platform's more than 5,000 business customers. Industry coverage and a PYMNTS eBook series frame this move as part of a broader shift: programmatic and agentic payments (powered by AI shopping agents, item-level data, and card-linked flows) are being positioned to increase conversion, reduce failed transactions, and let payments do more than just settle a sale.
Why it's trending
AI agents and programmatic payments are moving from concept to production as vendors (Coinbase, card-linked and checkout players) add standards and checkout integrations now.
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- Coinbase Business brings AI agents into digital asset payments
Coinbase Business, the digital asset payments platform used by more than 5,000 companies, has expanded its payments offering to support transactions involving AI agents, alongside new USDT support and additional tools for merchants. The AI payment functionality enables businesses to accept payments from AI agents through their existing checkout infrastructure. The feature uses x402, an […] T
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The Coinbase Business suite now allows businesses to get paid by artificial intelligence agents, Coinbase said in a Tuesday (Aug. 11) blog post. “The same checkouts you already use can now accept payments from AI agents via x402, an open standard for machine-to-machine payments,” the company said in the post. “Funds settle instantly in USDC, […] The post Coinbase Enables Businesses to Get Pa
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