Coinbase Payments Protocol Puts Stablecoin Transfers in AI Agents’ Purview
Crypto exchange Coinbase will launch the x402 payments mechanism, which leverages the existing HTTP “402 Payment Required” status code to facilitate instant stablecoin payments. the protocol allows APIs, apps, and AI agents to conduct transactions during web interactions with minimal code integration. This means humans and AI agents can exchange digital assets as easily as […]
Nordic States Announce Offline Payments Plan After Damage to Cables
Five northern European nations are planning to develop an offline card payment system as a backup in case internet or electrical connections are disrupted. The initiative follows several incidents in recent years where critical undersea cables and other infrastructure were damaged. Over the next year, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Estonia will begin rolling out […]
The Brave New Future of the Disappearing Account
Are we witnessing the slow death of the account? As the traditional walls around them fall, some financial services companies are focusing on services rather than long-term relationships and giving a new framing to their offerings. This is more than just an issue of semantics. In a new report, ”Disappearing” Accounts and the Future of […]