Base developer says AI agents may drive the next wave of crypto payments

Base developer Jesse Pollak said AI-driven agentic payments, which allow AI to pay on their own for services such as data access, computing resources and travel bookings, are likely to draw attention, according to CoinDesk. Pollak added, "x402 protocol is an open-source payment protocol being developed through collaboration among Coinbase, Microsoft, Google and Mastercard, supporting payments through API calls alone." He also said about $48 million in payments have been processed so far, with about 95% of that taking place on the Base chain.