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Cloudflare and Coinbase Launch x402 Foundation for AI Payments

9/24/2025

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Cloudflare and Coinbase launched the x402 Foundation to standardize the x402 protocol for AI-driven payments and keep it open and neutral.
The x402 protocol uses the HTTP 402 Payment Required status to enable machine-to-machine transactions and reduce friction.
Developers can access via Cloudflare's Agents SDK and MCP integrations. A deferred payment scheme is being tested for crawlers and agents.

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Story summary

Cloudflare and Coinbase launched the x402 Foundation to standardize the x402 protocol for AI-driven payments and keep it open and neutral.
The x402 protocol uses the HTTP 402 Payment Required status to enable machine-to-machine transactions and reduce friction.
Developers can access via Cloudflare's Agents SDK and MCP integrations. A deferred payment scheme is being tested for crawlers and agents.