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Base says AI agents are using wallets, stablecoins, and x402 to pay for internet services as agentic commerce expands. The post Base says agent payments reached 3.1 million x402 transactions in 30 days appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Read full articleThe Foundation wants $16M in stablecoins, 1,740 ETH and 230M ARB for another year of operations. As a first vote opens, delegates and analysts say the request outpaces what the network earns and lacks performance milestones.
As AI agents become more numerous and more communicative, keeping track of where to find them is becoming increasingly important. Numerous proprietary agent registries are on the market, but the Linux Foundation suggests we simply extend the distributed, open Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure we already have. The foundation is now inviting contributions to the DNS-AID project, a standard way for AI agents to discover, verify, and communicate with one another over DNS that requires no new infrastructure. It enables agents and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers to use DNS as a global, vendor-neutral directory. While many details remain to be worked out, the proposal suggests domain owners create a new well-known address that can provide a starting point for agents looking for one another: _index._agents.{domain}. This approach ensures that agent discovery remains scalable, secure, and compatible with the protocols that underly the internet, the Linux Foundation said. “AI agents a
The company's new tools could bring AI-driven trading and financial transactions into the mainstream.
May 2026 banking launches by Cash App and SoFiUSD show retail stablecoins need utility beyond P2P. We map rails, limits, compliance, fees, and playbooks.
Geordie AI raised $30M in a Series A led by Balderton Capital to help enterprises monitor, govern, and secure their AI agents at scale.
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President Donald Trump has re-entered the US crypto market-structure debate, saying his administration will codify a “future-proof” framework for digital assets as a Senate fight over the CLARITY Act moves closer. The message ties the White House’s crypto agenda to legislation that would define regulatory boundaries for digital assets, exchanges, custodians, stablecoins and derivatives markets. […]
Base just shipped its most significant upgrade since launch.
