Coinbase CEO: x402 is inevitable, every agent needs to pay
smtabatabaie · x · 2026-08-19
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and others argue that the x402 protocol is inevitable. Every agent will need the ability to pay, and the number of agents will far exceed humans. x402 was written off too quickly and will be rediscovered once the right products are built on top of it.
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