U.S.-listed cryptocurrency alternate Coinbase (COIN) has unleashed the most recent model of its stablecoin-based funds protocol for AI brokers, making it simpler to increase and plug within the autonomous funds system, the alternate mentioned in a blogpost Thursday.
The snappily titled x402 V2 strikes the AI agentic funds device on from asking “So what does it really do” into “Which present companies can we plug it into subsequent,” a Coinbase consultant mentioned in an e mail. Particularly, x402 V2 permits builders to mix funds, allow safe pockets entry, and add new options through a clear, modular design, Coinbase mentioned.
Earlier this 12 months, Coinbase engineers launched the open supply autonomous funds protocol x402, and extra not too long ago added a discovery layer for AI brokers, one thing like a “Google for brokers,” dubbed x402 Bazaar.
In a observe hooked up to the blogpost, Coinbase mentioned x402 V2 expands the protocol past single-call, precise funds. “It provides wallet-based id (skip repaying on each name), automated API discovery, dynamic cost recipients, help for extra chains and fiat through CAIP [Chain Agnostic Improvement Proposals for blockchain interoperability] requirements, and a totally modular SDK for customized networks and schemes,” Coinbase mentioned.
It’s all geared toward making x402 “cleaner, extra extensible, and future-proof, enabling unified cost fashions and wallet-based entry for brokers and people alike,” the alternate mentioned.

