Agentic Payments
How AI agents pay: protocols, wallets, and machine-to-machine commerce.
What Is Agent Identity (KYA) and Why Do AI Agents Need It?
Sapiom CEO Ilan Zerbib breaks down agent identity: delegated authority, agent reputation, and why sub-cent AI payments only work on stablecoins.
What Is Machine Payments Protocol (MPP)? Created by Stripe and Tempo
Machine Payments Protocol (MPP) is a payment-method-agnostic standard co-developed by Stripe and Tempo for AI agent payments. How it works, how it compares to x402, and why Visa built a CLI for it.
Will AI Agents Use Stablecoins or Virtual Cards?
AI agents need payment rails. Crossmint launched AI-exclusive virtual cards via Visa, while stablecoins offer programmable micropayments. Both will coexist in agentic commerce.
What Is x402? The Protocol Making Internet Payments Native
HTTP status code 402 was reserved for future use since the 1980s. Now x402 activates it — enabling stablecoin micropayments for AI agents, APIs, and content access.
What Is Command Line Commerce?
Command line commerce is the next frontier — software buying things via text commands, MCP servers, and AI agents making purchases. How Payoneer and others are building the infrastructure for agentic payments.
What Are AI Agents and How Will They Use Stablecoins?
Why AI agents need their own payment rails, the two competing models, and what programmable commerce means for businesses.