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Payment Giant Stripe's Dual Strategy: x402 Protocol Initiates the "AI Agent Pay" Era, Tempo Chain Aims for Global Payments

2026.02.11 12:22:45

Payment giant Stripe, active in crypto and AI lately, officially launched x402 protocol support on February 11th—letting developers charge AI agents directly with USDC stablecoin settlements on the Base chain. Stripe has integrated the preview version of x402 via its PaymentIntents API, enabling developers to build machine payments with just a handful of lines of code. Use cases include API calls, tool usage, web scraping, and content access. Human-to-agent transactions appear together on the Stripe dashboard, with near-zero fees, instant settlement, and no chargebacks. Stripe Product Manager Jeff Weinstein noted the rollout starts with Base + USDC, with plans to add more protocols, blockchains, and currencies later. Stripe is also ramping up its stablecoin infrastructure: it’s incubating Tempo, a Layer 1 blockchain in partnership with Paradigm, focused on global stablecoin payments (with ambitions to replace systems like SWIFT). The Tempo testnet is live now, and the mainnet is slated to launch by 2026. Farcaster co-founders Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan announced on February 9–10 they’ll lead their team to join Tempo. Additionally, Tempo has closed a $500 million Series A funding round, valuing the project at $50 billion. Stripe, meanwhile, holds a valuation of over $140 billion in a recent tender offer—its crypto and stablecoin strategy has earned strong market recognition. From supporting USDC and acquiring Bridge, to rolling out x402 and bringing on Tempo’s talent, Stripe is speeding up its push into the future of AI agent + on-chain payments.
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