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AWS Integrates USDC Payments for AI Agents via Coinbase and Stripe

Amazon Web Services (#AWS) launched a payment system on May 7 that allows AI agents to pay for digital services autonomously using stablecoins. The product, called Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Payments, was built in partnership with Coinbase and Stripe, and removes the need for developers to build separate billing systems for each service an agent accesses.

The system enables AI agents to pay for APIs, web content, MCP servers, and other online tools during task execution. Developers can choose between a Coinbase or Stripe wallet and fund it using either stablecoins or fiat currency. Transactions settle in roughly 200 milliseconds using USD Coin ($USDC) on Ethereum's Base layer-2 network and on Solana (SOL). #USDC #AI

The infrastructure relies on #Coinbase's x402 protocol, an open standard based on the HTTP 402 "Payment Required" response code. It also uses wallet technology from Privy, a firm Stripe acquired in 2025. The x402 protocol is governed by the x402 Foundation, of which both AWS and Coinbase are members. Coinbase said the protocol has already processed more than 169 million machine-native #payments across 590,000 buyers and 100,000 sellers.