This week in agent commerce: seven moves, and where atomic settlement actually sits
Several companies are developing infrastructure for agent commerce, focusing on payment and settlement layers. Coinbase has released a Base MCP server allowing AI models to connect directly to Base wallets for on-chain swaps. The x402 Foundation, a collaboration between Coinbase and Cloudflare, is standardizing agent payments over HTTP, with AWS Bedrock AgentCore now integrating this protocol. Stripe's Tempo platform, alongside partners like Visa and Mastercard, is also advancing machine payments with streaming capabilities and shared payment tokens. AI
IMPACT These developments are crucial for enabling AI agents to conduct transactions and interact with financial systems, potentially accelerating enterprise adoption of AI.