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MarketNow discloses critical security flaws found in its AI agent payment platform

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MarketNow, a platform for AI agent skills using USD Coin payments on the Base blockchain, has publicly disclosed the findings of its recent security audit. The audit identified four critical vulnerabilities, including issues with mandate spending, transaction hash replay, amount mismatches, and stolen transaction redemption, all of which have been fixed. The company also detailed five high and seven medium findings that were addressed, alongside ongoing pending items such as an independent third-party audit and a global rate limiter. AI

IMPACT Enhances trust in AI agent commerce platforms by demonstrating proactive security measures and transparency.

RANK_REASON The article details security findings and fixes for a specific product, not a frontier model release or significant industry-wide event.

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MarketNow discloses critical security flaws found in its AI agent payment platform

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Edison Flores ·

    We open-sourced our security audit. Here's what we found (and fixed).

    <p>We launched MarketNow 2 weeks ago. Then we got pentested. This is the honest report of what we found, what we fixed, and what's still pending.</p> <h2> Why we did it </h2> <p>MarketNow handles real money — USDC payments on Base for AI agent skills. Before we promote it broadly…

  2. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Edison Flores ·

    We open-sourced our security audit

    <p>We launched MarketNow 2 weeks ago. Then we got pentested. This is the honest report of what we found, what we fixed, and what's still pending.</p> <h2> Why we did it </h2> <p>MarketNow handles real money — USDC payments on Base for AI agent skills. Before we promote it broadly…

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