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Cloudflare launches Monetization Gateway for API payments

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Cloudflare has launched a closed beta for its Monetization Gateway, a service designed to allow domain owners to charge per-request for API access via HTTP 402. The gateway settles payments in USD Coin (USDC) on the blockchain. This feature aims to provide a new revenue stream for content and API providers. AI

IMPACT Enables new monetization models for API providers, potentially impacting AI service pricing.

RANK_REASON This is a product launch for a specific tool, not a frontier release or significant industry event.

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Cloudflare launches Monetization Gateway for API payments

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    On 2026-09-30 Cloudflare opened a closed beta of its Monetization Gateway . It lets a domain owner charge agents per request over HTTP 402, settled in USDC on B

    On 2026-09-30 Cloudflare opened a closed beta of its Monetization Gateway . It lets a domain owner charge agents per request over HTTP 402, settled in USDC on Base, through Coinbase's x402 Facilitator. We have settled on exactly that rail since we launched. So the interesting que…

    LINKS dev.to/…/cloudflare-put-a-402-paywall-beh… minia2a.uk/…/stats

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