The x402 protocol, incubated by a certain exchange, launches the AI bot app store Agent.market.
ChainCatcher reports that the x402 Foundation, incubated by a certain exchange, has announced the launch of the unified platform Agent.market, designed to provide an "app store"-like service portal for AI robots.
This platform is built on the x402 protocol and can help users and robots access hundreds of tools and services. The x402 protocol is named after the unused HTTP 402 "Payment Required" status code, allowing websites, APIs, and AI robots to request and receive instant micropayments via blockchain and traditional payment channels. The protocol is managed as an open standard by the x402 Foundation under the Linux Foundation and is supported by over 20 organizations and crypto companies, including Cloudflare, Stripe, AWS, Google, Visa, Base, Circle, and the Solana Foundation.
Upon launch, Agent.market will cover seven main categories: inference, data, media, search, social, infrastructure, and trading. Service providers include OpenAI, Venice (inference category); Bloomberg, CoinGecko (data category); LinkedIn, X, AgentMail (social category); AWS Lambda, QuickNode, Alechemy (infrastructure category); as well as Bankr and a certain exchange's RAT (trading category), among others. Providers can join the marketplace without permission.
Erik Reppel, creator of the x402 protocol, stated that there are currently about 69,000 active agent robots on the protocol, having completed more than 165 million transactions with a transaction volume of $50 million. He noted that agent businesses based on x402 are reshaping enterprise customer activation costs, as robots can now access services at extremely low setup costs, without the need for API keys.
Disclaimer: The content of this article solely reflects the author's opinion and does not represent the platform in any capacity. This article is not intended to serve as a reference for making investment decisions.
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