Forty companies now govern x402, the protocol Coinbase built and handed away. It settled about $24 million last month across 75 million payments.

Circle joins the x402 Foundation as a founding member, backing an open protocol for internet-native payments using USDC alongside Google, Visa, and AWS.

Ripple has joined the x402 Foundation as a Premier Member, placing XRP and RLUSD within an industry effort to develop internet-native payments for AI