Cardano integrates x402 payment standard for AI agent payments, joining Solana and XRP Ledger in the automated internet payments market.

AI & Agents · 2026-09-22

Cardano has integrated the x402 payment standard through an official SDK, enabling applications and AI agents to execute transactions using ADA or Cardano native tokens without requiring account creation or API keys. The move places Cardano in the automated internet payments market alongside Solana and XRP Ledger, with ADA's price rising 6% over 24 hours according to https://cryptopotato.com/cardano-joins-solana-xrpl-in-ai-agent-payments-race-as-ada-gains-6/. The x402 protocol processed 75.41 million transactions totaling $24.24 million in volume across the past 30 days, involving 94,060 buyers and 22,000 sellers.

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