AWS Brings USDC Micropayments to AI Agents via Coinbase & Stripe
AWS Brings USDC Micropayments to AI Agents via Coinbase & Stripe Amazon Web Services just unveiled Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Payments, letting AI agents pay for APIs, web content, MCP servers, and other agent services on-demand instead of relying on subscriptions or manual checkout. The system supports Coinbase- or Stripe-powered wallets, funded with fiat or stablecoins. The rails are built around Coinbase’s x402 protocol (based on HTTP 402 “Payment Required”), enabling machine-native micropayments in USDC. AWS says this is designed specifically for autonomous agents that need to “find → pay…
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