Crypto Is The Money For AI, Says Economist As Coinbase CEO Teases Stablecoin-Powered Transactions Between Agents

Renowned economist Alex Tabbarok described cryptocurrencies as the “money” for artificial intelligence on Tuesday after Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN) CEO teased a new feature that enables AI agents to transact using stablecoins.

AI Agents To Use USDC For Quick Settlements

Tabbarok’s remark was in response to Brian Armstrong‘s X post about the integration of the x402, an internet-native payment protocol developed by Coinbase, into Google’s new Agentic Payments Protocol, AP2.

“Agents can actually pay each other now, with x402 powering the stablecoin rail inside Google’s new Agentic Payments Protocol (AP2),” Armstrong said.

With this integration, agents can now execute tasks themselves that previously required manual intervention, such as payments for data crawls, services or microtasks, Coinbase said in a separate blog post.

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