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Coinbase Says AI Agents Could Drive Demand for Sub-Cent Stablecoin Payments

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A Coinbase Institute analysis says software agents may need low-cost, pay-per-use transactions to access APIs, data and other digital services.
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Key Points of the News: The Coinbase Institute technical paper published on October 7, 2026 analyzes the non-viability of fixed bank charges against software micropayments of less than $0.001. The base network test model demonstrated a 0.01 USDC transaction settled in two seconds at a network cost of less than $0.001 by means of the x402 protocol. The technical initiative uses HTTP code 402 and EIP-3009 signatures to allow direct transfers betwe…

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Crypto Economy broke the news on Wednesday, October 7, 2026.
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