Ripple has joined the newly launched x402 Foundation as a premier member, teaming up with Coinbase, Circle, and several other crypto firms to support an open payment protocol designed for the next generation of AI powered applications.
The foundation, hosted by the Linux Foundation, will oversee the development of x402, an open standard originally contributed by Coinbase that enables payments to be integrated directly into standard web interactions.
Building a Payment Layer for AI
The x402 protocol aims to make machine to machine payments as seamless as data exchange, allowing AI agents, applications, and APIs to send and receive funds without relying on traditional payment systems.
As autonomous AI systems evolve beyond generating recommendations to purchasing services, accessing paid APIs, and executing transactions independently, the protocol is expected to play an increasingly important role in supporting these interactions.
The foundation said its open, vendor neutral governance model is intended to ensure the payment infrastructure remains interoperable across multiple blockchain networks and payment methods rather than being controlled by a single company.
Ripple Brings XRP Ledger Support
Commenting on the initiative, Markus Infanger, Senior Vice President of RippleX, said open standards such as x402 are essential for building trusted and interoperable machine to machine payment networks.
He added that Ripple has already developed infrastructure on the XRP Ledger that supports the protocol, enabling AI applications to transact using both XRP and Ripple’s RLUSD stablecoin.
By joining the x402 Foundation, Ripple strengthens its push to position the XRP Ledger as a key payment infrastructure for the rapidly growing AI economy, while contributing to an open standard aimed at simplifying digital payments across the internet.#crypto#cryptonews https://coinsignals.net https://t.me/coinsignalpublic
