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Cardano has joined the x402 payment standard through an official SDK integration, allowing applications and AI agents to pay for API calls and other online services using ADA or Cardano native tokens. The rollout puts the network alongside Solana and XRP Ledger in the emerging.
Solana’s x402 protocol has processed roughly $50 billion in volume and connected about 150,000 merchant endpoints, according to a Solana Foundation and Coinbase webinar recap. XRP Ledger has since documented its own x402 implementation settling in XRP and RLUSD, while Cardano.
The interoperability protocol has processed one billion messages across 40 chains, with BlackRock, Apollo, and VanEck among its users. Tue 22 Sep 2026 · 10:38 EDT · 3 min read In Finance Cross-chain infrastructure is one of those things that most crypto users interact with.
CME's crypto futures and options averaged 279,800 contracts in daily volume in the first half of 2026. Tue 22 Sep 2026 · 08:45 EDT · 1 min read In Business CME Group plans to add Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures contracts to its crypto derivatives lineup on Oct. 19, the company.
Bitcoin went on a wild run on Monday, surging by over $7,000 on the heels of massive ETF inflows and topping $87,000 for the first time since late January before it finally calmed at around $86,000. Most altcoins registered similar or even more impressive gains, including.
Cardano has been added to the official x402 software kit, giving developers the code needed to let an app or AI agent pay for an online service using ADA or tokens issued on the network. x402 turns the web’s largely unused “402 Payment Required” response into a checkout built.
On-chain evidence suggests compromised bridge and token-minting credentials were used in the same coordinated operation. A coordinated attack drained 8.7 million FET and used a compromised NuNet minter key to create 408.5 million NTX. The Sept. 19 attack emptied the.
