Coinbase And AWS Bring x402 Payments To CloudFront Publishers

TL;DRCoinbase and AWS have integrated x402 with CloudFront and AWS WAF.The protocol revives the HTTP 402 “Payment Required” idea for AI agents and machine-to-machine payments.Publishers could charge bots, APIs, and autonomous agents in real time using stablecoins such as USDC.The opportunity is large, but hot-wallet security and automated spending controls remain important risks.Coinbase and AWS are pushing crypto payments into one of the internet’s most current problems: how p