MultiversX Moves Early on Agentic Payments With Google and Coinbase

 

The idea of autonomous software agents paying for things on the internet has floated around for years. It usually sounds futuristic, theoretical, or slightly impractical. That is starting to change.

 

MultiversX has taken a concrete step into that future by supporting a new payments standard designed specifically for AI agents, aligning itself with infrastructure backed by both Google and Coinbase. While much of the industry is still debating what “agentic commerce” actually means, MultiversX is already shipping real integrations.

 

At a time when blockchains are competing for relevance beyond speculation, this move places MultiversX squarely inside one of the most important conversations happening in tech right now, how AI systems will transact value on their own.

 

 

From Smart Contracts to Autonomous Commerce

Agentic commerce is simple in concept but complex in execution. Instead of humans clicking buttons and entering card details, software agents discover services, decide whether they are worth paying for, and complete payments automatically.

 

That requires more than just fast block times or cheap fees. It needs payment infrastructure that works natively with the internet itself, without logins, dashboards, or human workflows.

 

This is where the x402 payment protocol comes in.

 

Originally developed by Coinbase, x402 reimagines an old web standard, HTTP 402 Payment Required, and turns it into a real, usable payment flow. A server can request payment as part of a normal web response, and an AI agent can respond by sending a blockchain payment, all in one continuous interaction.

 

MultiversX now supports this model directly on its network.

 

 

Why MultiversX Fits This Moment

MultiversX has long positioned itself as a high performance, developer focused blockchain. What makes this integration notable is how cleanly it fits the chain’s existing strengths.

 

Fast finality, low fees, and native support for smart contracts make MultiversX a natural environment for autonomous agents that need to move quickly and operate at scale. Agentic systems do not wait for confirmations the way humans do. They make decisions continuously, sometimes hundreds or thousands per minute.

 

By enabling x402 payments, MultiversX allows these agents to pay for data, services, or compute the same way they request information today, through simple web interactions.

 

This is not a demo or concept release. Builders can already deploy agents that transact autonomously on MultiversX without custom billing systems or off chain payment logic.

 

 

Google’s Standards Push Adds Gravity

What makes this development more significant is that it does not exist in isolation.

 

Google has been quietly building its own framework for agent based commerce, known as the Agent Payments Protocol, or AP2. Rather than reinventing payments, Google’s approach is to support multiple settlement rails, including blockchain based ones.

 

x402 is one of those supported rails.

 

That means agents built using Google aligned standards can interact with services that settle payments on MultiversX, without bespoke integrations. In practical terms, it creates a bridge between traditional web infrastructure, AI agent frameworks, and blockchain settlement.

 

For MultiversX, this is a strong validation signal. It suggests the network is not just compatible with the next wave of AI commerce, but already aligned with how major technology companies expect that wave to work.

 

 

What This Enables

Most blockchain adoption stories focus on users. Wallets, apps, and onboarding flows. Agentic payments flip that perspective.

The primary users here are machines.

 

AI agents do not care about branding or narratives. They care about reliability, speed, and cost. If MultiversX can consistently provide those, it becomes part of the default stack for autonomous systems, quietly embedded beneath the surface.

 

This is arguably more durable than hype driven consumer adoption. Once agents are built around a payment rail, switching costs rise quickly.

 

With agentic payments live on MultiversX, a new set of use cases becomes practical rather than theoretical.

 

Autonomous agents can pay for API access on demand instead of negotiating contracts. Data providers can charge per request rather than per month. Agents can subscribe, cancel, and reallocate spending dynamically based on performance.

 

Over time, this opens the door to fully machine driven marketplaces, where services compete in real time for agent demand, priced in stablecoins, settled instantly.

 

MultiversX becomes the settlement layer underneath that activity.

 

 

The Bottom Line

There are still open questions. Regulation, security, and governance will matter more as autonomous payments scale. But the direction is clear.

 

AI systems are moving from passive tools to active economic participants. Payments are no longer a side feature. They are a core requirement.

 

By moving early and integrating with standards backed by Google and Coinbase, MultiversX has positioned itself as a serious infrastructure player in the emerging agentic economy.

 

In a market crowded with promises, shipping quietly but effectively may turn out to be the most bullish signal of all.