Block Adds Bitcoin Lightning to x402 Standard
Block has joined the x402 Foundation and contributed a Bitcoin Lightning payment specification, adding a Bitcoin option to an open standard for payments by AI agents, the company announced Sept. 24. The x402 repository m...
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Older archive item. Useful for background and entity history, but not a fresh market-moving signal.
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Bitcoin is showing up inside the AI Crypto theme, so this story is worth tracking for follow-through rather than treating it as a one-off headline.
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