Mastercard Begins Rolling Out AI Agent Payments Service With Coinbase, Base
Mastercard is beginning to open up a system that allows AI agents to autonomously purchase digital services using blockchain technology and stablecoins, marking another step toward a future in which software can conduct...
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Older archive item. Useful for background and entity history, but not a fresh market-moving signal.
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Mastercard is showing up inside the Layer 2 theme, so this story is worth tracking for follow-through rather than treating it as a one-off headline.
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