Block has joined the group supporting x402, an open payment standard designed to enable commerce between agentic artificial intelligence systems, according to Cointelegraph. The company is bringing Bitcoin Lightning payments to the standard, adding a Bitcoin-based payment option to the initiative. x402 is also backed by Google, Microsoft, AWS and Coinbase. The development places Bitcoin’s Lightning Network within a broader effort to establish payment infrastructure for AI agents. The source did not provide transaction volumes, implementation details or financial terms for Block’s participation. For Bitcoin markets, the move highlights an announced use case connecting the cryptocurrency’s payment network with emerging AI-driven commerce, although the report does not indicate any immediate impact on BTC’s price or adoption metrics.
