ChainCatcher news, the Coinbase developer platform has announced the launch of a new open-source payment protocol x402, aimed at activating the long-reserved but unused HTTP 402 status code "Payment Required" on the internet, transforming it into a true on-chain payment layer suitable for API providers, content creators, contextual protocols, and other new scenarios.x402 allows servers to request payments, with clients (including humans and smart agents) responding instantly, supporting micropayments on a pay-per-use basis without cumbersome subscriptions. Coinbase stated that this protocol is expected to simplify Web3 payment processes and provide new infrastructure for the agent economy and on-chain services.

ChainCatcher news, APRO Oracle has reached a strategic partnership with ai16z. The core of this strategic cooperation is to integrate APRO Oracle's innovative AgentText Secure Transmission Protocols (ATTPs) into ai16z's ElizaOS framework, which is expected to set a new industry standard for the AI Agent ecosystem infrastructure.APRO Oracle's ATTPs protocol aims to provide secure, verifiable, and real-time data transmission support for AI Agents. By integrating with the ElizaOS framework supported by ai16z, ATTPs will enable developers to build various types of AI Agents more efficiently and facilitate collaboration between AI Agents. As part of this integration, APRO Oracle will provide four dedicated source agents to support the ai16z ecosystem built on the Eliza framework.