Solana Surges Ahead with x402 Transactions Amid AI Payment Testing
Solana has become the leading network for x402 transactions in August, according to an x402 ecosystem roundup. The platform overtook Base in daily x402 transaction activity and processed 37 million x402 transactions on Solana alone.
As part of a broader effort to enable software to pay for APIs, data, computing, and other services without human intervention, companies are testing ways for artificial intelligence agents to make payments. BlockRun settled 5.4 million agentic payments on Solana through PayAI in just seven days, while Solana's x402 endpoints can accept USDC.
Corporate finance platforms such as Ramp are entering the market with tools that allow businesses to fund wallets and track agent spending. This gives companies a way to connect agent spending with existing financial controls. MoonPay is pursuing a consumer-facing version through PayBox, which connects with AI agents like Claude and ChatGPT.
The Solana Foundation promotes Pay.sh, a payment layer for HTTP agents and command-line tools. The foundation launched the service in collaboration with Google Cloud, stating that agents can access and pay for APIs from providers, including Google Cloud, on a per-request basis.