In a new X -post, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong confirmed a function that could be called a “murderer” if it really works. The company’s X402 protocol is now communicating with Solana, so that users can pay with USDC without navigating through the typical crypto processes.
The interesting part, however, is that AI agents can now shop online with USDC on Solana through this position.
Imagine your software that can automatically spend money, so that someone is eliminated the need to click on “confirm purchase” every time. Your AI assistant can pay for cloud storage, buy API credits and process the innovations of subscriptions while you sleep.
Excited to add Solana support for X402 protocol (the simplest way to add a payment to any web request). https://t.co/r9PanrnbJ9
– Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong) 2 September 2025
The position launched this week and Armstrong has faith in seeing it as a real seamless payment integration.
Interestingly, the co-founder of Solana, Anatoly Yakovenko, also saw the news and responded by thanking Armstrong with an answering post. However, it is quite a development, because Coinbase has a blockchain that already shows back backs, base, an EVM-based, but still supports for external chains such as Solana.
This may be due to the fact that Solana is this cycle the “most popular” blockchain, and the total value of the total value measured by billions of dollars is an argument that one cannot risk ignoring.
Solana + Coinbase = win-win?
For companies, they are crypto payments without the crypto headache. No special infrastructure or blockchain expertise is required; Simply connect it to the payment system that is already present.
Everyone develops AI agents who have to communicate with the real world, and the real world is on payments. Solana can be the missing piece with which AI can perform useful tasks online instead of only discussing them.
Whether it will be used is still to be seen, but the technical barriers have just become a lot smaller.