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Coinbase-backed x402 adds batch settlement, letting AI agents authorize many small payments offchain before settling them later onchain. Coinbase-backed x402 has added batch settlement, a feature designed to reduce the cost of high-frequency AI agent payments by allowing many small transactions to settle later in bulk. Base creator Jesse Pollak said Wednesday that x402 now supports batched settlement, enabling very small payments below $0.0001 for on-demand resources such as compute and inference. The feature lets buyers deposit ERC-20 funds into onchain escrow and sign offchain vouchers for each paid request. Sellers can verify those vouchers quickly, serve the request and later redeem many payments together in batched onchain transactions, according to x402’s documentation. Read more

Following its successes mobilizing crypto-minded voters in 2024, Stand With Crypto said it would prioritize House races in two US states for the midterms. Stand With Crypto (SWC), the advocacy organization launched by cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, said that its strategy for turning out crypto-minded voters in the 2026 US midterm elections will prioritize races in Ohio and Pennsylvania. In a Thursday announcement, SWC said its November 2026 battleground races would include industry-supported candidates in Iowa, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, where “crypto voters represent a meaningful and potentially decisive share of the electorate.” The advocacy group added that its priority for the midterms would be in Ohio’s 9th Congressional District and Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District, where the respective incumbents Democrat Marcy Kaptur and Republican Scott Perry “have concerning records on crypto policy.” Perry voted against the GENIUS Act in 2025, while Kaptur voted against t...

Aerodrome Finance has risen 70% this week, outpacing Uniswap on Base with over $500M in daily DEX volume. Its TVL share has exceeded $1B, and projected yearly revenue has approached $166M, prompting debate on whether demand stems from deeper adoption or speculative enthusiasm. The post $AERO Soars 70% in a Week – Is Coinbase-Backed DEX the Next Billion-Dollar DeFi Star? appeared first on Cryptonews.