The cryptocurrency industry has often been criticized for being a speculative playground, disconnected from everyday life. But with the…
Google, Coinbase, and Amex Unite: The New Google AI Payment Protocol (AP2) Bringing Stablecoins Into Mainstream Finance
Google’s New AI Payment Protocol: A Game-Changer for Crypto, Stablecoins, and AI Agents In mid-September 2025 (on September 16), Google unveiled a major development that could reshape how payments happen when AI apps or “agents” transact with each other. The AI Payment Protocol innovation is being called the Agent Payments Protocol, or AP2. It is an open-source framework designed to let AI agents, software bots, assistants, apps, send and receive payments in a secure, verifiable, and standardized…