May 4 · 3 min read · A Smithery badge makes a paid MCP server easier to install. It does not approve a payment. That distinction is getting more important. Rug Munch added a Smithery badge, then shipped Smithery CLI, Vercel AI SDK MCP, and TypeScript SDK examples for its...
Join discussionMay 2 · 3 min read · x402 buyer agents need receipts, not black-box credits Agent payment tools are moving fast. The useful pattern is clear now: buyer agents want to inspect an HTTP 402, cap spend, dry-run the call, sign once, retry safely, and leave a receipt trail the...
Join discussionMay 1 · 3 min read · Before your agent pays a hosted x402 MCP gateway, check these 8 things Hosted x402 MCP gateways are starting to move from README signals to live endpoints. That is good for adoption. It is also where buyers can get sloppy. On May 1, Toolstem's public...
Join discussionMay 1 · 3 min read · A new public repo, yayashuxue/agent-marketplace-mcp, is testing an x402-paid MCP server with hosted funding UX, local hot-wallet generation, optional Coinbase-managed mode, and Smithery hosting metadata. As of 2026-05-01 04:48 CT, npm view agent-mark...
Join discussionMay 1 · 2 min read · x402 PR #1944 is a real signal: TVM and TON-style exact payments are moving into the Python SDK path. That does not mean every paid MCP client should start signing TVM payment requirements the moment examples land. TVM brings different signing, accou...
Join discussionMay 1 · 3 min read · x402 batch-settlement is no longer a TypeScript-only path x402 PR #2164 is the line where batch-settlement stops being a TypeScript-only story. The draft adds Go client, server, facilitator, and e2e paths for batch-settlement. That matters because pa...
Join discussionApr 28 · 3 min read · WhatsApp agents make payment controls visible Axon's latest WhatsApp work points at the real SMB buyer problem. The question is no longer only "can this gateway call an x402 API?" The better question is "can a shop owner approve paid agent actions fr...
Join discussionApr 28 · 3 min read · x402 v2.10.0 moved the chain baseline. AgentPay MCP is tracking it x402 Foundation shipped a useful change this week: the paywall templates now track newer viem chain definitions. That sounds small until your agent hits a paid endpoint on a chain you...
Join discussionApr 28 · 3 min read · Paid agent services need scanner-readable x402 support now A paid agent endpoint that hides its payment path is going to look broken to scanners. That sounds small until you think about how developers choose infrastructure. They don't start by wiring...
Join discussionApr 28 · 3 min read · Axon and AgentPay MCP Solve Different Parts of x402 Agent Payments Axon is a useful new x402 signal because it packages paid APIs for agents behind one gateway. AgentPay MCP is not the same product. It sits one layer closer to the agent's wallet and ...
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