Intelligence Feed event · Equity · 2026-09-12

    X Pay launches mainnet gateway enabling HTTP-request payments in USDC on Base

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    X Pay launches mainnet gateway enabling HTTP-request payments in USDC on Base

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    X Pay rolled out a live mainnet payment gateway enabling software applications and APIs to charge directly per HTTP request. All transactions are settled in USDC on the Base layer-2 network. By leveraging the x402 payment required standard, the infrastructure bypasses traditional merchant account creation, credit card processing fees, and API subscription management, enabling machine-to-machine micropayments.

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    Market Ontology
    Evidence through
    2026-09-12
    Published
    2026-10-20
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    1 · 2026-10-20

    Cite as: Market Ontology, “X Pay launches mainnet gateway enabling HTTP-request payments in USDC on Base”, revision 1, evidence through 2026-09-12. https://marketontology.com/market-events/2026-09-12/x-pay-launches-mainnet-gateway-enabling-http-request-payments-in-usdc-on-base-881dc1

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    X Pay rolled out a live mainnet payment gateway enabling software applications and APIs to charge directly per HTTP request. All transactions are settled in USDC on the Base layer-2 network. By leveraging the x402 payment required standard, the infrastructure bypasses traditional merchant account creation, credit card processing fees, and API subscription management, enabling machine-to-machine micropayments.

    Exposed assets
    Transmission
    01 · Catalyst
    X Pay launches mainnet gateway enabling HTTP-request payments in USDC on Base
    02 · Mechanism
    Micro-transaction settlement on layer-2 networks reduces transaction processing fees and eliminates merchant subscription billing overhead.
    Sectors
    • Financials
    • Technology

    What happened next

    AssetCallBase close+1 day+5 days+20 days
    COINUpagreed175.26 2026-09-11+9.24%+10.84%Pending

    Closing prices from stored daily bars; returns measured from the last close on or before the event date. Not a recommendation.

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