Odaily Planet Daily reports that Cronos has officially subscribed to DoraHacks BUIDL AI, launching the x402 payment technology hackathon with a prize pool of $42,000, focusing on AI-native and agent payment applications. This move marks a strong comeback for the Cronos public chain ecosystem, leveraging its 10x lower gas, second-level block generation, and AI Agent SDK to aggressively recruit global entrepreneurs to build an AI-driven financial hub.
Following AWS and Circle, Cronos will leverage BUIDL AI's intelligent infrastructure to efficiently connect global tech enthusiasts in the intersection of PayFi and AI, accelerating ecosystem reconstruction and innovation implementation.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that Davide Crapis, head of artificial intelligence at the Ethereum Foundation, posted on the X platform that he is working with the Ethereum Foundation (EF) leadership to develop the dAI team's 2026 roadmap and thanked the growing community around ERC-8004 and x402.
According to Odaily Planet Daily, the x402 protocol garnered significant attention at the end of October, with related tokens surging and the number and volume of transactions made through the x402 protocol reaching record highs. However, this two-week-long AI narrative is now receding, with daily transaction volume plummeting by 90% from its peak.
According to x402scan data, the daily transaction volume of the x402 ecosystem peaked on November 3, reaching $2.8407 million. The daily transaction volume continued to decline thereafter, reaching only $283,600 on November 9.
At the same time, the number of new websites/servers supporting payments via the x402 protocol is also declining. At its peak, the number of new daily additions exceeded 10,000, but after November, the number of new daily additions fell to less than 2,000.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that SOON today launched its first prediction experiment product based on the x402 protocol. Players can use USDC to predict market trends for 10 seconds, and those who make correct predictions will receive SOON rewards.
Within just 3 hours of its launch, SOON achieved a cumulative transaction volume exceeding 100,000 transactions, immediately becoming the No. 1 project on the x402 platform, with all initial quotas fully subscribed.
SOON stated that it will continue to launch more predictive experiments and interactive activities based on x402 in the future.
Odaily星球日报讯 据官方消息，OKX Web3 现已正式推出 x402 API 官网文档及接口，开发者可通过原文链接进行访问。
据悉，x402 是基于 HTTP 402 状态码设计的 Web3 支付标准，OKX Wallet 以 x402 协议为基础提供了高效易用的 API 和 SDK，支持按次收费，并在区块链上完成支付结算。OKX CEO Star 发推表示，AI 与链上基础设施正在快速发展，而 x402 正引领着这一变革。这是未来去中心化协作的样子，从 API 微支付、机器对机器的自动化，到免 Gas 交易和无缝 AI 集成，一切都在不断向前演进。
