[Jesse Pollak: AI Agents Are the Next Wave in Crypto Payments] Odaily Planet Daily News – Base chain lead Jesse Pollak stated in an interview that AI agents are rapidly gaining autonomy and increasingly require native, programmable payment systems. Currently, approximately $48 million in payments have flowed through the x402 protocol, with about 95% of transactions occurring on the Base network. Jesse Pollak highlighted that the open-source payment protocol x402, developed in collaboration with Coinbase, Microsoft, Google, and Mastercard, enables on-demand API payments without the need for traditional subscription systems. Crypto infrastructure allows AI agents to move funds globally in real-time and at low cost, for services such as data access, computation, or travel bookings. The long-term vision is to create an open service marketplace where software can discover and purchase digital services in real-time without human intervention.