The Cardano Foundation has joined x402 as an Associate Member under the @linuxfoundation x402 is an open payment standard that revives the HTTP 402 status code so that applications and AI agents can pay per request in stablecoins without accounts, API keys, or a checkout page. Open standards make that kind of machine-to-machine commerce possible. Early adoption by Cardano ecosystem projects such as @MasumiNetwork and @ODATANO_V4 shows how quickly open standards can move into real-world applications. https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-operational-launch-of-x402-foundation-to-standardize-internet-native-payments-for-ai-agents-and-applications(Cardano Foundation)