x402 did three things: Empowered stablecoins, empowered privacy, and built a trading and financial market suited for the AI era. This will undoubtedly accelerate user growth for USD stablecoins --- 'When capital can flow across borders, when assets can detach from judicial jurisdictions, and when power shifts from nation-states to private giants and network communities, we will usher in a new era led by "The Sovereign Individual," marked by the end of the Westphalian system.'