The Breakdown Google’s New Agent Payments Protocol and What It Means for Crypto
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Sep 18, 2025 Explore Google's innovative AP2, a new open-source payments protocol that empowers AI agents to transact securely. Discover how it integrates with blockchain technology and shapes the future of autonomous shopping. The discussion also dives into US-UK crypto policy coordination and the potential impact of Bitcoin’s Strategic Reserve. Plus, insights on the ETF approval process and its implications for a possible market rally this year. An engaging look at the intersection of crypto and AI!
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AP2 Bridges Agents And Payments
- Google and Coinbase launched AP2, an open payments standard enabling AI agents to transact securely with encrypted, verifiable purchase mandates.
- The protocol is payment-rail agnostic but designed so each element could be recorded on a blockchain to automate parts of transactions.
Verifiable Mandates Solve Authorization
- AP2 lets an agent present encrypted purchase intent and authorization so merchants can verify transactions won't be disputed later.
- That mechanism directly addresses verifying real-person authorization when an AI agent intermediates payments.
AP2 Feels Built For Crypto
- Although AP2 is agnostic to payment rails, its structure maps naturally onto blockchain rails and stablecoin use cases.
- This makes AP2 a potential stepping stone toward agentic commerce running on crypto rails.