What an AI Agent Needs to Buy a Dataset
What an AI agent needs before it can buy a dataset on its own: a wallet, a stablecoin balance, a signing method and a client library. Updated July 2026.
Rosalia Mazza
How to Buy a Dataset With x402
How to buy a dataset with x402: what an agent sends, what the server returns, how payment settles in USDC, and what it costs. Updated July 2026.
Which Data Providers Accept x402
A directory of data and API providers that accept x402 payments. Updated July 2026.
Cantica Premium Datasets are now open for AI agents
The Bright Minded introduced x402 to let AI agents buy Cantica's Fin-Tech intelligence Premium datasets.
Companies that obtained the MiCA license between 2026-06-07 and 2026-07-17
'MiCAR License' is adding companies: 10 — Ripple, Bitcoin Suisse, Alchemy Pay and FalconX among them — have announced 11 developments since 2026-06-23, and the weekly pace is still rising (about 3 a week).
Developments per week (weeks of Jun 15 – Jul 13): 0 · 3 · 4 · 1 · 3
CLARITY Act Stalls Over the One Conflict It Never Assigned a Regulator
The CLARITY Act would give every crypto asset a regulator. It has stalled over Trump's $1.4 billion in crypto income and who may own the market they govern.
Dimitri Akhrin, BAMS: Building Trust in Payments
Dimitri Akhrin of BAMS explains how his payments company funds merchants next-day and why it keeps a person reachable while the industry automates.