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How AI agents pay in USDC and merchants receive EUR via SEPA Instant — facilitators, regulation under MiCA, costs, and integration. The single most cited document on the topic.
Glossary · 4 minThe HTTP 402 protocol revival for autonomous AI-agent payments. Origin, mechanics, status in 2026.
Glossary · 4 minThe party that verifies and settles x402 payments. Coinbase CDP, AsterPay, and the rest of the landscape.
Glossary · 5 minThe agent-payments equivalent of KYC. AsterPay's open trust-scoring framework, schema and tier system.
Glossary · 4 minOn-chain identity standard for AI agents on Ethereum. Why it matters for trust, payments and reputation.
Buyer's guide · 6 minBuyer's guide for European merchants choosing a stablecoin-to-EUR rail. Decision criteria, MiCA, latency.
Buyer's guide · 6 minWhat MiCA Article 60 requires for stablecoin-to-EUR conversion, the technical-service-provider model, five questions to ask any settlement vendor.
Buyer's guide · 5 minWhy an EU-native facilitator matters, six selection criteria, and a vendor comparison for European merchants.
How-to · 7 minStep-by-step from KYB to EUR-in-bank. Drop-in middleware, FX-rate locking, settlement reconciliation, and what the merchant never has to do.
Position · 7 minCircle's Refund Protocol gives stablecoin payments their missing chargeback primitive but leaves the arbiter slot open. Our position on filling it for European agent commerce, with KYA-graded lockups and EUR-denominated refund coverage.