Building the Future of
Agent Payments

Identified the gap: AI agents earn in crypto (USDC) but European businesses need EUR. No x402 facilitator exists for EU market. Analyzed Coinbase's x402 protocol specification and competitive landscape.

Designed non-custodial payment architecture. Defined multi-chain strategy (Base, Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum). Selected x402 as core protocol. Mapped EUR off-ramp flow via SEPA Instant.

Identified and contacted EU-licensed settlement partners. Began NDA negotiations. Evaluated cost structures for USDC → EUR conversion. Targeted 0.35% settlement cost.

Investor deck, whitepaper v2.1, one-pager, financial projections. Pre-seed round structured: €350–500K at €2.3–3.5M pre-money valuation. Began investor outreach.

Drafted MiCA-aligned compliance documentation. KYC/AML policy framework designed. Privacy policy and Terms of Service prepared. Security requirements defined.

Payment engine with HD wallet generation. x402 middleware with HTTP 402 Payment Required. Multi-chain blockchain listener. HMAC-signed webhooks. Rate limiting, API key auth, security headers, Zod validation.

asterpay.io goes live on Cloudflare Pages. Complete website with API documentation, Swagger UI, sandbox environment, x402 tutorial, quickstart guides, and developer onboarding.

Live on Base mainnet: Market data (3), AI tools (4), Crypto analytics (3), Utilities (3). Each endpoint priced $0.004–$0.10 (QR code free). First real USDC payment settled on-chain, verified on Basescan.

Published @asterpay-io/x402 (TypeScript, LangChain), asterpay-openai-agents (OpenAI Agents SDK), asterpay-autogpt (CrewAI/AutoGPT), and @asterpay-io/solana (DePIN batch payouts) to npm/PyPI.

ERC-20 token deployed on BNB Chain. 100M fixed supply, burnable, pausable, gasless approvals (ERC-2612). PancakeSwap liquidity pool created. Up to 60% API fee discounts via tier system.

Published to npm. Actions: MAKE_PAYMENT, RECEIVE_PAYMENT, CHECK_BALANCE, CONVERT_TO_EUR. ERC-8004 compatible. Enables any ElizaOS agent to use AsterPay natively.

NDA executed with EU-licensed settlement partner. 0.35% cost rate secured. Technical integration spec exchanged. EUR off-ramp path validated.

Telegram bot alerts for API discovery hits, payment successes/failures, and server startup. Real-time visibility into agent interactions.

@asterpay/mcp-server on npm + Glama.ai registry. 13 tools wrapping all x402 endpoints. One-line install for Claude & Cursor. AI agents discover and use AsterPay automatically.

Interactive animated demo showing end-to-end flow: AI agent converts 1,500 USDC → 1,378 EUR via SEPA Instant. Looping presentation for investors and social media.

Claude Code (Anthropic) autonomously discovered, paid, and consumed AsterPay API via MCP server. Real USDC payment on Base mainnet — fully autonomous, no human in the loop. First verified end-to-end AI agent payment through AsterPay infrastructure.

@asterpay/mcp-server published to npm registry. One-line install for Claude and Cursor users. 16 pay-per-call tools. AI agents auto-discover AsterPay endpoints via Model Context Protocol.

AsterPay x402 Gateway wallet registered and verified on Basescan. Public name tag applied. On-chain transaction monitoring with real-time email alerts.