Ripple announced its accession to the 402 Foundation as its Premier Member. The company indicated that this cooperation would be used to facilitate the construction of payment standards for AI-driven transactions and to expand the support of XRP Ledger in the automated payment scene.
Support AI proxy payments
Ripple states that the x402 protocol will help AI agents to initiate and complete payments directly. The company plans to continue to expand its capabilities on XRP Ledger so that both XRP and RLUSD can be used for such transactions.
Focus on automated settlements
The direction of x402 Foundation is to create a more uniform infrastructure for machine payments in online commerce. Ripple this time, means it wants to get XRP Ledger deeper into the AI proxy economy.
XRP Sync with RLUSD
Ripple is currently emphasizing not a single token application, but supporting both XRP and RLUSD. The external signal is clear: the company wants to move the chain payments from manual to more automated means of implementation.