Coinbase Contributes its x402 Protocol to Newly Launched x402 Foundation under Linux Foundation

Tekedia | 04-04-2026 12:42pm |

Coinbase has contributed its x402 protocol to the newly launched x402 Foundation under the Linux Foundation, turning it into a vendor-neutral open standard with broad industry backing. x402 revives the long-dormant HTTP 402 Payment Required status code (part of the original HTTP spec but rarely used) to embed payments directly into standard web/HTTP interactions. Instead

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