Cloudflare announces Cloudflare Wallets for users to pay for APIs and content via stablecoins, with the ability to create virtual wallets for agentic shopping
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Cloudflare is wiring payments and identity directly into the network edge—virtual wallets for agentic shopping turn bots into first-class economic actors. If you’re building agents, you now have a mainstream path to let them spend stablecoins on APIs and content without bolting on bespoke fintech rails.
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