Link Funds AI Shopping as Lightning Labs Opens Bitcoin Payments and Celo Extends x402 Agents can now shop from a controlled balance and pay for API access in bitcoin; new research tests the limits of wallet approvals. ⏺︎ Link and Instinct began rolling out funded AI-shopping balances with user-set purchase limits in eligible US regions. ⏺︎ Lightning Labs opened Wavelength on Bitcoin mainnet so agents can pay for API calls with Lightning. ⏺︎ Celo added cNGN and Ripio currencies to its x402 facilitator, extending agent payments to eight currencies. ⏺︎ Cornell Tech and Yale researchers found that agents with inbox access could bypass emailed wallet approvals in controlled tests. ⏺︎ Celestia introduced Voyager and reported a 21.2 million TPS single-node benchmark, not live network throughput. 📣 Read the full story #AIAgents #CryptoPayments #BitcoinLightning #x402 #Stablecoins #AgentWallets #Celestia

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