ViaBTC CEO Haipo Yang: From Nof1 to x402 — A Look at AI Agent Applications and What’s Next

With Nof1’s live AI trading competition and Coinbase’s newly launched x402 protocol becoming major industry talking points, AI Agents are rapidly expanding their use cases across finance and payments. As a representative protocol for AI payments, how does x402 differ from traditional payment systems? What scenarios does it serve? And as AI payments mature, what other foreseeable applications might AI Agents unlock? This Guest Expert piece summarizes perspectives shared by Haipo Yang, Founder and CEO of ViaBTC, on the feasibility of x402 and the future potential of AI collaboration networks. Q: x402 has recently become a hot topic in the industry. What is the view on using token payments—like x402—to solve payment problems for AI? Haipo Yang: From an engineering standpoint, x402 is a relatively simple protocol source: https://beincrypto.com/viabtc-ceo-haipo-yang-ai-agent-applications/