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Practical guides on stablecoin payments, self-custodial checkout, and the new world of AI agents that pay for things on their own. Written by the team building payment infrastructure on BNB Smart Chain.

How AI agents can subscribe to SaaS and pay automatically

Let an agent sign up, get an API key, and pay a subscription on its own with a spend-capped wallet, recurring billing, and x402.

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Accepting stablecoin payments on BNB Chain

A complete guide to BEP-20 USDT and USDC on BSC: gas, sponsored gas for customers, settlement, self-custody, and taking your first payment.

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What is x402?

How the web's oldest unused status code, 402 Payment Required, became the pay-and-retry standard powering AI agent payments.

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Chargebacks are killing your margin

What a chargeback really costs, even on legitimate sales, and how final on-chain settlement removes the risk while keeping buyers protected.

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How to issue refunds on stablecoin payments

Yes, you can refund crypto. Full and partial refunds, how on-chain refunds work, why there are no dispute fees, and policy best practices.

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What is agentic commerce?

The shift to AI agents that buy, sell, and settle on their own, and why stablecoins and x402 are the payment rails that make it work.

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USDT vs USDC: which should you accept?

Reserves, adoption, availability, and fees compared, plus why accepting both is usually the safest, lowest-friction choice.

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Add a crypto checkout in 10 minutes

Three ways to accept stablecoins on your site, from a no-code payment link to a hosted checkout button to the full API.

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Self-custodial vs custodial processors

Who holds your money between the sale and payout, what freezes and reserves really mean, and why custody is the overlooked risk.

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How to let an AI agent pay for an API with x402

A step-by-step guide to giving an autonomous agent a spend-capped wallet so it can pay per API call in USDT, using the HTTP 402 standard.

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Stablecoin payments vs credit cards

Fees, chargebacks, settlement time, and custody compared side by side, so you can decide when stablecoins beat cards for your business.

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How to pay international contractors in USDT

Skip slow wires and FX spreads. A practical walkthrough of paying a global team in stablecoins, and how they cash out to local currency.

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Build on Sendbase

Open a free, self-custodial account and start accepting stablecoins, paying your team, or wiring up agent payments.