According to @DeepLearningAI, Google launched Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), an open standard that lets LLM-based agents initiate, authorize, and settle online purchases via credit cards, bank transfers, digital wallets, and cryptocurrency, secured by cryptographically signed mandates that track transactions from intent to payment (source: @DeepLearningAI). According to @DeepLearningAI, AP2 also interoperates with Google’s A2A and Anthropic’s MCP, aligning AI agent workflows with multi-rail checkout flows that explicitly include cryptocurrency support (source: @DeepLearningAI).