SKALE, Google, Coinbase Launch AI Payments Hackathon in SF with $50k in Prizes

The San Francisco Agentic Commerce x402 Hackathon, a three-day event, has opened registration for developers to build real-world applications that enable agents to transact autonomously. The event, in partnership with Google, Coinbase, and SKALE Network, offers $50,000 in prizes. The hackathon focuses on agentic commerce, which requires reliable transactions for services, goods, subscriptions, and real-time value settlement. Standards like x402 and AP2 are laying the groundwork for this shift by making payments programmable and interoperable across agent systems.