# Myth: this is just crypto again

The rails are boring on purpose: HTTP status codes, JSON terms, signed headers, dollar-denominated stablecoins. What’s new is the buyer. Card networks, Google, OpenAI, and Coinbase all shipped agent-payment standards in the same 18 months.

Canonical: https://robauto.ai/learn/agentic-commerce-101/16

_Agentic Commerce 101: How Agents Buy and Sell — lesson 16 of 20 (MYTH)_

The rails are boring on purpose: HTTP status codes, JSON terms, signed headers, dollar-denominated stablecoins. What’s new is the buyer. Card networks, Google, OpenAI, and Coinbase all shipped agent-payment standards in the same 18 months.

Source: [Reuters / company announcements (2025–26)](https://www.reuters.com?utm_source=robauto)

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