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Timeline events since 2026-07-17

1. 2026-10-11ERC-8004: Trustless AgentsSecurityVerified

   Single externally owned account owns the proxies on Ethereum and Base ^{Source [1]}

   Holder not published.

2. 2026-10-11MarketMarketVerified

   Observed: x402.org counter unchanged, 8004scan passes 561,000 registrations ^{Source [2, 3, 4]}

   x402.org still shows 75.41M transactions and $24.24M for the last 30 days, values seen since mid August; 8004scan shows 561,614 agents across 30 networks; mppscan shows 127.4K transactions in what appears to be a 7-day window.

3. 2026-10-09StandardsReleaseVerified

   ERC-8226 adds per-asset mandates ^{Source [5]}

   Mandates keyed by agent, principal and asset (PR #2060). Still Draft.

4. 2026-10-08Stripe MPP (Machine Payments Protocol)ReleaseVerified

   mppx 0.13.4 released ^{Source [6]}

5. 2026-10-07PolicyPolicyVerified

   MAS issues Guidelines on AI Risk Management ^{Source [7, 8]}

   Effective 2027-10-07, with some expectations phased to 2028-10-07. MAS plans to consult on more agentic AI guidance in 2027.

6. 2026-10-03AP2ReleaseVerified

   TypeScript SDK pull request closed unmerged ^{Source [9]}

   PR 305.

7. 2026-09-30Mastercard Agent PayLaunchVerified

   Trust Framework named; probability score testing in the US; Skyfire as KYA partner ^{Source [10]}

8. 2026-09-30x402PilotVerified

   Cloudflare Monetization Gateway closed beta ^{Source [11]}

   Settles USDC on Base through Coinbase's facilitator; US only.

9. 2026-09-28Stripe MPP (Machine Payments Protocol)GovernanceVerified

   Generic session intent pull request closed unmerged ^{Source [12]}

10. 2026-09-26ERC-8004: Trustless AgentsMarketVerified

    CSOAI census of 505,635 agent ids ^{Source [13]}

11. 2026-09-25UCPReleaseVerified

    Draft lodging booking capability merged on main ^{Source [14, 15]}

12. 2026-09-23x402ReleaseVerified

    exact on Lightning (lnbtc) ^{Source [16]}

13. 2026-09-22UCPMarketReported

    Reported automatic enrollment of US Shopify merchants in Google native checkout ^{Source [17]}

14. 2026-09-18Stripe MPP (Machine Payments Protocol)GovernanceVerified

    draft-ryan-httpauth-payment expired ^{Source [18]}

15. 2026-09-15StandardsReleaseVerified

    Web Monetization draft republished ^{Source [19]}

    WICG Draft Community Group Report with Interledger Foundation editors; not a W3C standard. No agent program announced.

16. 2026-09-12PolicyPolicyReported

    NPCI AI-agent registry for UPI reported ^{Source [20]}

    Reuters-relayed report of a planned agent registry and framework; no NPCI publication found.

17. 2026-09-11PolicyPolicyReported

    Ant International, Mastercard and Visa start Know Your Agent interoperability work ^{Source [21, 22]}

    A collaboration through the MAS-convened BuildFin.ai platform, building on Visa TAP, Mastercard Verifiable Intent and Ant's Agentic Mobile Protocol. No network rule change announced.

18. 2026-09-10AP2SecurityVerified

    Whisper attacks and A-VIP defense ^{Source [23]}

    arXiv:2609.11757.

19. 2026-09-09Stripe MPP (Machine Payments Protocol)ReleaseVerified

    draft-httpauth-payment-01 posted ^{Source [24, 25]}

    A revision, not a rename; expires 2027-03-13.

20. 2026-09-08Stripe MPP (Machine Payments Protocol)ReleaseVerified

    XRPL charge and session methods merged ^{Source [26]}

21. 2026-09-08UCPAnnouncementVerified

    UCP sessions at the W3C and GS1 workshop ^{Source [27]}

22. 2026-09-04AP2ReleaseVerified

    draft-stone-vcap-ap2-binding-01 ^{Source [28]}

    Third-party individual Internet-Draft; still names v0.1 objects.

23. 2026-09-02UCPGovernanceVerified

    Payments Tech Council formed ^{Source [14]}

24. 2026-09-01Mastercard Agent PayGovernanceVerified

    EMVCo draft agentic framework names Verifiable Intent ^{Source [29]}

25. 2026-09-01PolicyPolicyVerified

    EMVCo publishes a draft framework for card-based agentic payments ^{Source [29, 30]}

    Draft for comment until 2026-09-30, proposing Intent Services. EMVCo lists Know Your Agent and Agentic Transaction Indicators as possible future work.

26. 2026-09-01Visa Trusted Agent ProtocolGovernanceVerified

    Web Bot Auth working group draft -00 ^{Source [31]}

    TAP predates and does not conform to it.

27. 2026-08-27Stripe MPP (Machine Payments Protocol)ReleaseVerified

    mppx 0.9.0 dual MPP and x402 wrappers ^{Source [32]}

28. 2026-08-25AP2ReleaseVerified

    UCP renames the extension and aligns with v0.2 ^{Source [33, 34]}

    dev.ucp.common.payment.ap2_mandate in release v2026-08-25.

29. 2026-08-25Stripe MPP (Machine Payments Protocol)ReleaseVerified

    header parameter and Payment-Authorization merged ^{Source [35]}

30. 2026-08-25UCPReleaseVerified

    Release v2026-08-25: actions, 3DS2, split payments, AP2 rename ^{Source [34, 36]}

    dev.ucp.shopping.ap2_mandate became dev.ucp.common.payment.ap2_mandate.

31. 2026-08-24AP2SecurityVerified

    Beyond the Mandate security analysis ^{Source [37]}

    48 threats to v0.2, eight High.

32. 2026-08-18x402ReleaseVerified

    Client spend controls ^{Source [38, 39]}

    @x402/core 2.23.0: spendControls with a $1 default per payment.

33. 2026-08-15ERC-8004: Trustless AgentsLaunchVerified

    Robinhood Chain listed as the 25th mainnet ^{Source [40]}

34. 2026-08-12Visa Trusted Agent ProtocolReleaseVerified

    TAP attestation in mppx ^{Source [41]}

35. 2026-08-11UCPGovernanceVerified

    Lodging Tech Council formed ^{Source [14]}

36. 2026-08-04PolicyPolicyVerified

    Ninth Circuit vacates the Amazon v. Perplexity injunction ^{Source [42]}

    The user, not Perplexity, accessed Amazon using the agent as a tool; Amazon unlikely to succeed under the CFAA or CDAFA on these facts. Remanded.

37. 2026-08-04Stripe MPP (Machine Payments Protocol)ReleaseVerified

    TAP and Web Bot Auth attestation merged in mppx ^{Source [43, 44]}

    Shipped in 0.8.17 on 2026-08-10; blog 2026-08-12.

38. 2026-08-02PolicyPolicyVerified

    EU AI Act general application date, including Article 50 transparency ^{Source [45, 46]}

    The general date of application of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, kept by the Digital Omnibus. Chatbot-style disclosure duties under Article 50 apply from here.

39. 2026-07-30PolicyPolicyReported

    Worldpay: no liability shift yet for agent card payments ^{Source [47]}

    Analysis from an acquirer: properly tokenized agent transactions follow existing rules, while liability for disputes short of fraud is unresolved.

40. 2026-07-29Stripe MPP (Machine Payments Protocol)ReleaseVerified

    Subscription intent with Stripe and Tempo methods merged ^{Source [48]}

41. 2026-07-27PolicyPolicyVerified

    EU Digital Omnibus on AI enters into force ^{Source [45]}

    Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 moves Annex III high-risk obligations to 2027-12-02 and Annex I to 2028-08-02, and adds a grace period to 2026-12-02 for Article 50(2) marking by existing generative systems.

42. 2026-07-20MarketMarketReported

    Visa and Artemis adjust x402 volume to $15.0 million ^{Source [49]}

    Adjusted from $135.7 million raw; data to 2026-04-21. MPP measured at about $25,000.

43. 2026-07-18Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP)ReleaseVerified

    Last commit to date ^{Source [50]}

    Optional product url on checkout items (unreleased); no commits through 2026-10-11.

44. 2026-07-17Mastercard Agent PaySecurityReported

    Verifiable Intent issue 29 on duplicate digests opened ^{Source [51]}

Dated after the build

Scheduled or effective dates later than 2026-10-15.

1. 2027-01-18PolicyVerified

   GENIUS Act latest effective date (scheduled) ^{Source [52, 53]}

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