State of x402 · 2026-09-30

Snapshot of the x402 agent-payment ecosystem as of 2026-09-30 · by PulseFeed · see the live report →

2245▲188
live services (unique)
27376▲2297
live endpoints
20%±0pp
dead or invalid

Headline: how honest are the catalogs?

85%▲1pp

of the services 402index lists as "healthy" actually return a valid x402 challenge under PulseFeed's independent probe. We caught 694 of 4628 listed-healthy endpoints that did not return a valid x402 challenge to our probe. Agents shouldn't trust a listing blindly.

Live services over time

2245 111 2245 07-0608-1909-30

Safety & risk

clean
16296
low
9290
medium
1092
high
698

Provider concentration

api.delx.ai
987
api.m2mcent.com
886
intel.rallylive.ca
840
pay.edge-agents.ai
806
api.gocreativeai.com
668
agent402.tools
610

On-chain receiver trust (Base)

established (holds/receives USDC)
6004
dormant (no USDC held)
56
fresh (unverified)
44
pending on-chain scan (not yet profiled)
20203

Daily archive

DateServicesEndpointsCatalog acc.Dead
2026-09-3022452737685%20%
2026-09-2921602692584%20%
2026-09-2821362653184%20%
2026-09-2721122611284%20%
2026-09-2621032596384%20%
2026-09-2520872570984%20%
2026-09-2420652526484%20%
2026-09-2320572507984%20%
2026-09-2220532488284%20%
2026-09-2120522476484%20%
2026-09-2020392436884%20%
2026-09-1920112417384%20%
2026-09-1820062413185%20%
2026-09-1719742410686%20%

Methodology: PulseFeed continuously crawls x402 catalogs (CDP Bazaar + 402index), independently probes every endpoint for a valid x402 challenge, verifies each payTo on-chain, and tracks payTo/price history over time. This report is generated automatically from that data and updates daily.
Machine-readable: /reports.json · Live map: /status · Verify an endpoint: /verify · /llms.txt