State of x402 · 2026-10-21

Snapshot of the x402 agent-payment ecosystem as of 2026-10-21 · by PulseFeed · see the live report →

3014▲310
live services (unique)
41026▲4936
live endpoints
21%±0pp
dead or invalid

Headline: how honest are the catalogs?

75%▼4pp

of the services 402index lists as "healthy" actually return a valid x402 challenge under PulseFeed's independent probe. We caught 1398 of 5621 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

3014 111 3014 07-0608-2910-21

Safety & risk

clean
18553
low
20008
medium
1488
high
977

Provider concentration

market.datapackvibe.com
3283
api.vextorium.com
998
api.delx.ai
982
saylorinnovations.com
883
intel.rallylive.ca
843
pay.edge-agents.ai
818

On-chain receiver trust (Base)

established (holds/receives USDC)
7037
dormant (no USDC held)
38
fresh (unverified)
29
pending on-chain scan (not yet profiled)
32508

Daily archive

DateServicesEndpointsCatalog acc.Dead
2026-10-2130144102675%21%
2026-10-2029164015775%21%
2026-10-1928653946375%21%
2026-10-1827963883377%21%
2026-10-1727823840077%21%
2026-10-1627633758677%21%
2026-10-1527493674877%21%
2026-10-1427043609079%21%
2026-10-1326583592283%20%
2026-10-1226173528786%20%
2026-10-1125783454486%20%
2026-10-1025553372486%20%
2026-10-0925383359586%19%
2026-10-0824793303886%19%

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