WalletBureau https://walletbureau.com/ Risk signals for x402 agent payments on Base — articles and weekly reports from our own index. en How to check an x402 counterparty before paying https://walletbureau.com/articles/check-x402-counterparty-before-paying https://walletbureau.com/articles/check-x402-counterparty-before-paying Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Five checks to run on a Base address before your agent pays it. One takes a minute in a block explorer; four need the transfer graph. What each one tells you. The x402 economy runs on disposable addresses https://walletbureau.com/articles/x402-disposable-addresses https://walletbureau.com/articles/x402-disposable-addresses Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT We indexed 1.4 million addresses paid through x402 on Base. The one in the middle lived for a single transaction. What that means when an agent pays strangers. x402 payments on Base — week 33, 2026 https://walletbureau.com/reports/2026-33 https://walletbureau.com/reports/2026-33 Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Weekly numbers from the WalletBureau index: 14,888 new addresses (up 75%), $7.2M in x402 USDC transfers on Base, and 45% of new addresses funded in batches.