Cryptocurrency5 May 2026SEO 801 min read

Analysis: AI agents are breaking web economics, but Cloudflare says x402 can help

The company’s Chief Strategy Officer said that more than half of internet traffic is now non-human, but that the x402 Foundation is building the rails for a "g…

The company’s Chief Strategy Officer said that more than half of internet traffic is now non-human, but that the x402 Foundation is building the rails for a "golden age of content." Cloudflare's network is processing a billion HTTP 402 "payment required" responses every day, according to Chief Strategy Officer Stephanie Cohen More than half of internet traffic is now non-human and growing fast; AI scrapers visit a site at "tens of thousands to one" relative to the human visitors they send…

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