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x402 Foundation language appears as multi-vendor governance
Cloudflare describes a coalition via the x402 Foundation rather than Coinbase-only control.
Cloudflare’s Monetization Gateway announcement describes x402 as an open protocol built with a coalition of industry leaders via the x402 Foundation, with a Linux Foundation launch referenced in contemporaneous reporting. zFinia treats vendor blog claims of foundation status as TIER_B until the foundation’s own charter page is the primary source in-store.
Why it matters
Protocol capture risk is a real buyer objection. Multi-vendor governance, if real, changes that objection.
Source: Cloudflare Blog