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Cred Protocol SDKs: Trust-Gate Any Endpoint in One Line — TypeScript, Python, Express, Hono, Next.js, FastAPI

Official SDKs are live on npm and PyPI. One evaluate() call turns a wallet address into a 0–100 trust score, a tier, and a pass/fail against a policy — and the framework adapters turn that into a single middleware line in front of your API.

Give Your AI Agent a Reputation Analyst: Cred Protocol's Full MCP Toolkit

Cred Protocol now exposes 21 MCP tools for on-chain reputation analysis — identity verification, sybil detection, agent-to-agent trust scoring, financial profiling, and more — accessible from Claude Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop, or any MCP client in minutes.

March 31, 20268 min read

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Stripe Now Settles MPP Payments on Tempo: What This Means for Machine-to-Machine Commerce

Stripe's crypto deposit flow now settles MPP payments directly on the Tempo network — giving agents a third path to pay for Cred Protocol data. Here's how Stripe MPP compares to direct Tempo payments and x402, and why having all three matters.

March 23, 20268 min read

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Cred Protocol Integrates the Machine Payments Protocol: Agentic Credit Meets Tempo Mainnet

Cred Protocol now accepts MPP payments alongside x402 — including a custom 'cred' payment method that lets high-reputation agents transact on credit. Here's what MPP changes for the machine economy and why agentic credit scoring matters more than ever.

March 19, 20269 min read

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Stripe Meets x402: What Machine-to-Machine Payments Mean for On-Chain Credit Infrastructure

Stripe now supports x402 machine-to-machine payments — bringing enterprise-grade payment rails to autonomous agents. Here's what this means for Cred Protocol users and the future of agentic risk and reputation services.

March 16, 20268 min read

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Live MCP Tools and Agent Skills: Building for the Agentic Web

We've shipped live MCP endpoints and a unified agent skill file — so AI agents can discover, understand, and use on-chain credit intelligence without a developer in the loop. Here's why this matters as agentic engineering goes mainstream.

March 8, 20268 min read

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Cred Protocol x402 Payments Are Now Live on SKALE Mainnet

We've enabled x402 pay-per-request API access on SKALE mainnet — bringing zero-gas USDC micropayments to onchain credit scoring, identity attestations, and agentic reputation. Here's what this means for agents, developers, and the broader SKALE ecosystem.

March 3, 20267 min read

Education

ERC-8004 and the Future of Agent Trust: How On-Chain Credit Infrastructure Enables Trustless Agent Economies

ERC-8004 is now live on Ethereum, Base, and 15+ chains — a standard for agents to discover, verify, and trust each other without pre-existing relationships. Cred Protocol's credit scoring, identity attestations, and sybil detection are the data layer that makes it work. Here's how the pieces fit together.

February 24, 20269 min read

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Introducing Sybil Detection: On-Chain Behavioral Analysis for Any Ethereum Address

Our new Sybil Detection endpoint analyzes Ethereum transaction patterns to identify bot and sybil wallets. Compute a sybil score, risk level, and detailed behavioral indicators for any address with a single API call.

February 19, 20266 min read

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Onchain Credit Scoring with x402: Powering Agentic Finance via Pay-Per-Request APIs

We've enabled instant USDC payments for our onchain analytics APIs via the x402 protocol. AI agents can now access credit scores, identity attestations, and full reports without API keys — just connect a wallet and pay per request. Here's why this matters for agentic finance and agentic reputation systems.

January 21, 20267 min read

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Introducing MCP Services: On-Chain Credit Scoring for AI Agents

Enable AI assistants to understand blockchain creditworthiness with a single conversation. Today we're launching MCP Services — native credit scoring for AI agents through the Model Context Protocol.

January 9, 20265 min read

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Cred Protocol Now on Celo

We're excited to announce that the Cred Score now includes Celo activity, enabling the Celo community to establish their creditworthiness and builders to embed risk data at the heart of their products.

May 4, 20234 min read

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Cred Protocol Wins Prezenti Grant

We're thrilled to announce that Cred Protocol has been awarded a grant from Prezenti to further our mission of bringing trust and transparency to DeFi lending.

January 12, 20223 min read

Education

Understanding Onchain Credit Scores: A Complete Guide

Learn how onchain credit scores work, what factors influence them, and how they're transforming DeFi lending by enabling better risk assessment.

March 15, 20236 min read

Guides

Risk Management in DeFi Lending: Best Practices

Explore the essential strategies for managing risk in DeFi lending protocols, from collateralization to credit scoring integration.

February 28, 20235 min read

Partnerships

Cred Protocol Partners with Quadrata for Identity Integration

Announcing our partnership with Quadrata to combine onchain credit scoring with decentralized identity, creating a more complete picture of user trustworthiness.

November 8, 20234 min read

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