Brave releases BAT roadmap 4.0 launches new unified wallet and stablecoin payment protocol

According to official blog news, Brave officially released the Basic Attention Token (BAT) Roadmap 4.0 on July 9. This update aims to address new challenges posed by artificial intelligence and the cashless economy, fully introducing BAT, BraveRewards and BraveCreators into the transactional attention economy. The core initiatives of the roadmap include the launch of a new unified version of BraveWallet that integrates traditional payment methods with self-managed encrypted assets, and the construction of BravePay, a private payment protocol layer based on stablecoins, to provide basic support for autonomous proxy payment functions such as x402 and Machine Payment Protocol (MPP) in the browser.<br /> In addition, the roadmap also plans a number of new products to expand ecological boundaries. Brave plans to launch BraveRewards virtual and physical payment cards that support daily consumption and return BAT rewards, while also developing a new creator contribution agreement to ensure that creators can receive micro-royalty compensation when content is called by AI products. In terms of token economics, part of the net revenue generated from BraveWallet's revenue-generating features, payment cards and BravePay protocols will be used directly to repurchase BAT to support user rewards and ecological growth. With the advancement of the above new features, Brave will phase out the traditional advertising notification unit by the end of 2026 and fully shift the user reward mechanism to a personalized discount wall and a new loyalty plan.