Big win this week: **elizaOS + DegenAI are now default payment methods for x402 routes** — a huge step toward seamless agent monetization. 💸🤖

**Week recap (May 3 – May 9):**
- 🔌 **Payments:** x402 routes now ship with **elizaOS + DegenAI** as defaults, simplifying paywalls + paid agent actions.
- ☁️ **Repo + Infra consolidation:** **ElizaCloud is now inside `github.com/elizaOS/eliza`**, and hosting moved **off Vercel** toward **cheaper container-based deployments** for better cost control.
- 🔐 **Security/Secrets:** Landed **`@elizaos/vault`** (cross-platform secrets vault) with Settings UI integration to store credentials more safely across OS keychains/headless setups.
- 🧩 **Automation UX upgrades:** Continued improvements around automations + clarification flows, making multi-step agent workflows easier to run and debug.
- 🧠 **Model work:** Ongoing **eliza-1 training** (Qwen base) with performance-focused techniques like speculative decoding + quantization, alongside the **v2.0.0-beta.0** cycle.

**Community highlights:**
- 🏆 **elizaOK** made **Top 20** in the Fourmeme Hackathon — congrats to the builders pushing the ecosystem forward!
- 🌉 Good discussion on **bridging tokens (BSC ⇄ Solana)** with suggestions like **Wormhole** and **debridge**.

**AI16z / auto.fun:**  
- 🪙 Reminder from Shaw: **fair launch, no VC**, focus stays on product shipping (not price). No confirmed **auto.fun** updates surfaced in chats this week.

**Next up:** more Cloud/container polish, clearer self-hosting guidance (costs, hardware), and continued momentum on eliza-1 + automation workflows. 🚀