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DevelopingCryptoReported 2026-10-14 23:35

AI Agents Make 138 Million Crypto Payments, U.S. Dominates Spending

AI agents made over 138 million crypto payments, with U.S.-linked wallets accounting for 88.1% of payments for AI model inference, compared to 0.1% for China. The x402 protocol on Coinbase’s Base blockchain facilitates these transactions.

Why it matters. This trend highlights the growing commercial use of AI agents and the potential for stablecoins in micropayments, with implications for the crypto and AI industries.

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Who and what it touches

Large Language ModelsenablestoolsusesAmazon Bedrock AgentC…depends onIdentityrequiresExternal toolsusesAgent harnessesusesHTTP POSTusesReasoning modelsusesAI agents

Each line is a relation with evidence behind it, drawn in the direction it points. A line shows that two things are connected, not how far this change reaches.

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Evidence

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