How do AI agents pay for data and computing power when each purchase costs just a few cents? 🪙In its coverage of new @c | Hanami
How do AI agents pay for data and computing power when each purchase costs just a few cents? 🪙
In its coverage of new @chainalysis research, @CoinDesk cites @ysiu's estimate that, over the next few years, up to 100 billion AI agents transacting across the internet will use digital assets. The research offers an early glimpse: in the 138 million+ transactions recorded through x402, more than 87% of analyzed payments were worth 10 cents or less.
These small payments highlight stablecoins’ potential for agentic commerce, although transaction counts alone do not establish genuine commercial demand.
Read the full story: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/10/14/ai-agents-make-138-million-crypto-payments-as-u-s-dominates-spending-on-ai-models