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AI Agents Made 138 Million Crypto Payments in a Year. Most Were Tiny

A new Chainalysis report found payments through Coinbase’s x402 protocol surged from about 1,500 in mid-2025 to more than 138 million by Q3 2026, with U.S. wallets dominating spending on AI models.

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AI Agents Made 138 Million Crypto Payments in a Year. Most Were Tiny
A new Chainalysis report found payments through Coinbase’s x402 protocol surged from about 1,500 in mid-2025 to more than 138 million by Q3 2026, with U.S. wallets dominating spending on AI models.

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Chainalysis is showing up inside the AI Crypto theme, so this story is worth tracking for follow-through rather than treating it as a one-off headline.

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