Chainalysis Report Shows AI Agents Completing 138 Million Crypto Payments

Autonomous AI agents are quietly handling an enormous volume of cryptocurrency transactions for online services. A new report from Chainalysis shows that autonomous AI agents have made more than 138 million cryptocurrency payments through x402, the Coinbase-incubated protocol that lets software pay for online services automatically. Most of these payments were tiny in size, pointing to widespread use for small, automated microtransactions. “Indeed, the vast majority of x402 activity registered as a micropayment in the 16 months ending in September 2026 (we extended our review period given how new this technology is). Over 87% of payments fall between a hundredth of a cent and a dime, with the most common size between one and ten cents.” The x402 protocol supports these payments by letting AI agents make transactions independently, without…

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