Chainalysis: AI agents made 138M crypto payments in a year via x402, mostly on Ethereum

Coinbase's x402 protocol surged from 1,500 payments mid-2025 to 138 million by Q3 2026, revealing how onchain infrastructure supports autonomous AI agent economies at scale.

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