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

AI agents are on a shopping spree: Total payments on Base blockchain eclipse 138 million, Chainalysis finds

Faster spending and repeat funding suggest developers are making automated commerce part of everyday work.

AI Agents Have Made 138 Million Payments Over x402, Most of Them Under 10 Cents

Chainalysis data shows U.S. wallets account for almost all agent spending on AI model inference, while Chinese-linked wallets dominate payments for security and code analysis services.

Base logs 138 million x402 payments as AI agent revenue draws scrutiny

Chainalysis revealed on October 14 that Coinbase’s Base network had handled over 138 million x402 transactions. The achievement indicates more usage of the HTTP 402 payment network, but it does not provide much information about the number of autonomous AI agents involved in these transactions or if the sellers received sustainable income. What the 138...

Millions of x402 payments mask a much smaller AI agent economy

Chainalysis revealed on October 14 that Coinbase’s Base network had handled over 138 million x402 transactions. The achievement indicates more usage of the HTTP 402 payment network, but it does not provide much information about the number of autonomous AI agents involved in these transactions or if the sellers received sustainable income. What the 138 million number captures More than 87% of sampled payments were worth $0.0001–$0.10. Such tiny …

AI Agents Make Crypto Payments as U.S. Dominates AI Spending

AI agents processed over 138 million crypto transactions through Coinbase's x402 protocol. The U.S. dominates global spending, with a majority of payments traced to U.S.-linked wallets. China shows activity in AI security tools, not inference services.

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.