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AI Agents Outpace Retail Users on XRP Ledger as x402 Standard Drives Activity

  • —t54.ai says AI agent spending on XRP Ledger has surpassed that of retail users
  • —The x402 standard uses HTTP 402 to enable instant machine payments in crypto and stablecoins
  • —RLUSD on XRP Ledger is more practical for agents than volatile XRP
  • —The t54.ai data has not been confirmed by independent on-chain metrics
Why it matters: Rising machine traffic boosts fees and network usage, but XRP demand may not follow if agents mostly pay in stablecoins.
Source: CriptoTendencias