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Chainalysis: AI agent payments on Base top 138 million via x402

  • —x402 payments on Base grew from ~1,500 to over 138 million by Q3 2026
  • —87% of AI agent payments were under 10 cents
  • —Median time from wallet funding to first payment dropped from 73 days to 18 minutes
  • —About 90% of active wallets received another deposit within 30 days
Why it matters: Agentic commerce is turning into a real use case for stablecoins and L2s, expanding demand for USDC and micropayment infrastructure.
Source: Fortune Crypto