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title: "AI Agents Made 138 Million Crypto Payments in a Year. Most Were Tiny"
url: https://thecoingazette.com/ai-agents-made-138-million-crypto-payments-in-a-year-most-were-tiny/
date: 2026-10-14
modified: 2026-10-14
lang: en
author: "Coin Gazette Editorial"
description: "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..."
categories:
  - "Artificial Intelligence"
word_count: 32
---

# 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.