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title: "AI agents make 138 million crypto payments as U.S. dominates spending on AI models"
url: https://thecoingazette.com/ai-agents-make-138-million-crypto-payments-as-u-s-dominates-spending-on-ai-models/
date: 2026-10-14
modified: 2026-10-14
lang: en
author: "Coin Gazette Editorial"
description: "U.S.-linked wallets account for just over 88% of tracked AI model payments, dwarfing China’s 0.1% share, according to new Chainalysis research."
categories:
  - "Crypto News"
word_count: 21
---

# AI agents make 138 million crypto payments as U.S. dominates spending on AI models

U.S.-linked wallets account for just over 88% of tracked AI model payments, dwarfing China’s 0.1% share, according to new Chainalysis research.