AI Agents just ran 176M on-chain transactions — stablecoins are becoming the default payment rail for machines.

Keyrock latest report reveals a paradigm shift:

📊 The numbers

• May 2025 - Apr 2026: AI Agents completed 176M+ transactions on-chain, settling over $73M

• 76% of AI agent payments fall below common $0.30 fixed fee of traditional card networks

• Most transactions range from just $0.01 to $0.10

🤖 What is "Agentic Payments"?

AI software autonomously purchasing data, compute power, API access, or AI services without human approval for each transaction.

🔗 Key infrastructure

Coinbase x402 protocol has emerged as a leading crypto-native machine payment solution — AI agents pay for on-chain data and cloud services directly with USDC. On Base and Tempo, settlement costs are "less than a cent."

⚠️ Regulatory bottleneck

MiCA, GENIUS Act, and EU AI Act still havent addressed autonomous AI transactions, liability attribution, or identity verification.

This is stablecoin narrative evolving from "remittance rail" to "machine payment layer" — and growth rate could surpass stablecoins early explosive phase.

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