@KITE AI is essentially the financial bridge for a future where autonomous software agents do the heavy lifting. Instead of forcing a robot to wait for a human to click "approve" every five seconds, this network provides a high-speed payment rail where machines can negotiate and settle deals on their own. It is built as an EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain that is remarkably fast, sporting 1-second block times and gas fees that are practically zero.
The standout feature is how it handles trust. You don't just hand a bot your private keys and hope for the best. Kite uses a three-tier identity system: you have a master root authority, the agent has its own delegated authority, and then there are short-term session keys. These session keys work like temporary digital passes that expire as soon as a task is done, meaning an agent can spend exactly what it needs for a specific job without ever being able to touch your main stash of assets.
On the technical side, the speed is tailored for high-frequency machine work. While regular on-chain transfers are fast, the network also supports special payment channels that can settle in under 100 milliseconds. If you need to move funds across different blockchains, the bridge usually wraps things up in about 5 to 15 minutes.
The KITE token itself serves as the gas, the governance tool, and the reward for keeping the network running. It had its official launch on November 3, 2025, and as of late December, it was seeing daily trading volumes around $35 million to $36 million. One unique and fairly strict rule is that if you participate in the rewards system and decide to claim and sell your tokens, you are permanently blocked from receiving any future emissions at that address. This is a clear design choice to reward long-term supporters over short-term sellers.
