It is December 24, 2025. Crypto markets are quiet. Trading is slow. Most teams are taking a holiday break. Kite AI is doing the opposite. They started a global builder tour last week, and the timing actually feels smart.
When excitement fades, you see who is still working.
The tour began in Chiang Mai on December 17 with a developer focused event hosted together with OpenBuild, 4seasDeSoc, and ETH Chiang Mai. It did not look like a typical crypto event. There were no loud sales talks or big promises. The focus was on real discussions. Developers, researchers, and builders talked about real problems. How AI agents work together. What breaks when systems scale. How machines can pay each other without high fees or security risks.
These are the conversations the space needs more of.
The next stop is Seoul. Kite’s CEO Chi Zhang is expected to speak, along with a guest session from Perplexity AI. The pattern is clear. Kite is going where builders already are. They are meeting people in person. They are focused on work that lasts longer than a single announcement. In a market full of noise, this approach feels different.
Why This Matters Right Now
Kite has been live on mainnet for some time, but growth is still quiet. That is normal for infrastructure projects. Their x402 payment system, built with Coinbase, is already being used for real agent to agent micro payments. The identity system has three layers. The human owns the agent. The agent acts independently. Each task runs in a short session with clear limits. This gives agents freedom while keeping humans in control.
But none of this matters unless developers actually build agents that use it. Agents that pay for data, compute, APIs, and services on their own. That kind of work does not come from social media posts. It comes from builders sitting together and solving problems.
That is where this tour fits. It is not about promotion. It is about helping real projects move forward.
Kite’s leadership has been visible as well. CTO Scott Shi recently spoke at COSCon 25 in China alongside teams from Alibaba and Baidu. He explained why older blockchains struggle with constant agent activity. Slow transactions. Manual checks. Unstable fees. Kite’s message stays consistent. Very low costs. Fast settlement. Built around stablecoins. Compatible with existing Ethereum tools so developers do not need to start over.
Market Snapshot
There is nothing dramatic happening with the price. KITE is trading around nine cents, slightly down today. Trading volume is around 30 to 35 million dollars. Market value is close to 163 million dollars, while full supply value is still much higher, so future token unlocks remain a risk to watch.
Still, KITE has held up better than many other AI related tokens during the holiday slowdown. There were no big announcements today. It is Christmas Eve after all. But the tour and steady technical updates have kept interest alive without forcing hype.
Community discussion feels more natural right now. Less focus on price. More focus on why machine payments and verified agents could matter in the long run.
An Honest View
The risks have not disappeared. Token unlocks can put pressure on price. Real agent adoption may take longer than people expect. It will take millions of automated transactions to truly show impact. Competition in AI and blockchain is intense.
But Kite has some strong points. It has backing from serious institutions like PayPal Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, and General Catalyst. It has a clear technical direction with x402 payments, proof of AI consensus, and portable identity. And now it is making a clear effort to meet builders face to face.
If the agent economy becomes real, someone has to build the quiet and boring infrastructure first. That seems to be what Kite is doing. Slowly, carefully, and without trying to be loud.
I am not adding during the holidays. Liquidity is low and attention is elsewhere. But my position feels fine. This looks like infrastructure first and volume later.
Seoul is next, and likely more cities after that. If builder activity grows in early 2026, that is when things could get interesting. For now, steady building in a noisy market deserves respect.
Do your own research. Keep your position size sensible. And if you can, enjoy the break.
