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Commerce & Payments · first seen 14 October 2026, 05:35 UTC

Coinbase marks one year of x402 agent payment stack

Agent-native payment rails hitting hundreds of millions of transactions is a milestone for agentic commerce.

Coinbase touted its agent payment stack on the business unit's first anniversary as x402 micropayments on Base passed 138 million, with reports saying AI agents moved over 200 million payments and that half may be fake.

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Coverage: 15 sources, in order

  1. CoinMarketCap: Coinbase Launches Agent Payment Stack on 1-Year Business Unit Anniversary
  2. TOKENPOST: x402 Payments on Base Pass 138 Million as Agent Spending Expands
  3. Traders Union: Coinbase x402 micropayments gain traction as AI agent transactions rise
  4. TOKENPOST: U.S. Wallets Account for 88.1% of Identifiable AI Inference Payments
  5. Startup Fortune: AI agents have moved over 200 million payments on x402, but half may be fake
  6. PaymentsJournal: Agentic Commerce Transactions on x402 Protocol Are Picking Up
  7. PaymentsJournal: Agentic Commerce Transactions on x402 Protocol Are Picking Up
  8. Crypto Economy: Chainalysis Reports Massive Growth in Agentic Commerce Transactions
  9. Hokanews: AI Agents Record 138 Million Crypto Payments as US Dominates AI Model Spending
  10. NewsCord: Chainalysis Finds AI Agents Made 138 Million x402 Payments on Coinbase Base: 7 outlets compared
  11. TOKENPOST: Circle’s Agent Stack Backs USDC Payments for AI Services
  12. Yahoo Finance: AI Agents Made 138 Million Crypto Payments in a Year. Most Were Tiny
  13. Decrypt: AI Agents Made 138 Million Crypto Payments in a Year. Most Were Tiny
  14. CoinMarketCap: AI Agents' On-Chain Payments Hit 138M Transactions, Chainalysis Says
  15. BigGo Finance: AI Agent Crypto Payments Surpass 138 Million Transactions, US Dominates Inference Service Spending

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