Crypto's been bleeding for the last 3 months.
But one sector accelerated at the same time i.e AI agents. Here's why👇
➤ Inference costs dropped 99.7% in 2 years (agents went from expensive toys to profitable 24/7 workers)
➤ x402 processed 100M+ transactions in 6 months
➤ Moltbook registered 1.2M agent identities in its first week
➤ ERC-8004 launched on Ethereum mainnet, giving agents onchain identity & reputation
➤ Google's AP2 coalition hit 60+ orgs including Visa, Mastercard, AmEx, and PayPal
➤ Stablecoin mcap crossed $300B, giving agents the liquid rails they need to transact at scale
@base and @solana are the 2 chains which are clearly winning here.
H/t to @_dexuai for the infographic

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Original Author: He Hao, Wall Street Insights

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