{"id":604255,"date":"2026-05-25T06:52:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T06:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/25\/developed-ecosystem-based-on-crypto-has-sprung-up-for-ai-agents-report\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T06:52:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T06:52:49","slug":"developed-ecosystem-based-on-crypto-has-sprung-up-for-ai-agents-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/25\/developed-ecosystem-based-on-crypto-has-sprung-up-for-ai-agents-report\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Developed ecosystem\u2019 based on crypto has sprung up for AI agents: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy1pbWFnZXMuY3RtZWRpYS5pby9tZWRpYS9hcnRpY2xlLWNvdmVycy9oaS10aGUtbWFya2V0LXR1cm5zLWl0cy1hdHRlbnRpb24tdG8tc3RhYmxlY29pbi1yZWd1bGF0aW9uLTEuanBn.jpg\" alt=\" \u2018Developed ecosystem\u2019 based on crypto has sprung up for AI agents: Report\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stablecoins became the default settlement layer for AI agents as crypto payment rails can handle sub-dollar transactions more efficiently, says a report from Keyrock.<\/p>\n<p>Artificial intelligence agents settling payments have gone from concept to reality in the last 12 months, with $73 million settled across 176 million transactions from May last year through April 2026, according to crypto investment firm Keyrock.<\/p>\n<p>In a report <a href=\"https:\/\/keyrock.com\/who-pays-the-agent\/\">released<\/a> Thursday, written in collaboration with crypto exchange Coinbase and the blockchain Tempo, <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/crypto-market-maker-keyrock-1-1b-valuation-sc-ventures-funding\">Keyrock researcher<\/a> Ben Harvey said that \u201cin the past 12 months, machine-to-machine payments have gone from concept to a developed ecosystem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgents have settled over $73 million across 176 million transactions, and incumbents have deployed more than $8 billion in acquisitions to secure their position in what is emerging as an entirely new payment stack,\u201d Harvey added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ai-agents-using-stablecoins-as-default-settlement-layer-keyrock\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stablecoins became the default settlement layer for AI agents as crypto payment rails can handle sub-dollar transactions more efficiently, says a report from Keyrock. Artificial intelligence agents settling payments have gone from concept to reality in the last 12 months, with $73 million settled across 176 million transactions from May last year through April 2026, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":604256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-604255","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}