AI Agents Make 138 Million Crypto Payments as U.S. Dominates Spending
Chainalysis research shows U.S.-linked wallets account for over 88% of tracked AI model payments, dwarfing China’s 0.1% share.
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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 14 Oct 2026. CoinDesk published first, on 14 October at 15:35 UTC; decrypt.co followed 4h 40m later. The most recent article, from decrypt.co, appeared on 14 October at 20:16 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: CoinDesk (major outlet), decrypt.co.
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- Chainalysis
- United States
- China