base active addresses collapsed 80% to all-time lows. developers down 52%. DEX volume halved from $53b to $26b. in the middle of this, 21,500 AI agents registered via ERC-8004 in 48 hours and the chain settled 75% of all x402 micropayment transactions. either coinbase is executing the most aggressive human-to-agent pivot in crypto history or inflating registration numbers to mask a dying L2. the answer is in x402 transaction volume over the next 30 days. if it crosses 150m cumulative by may, agents replaced ...