x402 protocol processed 100m+ ai agent payments in 6 months. solana captured 90% of volume. circle committed 3-5 year roadmap to enable billions of agents transacting. google integrated it into agent-to-agent protocol. ai agents need sub-cent fees and 400ms finality. ethereum charges $2 per call. sol becomes the settlement layer for $30t machine commerce by default because the economics only work on solana. ...

x402 payment protocol captures 10% of base transactions through one app. payai network processes 1 in 10 transactions on a chain doing 102m weekly. december 3rd fusaka drops costs 90%. sub-cent agent payments become profitable overnight. 50 projects building, cloudflare and google watching. base becomes the settlement layer for machine commerce by default. ...