AI agents paying for computing and data account for most activity. The milestone came less than three months after the ledger passed 1 million x402 payments.
The initiative will examine automated transactions, micropayments and electronic receipts ahead of a separate 12-month pilot planned for the second half of 2027.
Circle is expanding into AI-driven payments infrastructure as USDC supply grows to $77 billion, positioning the stablecoin as a settlement layer for machine-to-machine transactions.
