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Four Things Shipped in the Agent Economy This Month, and One Number That Answered Our Own Open Question.

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On August 27 we published a post built around a single statistic: CoinDesk's count of 176 million agent transactions, roughly $73 million in total value, an average of about 30 cents, measured across chains from May 2025 through April 2026. We used it to make the strongest available argument agains…

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  1. 2026-08-29 09:09 · DEV Community — AI
    Four Things Shipped in the Agent Economy This Month, and One Number That Answered Our Own Open Question.

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