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The on-chain count is the number in focus: Coinbase's Base network has processed more than 100 million payments attributed to AI agents, a figure Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong cited as evidence that artificial intelligence will drive the next wave of crypto adoption.
COIN carries the investable angle. The next confirmable milestone is whether the protocol stack Armstrong named can demonstrate sustained throughput rather than a one-time print.
What the payment count actually shows One hundred million AI-initiated payments is a transaction total, not a revenue figure and not a forecast. That distinction shapes how the tape reads it.
Armstrong's thesis rests on agents needing a programmable, machine-native payment rail, and Base is currently the named venue for that volume.
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