Agentic payments, autonomous transactions made by AI agents, have surged to a three-month high this week.
These payments, largely processed by x402, a Coinbase-incubated payment standard now governed under the Linux Foundation, recorded 672,800 transactions on the Base network on June 10, according to data from Artemis, analyzed by Finbold on June 11.
The x402 activity surged by roughly 321% over the past three months, from 159,600 transactions on March 13 to 672,800 payments on June 10, 2026. After a long period of dormancy, the agentic payments gained traction in early June.
The uptick coincided with Travala’s early June launch of the Travala Travel MCP, an agentic booking protocol built on Base. The protocol lets AI agents search, reserve, and settle hotel stays autonomously across 2.2 million properties, settling in $USDC ($USDC) for as little as $0.01 per booking.
Furthermore, the average agentic transaction size recently dropped to a 3-month low of about $0.11 on x402 and $0.09 on Machine Payments Protocol, a payment standard developed by Stripe and Paradigm’s Tempo blockchain.
What’s next for agentic payments?
Agentic payments have gained traction, catalyzed by the mainstream adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI). A recent report from Chainalysis pointed to signs of maturing demand for these payments, with transactions of $1 or more accounting for 95% of value transferred, up from 49% in early 2025.
Agentic commerce transactions could reach $8 billion in 2026 and scale to $3.5 trillion by 2031, per figures from Travala. As a result, the recent surge could be an early phase of agentic payments, with x402 playing a crucial role in their mainstream adoption.
