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Artificial intelligence (AI) agents are no longer just talking to each other. They are paying for services, buying data and even purchasing access to tokens the AI models, with more than 138 million transactions recorded through the x402 protocol on Coinbase’s Base blockchain, according to a Chainalysis’ <a href="https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/north-america-crypto-adoption-2026/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">><em>Inside North America's $3 trillion crypto economy: Agentic commerce accelerates</em> report</a>. The United States dominates this emerging market. U.S.linked wallets accounted for 88.1% of the geographically identified payments for AI model inference, compared with just 0.1% for Chinese-linked wallets, the blockchain analytics firm found. "One possible explanation is that Chinese developers are more inclined to use open-weight models such as DeepSeek and Qwen, reducing their need to purchase metered inference services," Eric Jardine, Chainalysis' head of research, told CoinDesk. The findings, released Wednesday, come as Visa, Mastercard, Stripe and other payments giants <a href="/tech/2026/07/15/visa-mastercard-and-ripple-join-the-standard-letting-ai-agents-pay-in-stablecoins" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">have backed the x402 protocol,</a> while Coinbase <a href="/business/2026/07/23/coinbase-closes-the-gaps-in-ai-agent-economy-for-businesses-users-and-developers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">has begun allowing business customers</a> to accept payments from AI agents. Yat Siu, co-founder and chairman of Animoca Brands, <a href="/business/2026/08/29/the-next-trillion-dollar-currency-may-not-be-a-stablecoin-it-might-not-even-have-a-name-yet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">recently told CoinDesk</a> that over the next few years he estimates up to 100 billion AI agents will be transacting on the internet and they will be using crypto. And crypto’s <a href="/business/2026/08/23/crypto-s-next-billion-users-might-be-ai-agents-and-they-re-paying-with-stablecoins" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">next billion users might be AI agents</a> paying with stablecoins. “Stablecoins are particularly well suited to the kinds of transactions we expect AI agents to make at first,” Stephanie Cohen, Cloudflare’s chief strategy officer, <a href="/business/2026/08/23/crypto-s-next-billion-users-might-be-ai-agents-and-they-re-paying-with-stablecoins" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">told CoinDesk.</a> Unlike traditional card payments, stablecoins can handle transactions worth fractions of a cent, allowing AI agents to buy data, computing power and other services without human intervention. The new Chainalysis figures offer evidence of growing use of those payment systems, although transaction counts alone do not establish how much represents genuine commercial demand. Much of the activity runs through x402, a payments protocol incubated by Coinbase that allows AI agents to pay automatically for digital services using crypto. More than 87% o
S&P Global Ratings downgraded Stanley Black & Decker's long-term issuer credit rating from "A-" to "BBB".
S&P Global Ratings downgraded Stanley Black & Decker's long-term issuer credit rating from "A-" to "BBB", with a negative outlook.
HGTECH: 3.2T/6.4T NPO products are under testing with leading AI manufacturers both domestically and internationally.
CoinWorld news, HGTECH: 3.2T/6.4T NPO products are under testing with leading AI manufacturers both domestically and overseas. HGTECH stated on its interactive platform that the company has partnered with the industry chain to take the lead in developing 100G/Lane and 200G/Lane 3.2T/6.4T NPO products, which are currently undergoing product testing with leading AI manufacturers in China and abroad.
CoreWeave's debt-driven AI expansion questioned
According to Benzinga, CoreWeave ($CRWV) shares continue to slide as Wall Street questions whether its debt-fueled AI expansion is sustainable. D.A. Davidson said CoreWeave is borrowing at an interest rate of about 9% while generating returns of only about 1%, with debt now approaching $52 billion.
U.S. EIA strategic petroleum reserve inventory for the week ending October 9: 0 million barrels, previous value: -784,000 barrels.
According to Bijie News, the U.S. EIA strategic petroleum reserve inventory for the week ending October 9 was 0 million barrels, compared with the previous value of -784,000 barrels.
U.S. EIA Cushing crude oil inventory change 1.862 million barrels
According to Bijie News, the EIA crude oil inventory change in the Cushing region for the week of October 9 in the United States was 1.862 million barrels, compared with the previous value of 444,000 barrels.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that data center operator CoreWeave's financial condition is improving.
According to news from Bijie, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang said that the financial condition of data center operator CoreWeave is improving. NVIDIA is CoreWeave's computing equipment supplier. Speaking at an event in Stockholm, Huang said: "CoreWeave's strength is growing every day." He believes there is no need for NVIDIA to provide financial guarantees for CoreWeave. "I am optimistic. In fact, their cost of capital is declining." Previously, confidence in CoreWeave in the credit market had deteriorated, with concerns that its default risk was rising, and Huang is trying to restore market confidence in the company. CoreWeave is an important case for testing the sustainability of the business models of emerging artificial intelligence infrastructure companies. Such companies have emerged to meet what companies like NVIDIA describe as nearly unlimited growth in demand for AI computing power.
U.S. EIA crude oil production implied demand data for the week ending October 9: 20.95 million barrels per day.
CoinWorld news, U.S. EIA crude oil production implied demand data for the week ending October 9 was 20.95 million barrels per day, compared with the previous value of 21.274 million barrels per day.
U.S. EIA crude oil inventories posted their largest decline since February 2026.
According to CoinWorld news, the decline in U.S. EIA crude oil inventories for the week ending October 9 was the largest since the week of February 13, 2026, reflecting strong market expectations for crude oil demand.
U.S. EIA crude oil imports: decreased by 596,000 barrels for the week.
According to CoinWorld news, U.S. EIA crude oil imports for the week ending October 9 decreased by 596,000 barrels, compared with a previous decrease of 53,000 barrels. This data reflects the changing trend of U.S. crude oil imports and may have an impact on the market.