{"tool":"get_report_data","access":"free","month":"2026-08","title":"State of Agent Commerce — August 2026","published_at":"2026-09-03T14:59:13.425Z","table_of_contents":["Standing Header","Headline","Featured Finding","Methodology Note","Category and Provider Analysis — Single-Day Snapshot","Circular Settlement","Observability by Rail","What to Watch","Footer"],"executive_summary_excerpt":"9,456 attributed txns/day [Attributed Volume, ~84.8%] (of the 841 recipient wallets captured on 2026-08-31, top-N by transaction count, list_complete: false) is the stable read for August. That figure is attribution-tested and scope-disclosed — use it when you need a defensible number. ASV stands at $49.9k USDC and 1,222,064 txns/day [Total Settled Volume], 7-day rolling average of daily medians — total settlement Paddock observes via x402scan's all-facilitator aggregate (mixed/low-confidence basis — see methodology note), which sets the ceiling: it captures everything Paddock observes, including unattributed and circular-flagged volume. The gap between the two figures is not noise — it is the honest distance between \"all transactions observed\" and \"transactions tied to a known service.\"","message":"Free tier returns metadata only. Pay $0.99 USDC via x402 or subscribe for full report data.","upgrade":{"full_data_per_query":{"price":"$0.99 USDC via x402","paid_endpoint":"https://paddock.finance/api/paddock/mcp/report-data/paid","instructions":"GET the paid endpoint with an x402 payment receipt in the X-Payment-Receipt header. An unauthenticated GET returns the HTTP 402 x402 v2 challenge with payment details."},"api_subscription":{"builder":"$99/mo — current month, https://buy.stripe.com/3cIcN62rD63m3fB4hPcbC02","pro_agent":"$499/mo — full history, https://buy.stripe.com/6oUbJ26HTbnGdUfbKhcbC03"},"human_report":{"price":"$299/mo","format":"Formatted narrative for people, monthly","url":"https://buy.stripe.com/cNi6oI2rDcrK03p01zcbC04"}},"x402":{"x402Version":2,"paid_resource":"https://paddock.finance/api/paddock/mcp/report-data/paid","accepts":[{"scheme":"exact","network":"eip155:8453","amount":"990000","asset":"0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913","payTo":"0x153AA87807D8f6deb65Bd53B137Cee7AD2dacCDb","maxTimeoutSeconds":300,"extra":{"name":"USDC","version":"2"}}]},"signup_url":"https://paddock.finance/api-access","contact":"https://x.com/PaddockFinance"}