State of Agent Commerce — July 2026
In July 2026, AI agents settled about $23.1k USDC a day on x402 (Agent Settlement Volume, a 7-day rolling average of daily medians, covering all settlement Paddock observes). About 14,175 transactions a day were tied to a named service (Attributed Volume, ~80% of the total). State of Agent Commerce, Paddock, published 6 Aug 2026.
Attributed volume stands at 14,175 attributed txns/day [Attributed Volume, ~80%] (of the 987 recipient wallets captured on 2026-07-31, top-N by transaction count, list_complete: false), that is the stable, defensible read for this period. ASV supports it: $23.1k USDC and 251,863 txns/day [Total Settled Volume], 7-day rolling average of daily medians, though that series carries its own intraday-volatility caveat. Data & scraping and Search & discovery together account for the two largest individual category shares in the attributed series. Comms & messaging appears for the first time, with 1 provider and 4 daily txns [Attributed Volume, ~80%].
Showing top 5 of all categories. Full breakdown in the paid report. Of the 987 recipient wallets captured on 2026-07-31, top-N by transaction count, list_complete: false.
Transaction volume declined 11% between 2026-07-02 and 2026-07-31 (two-point comparison, not a 27-day average).
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