AI agent payments remain tightly controlled by people despite x402’s roughly 200 million transactions since launch; a 35-day sample recorded 6.4 million transactions moving just $120,000. The State of AI Agent Payments 2026 report found, according to BeInCrypto, that 90.8% of payments were worth less than one cent; 14 of 19 products and workflows operated within human-set limits, and AI-labelled apps made 0.55% of $653 million traded on Hyperliquid from Jan. 1 to Aug. 25. In May 2026, Bankrbot sent $175,000 in tokens after Grok translated an attacker’s Morse-code message; about 80% was later returned. Separately, a breach redirected 55.5 ETH valued at $106,200 from AIXBT.