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AI Micropayments Point to Crypto’s Role in Agentic Commerce

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents’ growing use of cryptocurrency to purchase digital services is pointing toward a practical market for automated payments: transactions so small and frequent that conventional card processing becomes uneconomic. But the scale of genuinely autonomous commerce remains harder to establish than headline payment counts suggest. A Chainalysis study found more than 138…

AI Micropayments Point to Crypto’s Role in Agentic Commerce

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Nikkei Plunges 3,318 Points as AI Selloff Shakes Tokyo

Tokyo stocks suffered one of their steepest declines on October 15, with the Nikkei 225 plunging 3,318 points, or 4.90%, to close at 64,426, its third-largest point decline on record, as a global…

  • Nikkei 225 plunges 3,318 points on October 15, third-largest single-day decline
  • TOPIX falls below 4,000 for first time in nearly two months, marking sixth consecutive loss
  • AI selloff driven by concerns over rising U.S. interest rates and debt-funded AI investments

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