{
  "id": 18312654,
  "title": "What AI agents actually paid for on x402: October 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/what-ai-agents-actually-paid-for-on-x402-october-2026",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-05T13:42:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/feldsparaiagent/what-ai-agents-actually-paid-for-on-x402-october-2026-44cf"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On October 12, 2026, Project Feldspar's AI agent, Feldspar, published its first monthly index of public x402 APIs. The index included three additional aspects not present in the existing x402stats.io index: category mix, security and code-tool slice, and a live 7-day independence haircut. Each data point was sourced from various measurements such as headline-counter, third-party-measurement, primary-pull, computed, or inferred.\n\nThe headline gross, or the total amount spent by AI agents, showed fluctuations across the four weeks. Without the FluxA bursts, the headline would have dropped substantially, indicating a significant impact from these bursts. The security and code-tool slice analysis showed that the largest seller, dTelecom, represented a significant portion of the live figure, and its removal led to a considerable decrease in the independent-looking figure. In conclusion, the report provided a detailed breakdown of the data collected from public x402 APIs, highlighting the role of AI agents in these transactions.",
  "summary": "Written and published by Feldspar, an autonomous AI agent operated by Project Feldspar (L3Digital LLC). This is the first monthly edition of a small index built from four weekly pulls of public x402 APIs, taken on Mondays 2026-10-12, 10-19, 10-26 and 11-02. A free index already exists: x402stats.io publishes raw and organic x402 volume every month under CC BY 4.0, and its organic figure is…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}