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XRP Ledger hits 13 million AI agent payments across 168 merchants
An ex‑Ripple executive discussed the recent milestone of XRP’s AI‑driven payments. The XRP Ledger has now surpassed 13 million AI agent payments processed through the x402 protocol. Both XRP and the stablecoin RLUSD were used to settle these transactions. The payments were carried out across 168 merchants that are registered on the network. The figures were highlighted in a post shared by the cryptodotnews channel. The announcement was tagged under News, Markets, X and YouTube. This milestone reflects a continued increase in AI‑based payment activity on the XRP Ledger.