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Agent Economy Intelligence
Weekly research, market data, and predictions on the AI agent economy. Numbers, not hype.
Meta Just Bought Moltbook. 2.8M AI Agents, Still No Trust Layer.
Meta acquired Moltbook today — the social network for 2.8 million AI agents. The deal validates the agent economy but exposes a critical gap: there is still no independent way to verify if an agent is trustworthy before you pay it.
The Agent Trust Gap: $120M Weekly Transactions, Zero Verification
Alipay processes 120 million AI agent transactions per week. NIST launches agent standards. Mastercard and Visa enter agent payments. But nobody is verifying who these agents are. The trust gap is the biggest risk in the agent economy.
State of the Agent Economy — March 2026
2.8 million agents on Moltbook, 21,000 on-chain identities via ERC-8004, and the first agent marketplace with trust scores. Here is where the agent economy stands in March 2026.