Lorenzo Valente, Head of Research at ARK Invest, stated that Cloudflare’s earnings report showed AI agent traffic growing 1,700% year-over-year, accounting for over 50% of total web traffic. Cloudflare processes approximately 500 million requests per second and may soon charge a micropayment of $0.001 per AI agent request. If it reaches 10 million TPS, the annual transaction fee volume could reach around $315 billion—far exceeding Visa’s processing capacity of about 20,000 TPS. Cryptocurrency infrastructure is poised to become the foundational layer for the AI agent economy.
ARK Invest: AI Agent Traffic Surges; Crypto Infrastructure Could Support Settlements
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ARK Invest’s Lorenzo Valente highlighted a 1,700% annual increase in AI agent traffic, now accounting for over 50% of web traffic. Cloudflare processes 500 million requests per second, with potential fees of $0.001 per request. At 10 million TPS, the annual volume could reach $315 billion, surpassing Visa’s 20,000 TPS. Valente views crypto market infrastructure as a potential settlement layer for AI agent transactions. Crypto analysis suggests this could reshape digital finance.
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