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AI agents are poised to revolutionize online shopping and transactions, with a projected market value of $3 trillion to $5 trillion by 2030. A significant hurdle is verifying human involvement behind these autonomous bots. World, formerly known as Worldcoin, has launched AgentKit, a developer toolkit that enables AI agents to carry cryptographic proof of a unique human user through Worlds World ID system. This toolkit, paired with the x402 protocol from Coinbase and Cloudflare, allows for agentic payments via stablecoin micropayments integrated into web communications. Industry leaders, including Coinbase founder Brian Armstrong and Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, foresee a future where AI agents outnumber humans in transactions, all facilitated by crypto. While payments handle the how, identity solves the who in this digital boom. AgentKit, currently in beta, uses biometric Orb scans for verification and has over 17 million verified users worldwide. World plans to expand with next-gen protocols to support an internet filled with human-backed AI agents.

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