X402?
We've seen this pattern before:
The 2023 BTC ecosystem experienced three distinct waves of inscription activity. It started with the Ordinals protocol, where BRC-20 sparked a 10,000x rally in $ORDI. This was followed by ARC-20, SRC-20, the Runes protocol, and later RGB and RGB++. The narrative of issuing assets on the Bitcoin chain—an era the community dubbed "inscribing on gold"—dominated the entire year.
The 2024 AI Agent wave kicked off with $GOAT's launch last October and ran for nearly three months. Token projects representing AI Agent standards, protocols, and applications—including ACT, ai16z, AIXBT, ZEREBRO, and ARC—launched in rapid succession, pushing Solana MEME tokens to all-time highs.
The 2025 x402 protocol AI infrastructure wave began with the MCP and A2A protocols early in the year, culminating in Google's September rollout of the AP2 protocol. Numerous projects either capitalized on the momentum or laid groundwork for the emerging AgentFi economy. Yet no one anticipated that this slow-burning narrative would be ignited by a brand-new meme token: $PING.
The timing is perfect—the next chapter of AI Agents is unfolding now.
See the pattern? Same playbook, same progression, same narrative arc. Could we be witnessing another familiar wealth-creation cycle?
I just say,stay safe!
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