The author sees Solana (SOL) as the best current choice for exposure to growth from AI agents in crypto, and plans to add to an existing position despite earlier skepticism. Solana settled 67.3 million (34.5%) of the 195.2 million total payments initiated by AI agents as of Oct. 28, helped by the Alpenglow upgrade, which finalizes transactions within 150 milliseconds and usually for less than a penny. Its agent registry also gives agents on-chain identities and reputation records. Solana's chain fees rose 53% quarter over quarter to $62.9 million in Q3 2026, and base fees on those 67.3 million payments total about $34,174, against a market cap of $60.3 billion. The author says the agent economy is still small but could grow as agents become more widespread.
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FET/USDT
▲ Likely positiveArtificial Superintelligence Alliance
Relevance: low
| Market | Crypto |
|---|---|
| Exchange | Binance |
| Sector | Artificial intelligence |
| Market cap | $377.8M |
| Close on 10/31/2026 | 0.15960 |
| Change that session | -4.26% |
RENDER/USDT
▲ Likely positiveRender
Relevance: low
| Market | Crypto |
|---|---|
| Exchange | Binance |
| Sector | Artificial intelligence |
| Market cap | $839.7M |
| Close on 10/31/2026 | 1.56100 |
| Change that session | -1.95% |
TAO/USDT
▲ Likely positiveBittensor
Relevance: low
| Market | Crypto |
|---|---|
| Exchange | Binance |
| Sector | Layer 1 |
| Market cap | $2.8B |
| Close on 10/31/2026 | 237.10 |
| Change that session | -0.75% |
VIRTUAL/USDT
▲ Likely positiveVirtuals Protocol
Relevance: low
| Market | Crypto |
|---|---|
| Exchange | Binance |
| Sector | Artificial intelligence |
| Market cap | $392.6M |
| Close on 10/31/2026 | 0.59140 |
| Change that session | -1.53% |
WLD/USDT
▲ Likely positiveWorldcoin
Relevance: low
| Market | Crypto |
|---|---|
| Exchange | Binance |
| Sector | Other |
| Market cap | $1.5B |
| Close on 10/31/2026 | 0.39870 |
| Change that session | -2.16% |
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