According to Lex Sokolin, crypto’s edge is enabling AI-to-AI commerce via frictionless micropayments and computational-speed value transfer, not replacing human transactions. Source: Lex Sokolin on X, Dec 3, 2025. For traders, this frames a thematic focus on low-fee, high-throughput payment rails and agent wallets where microtransaction volume and latency are key performance drivers. Source: Lex Sokolin on X, Dec 3, 2025. Actionable indicators to monitor include counts of sub-$1 transfers, median fees trending below 1 cent, stablecoin transfer frequency, and smart-wallet adoption supporting autonomous agents. Source: Lex Sokolin on X, Dec 3, 2025. If AI-to-AI commerce scales, networks minimizing confirmation time and payment friction could capture incremental transaction revenue and higher fee burn, favoring payment-centric infrastructure exposure. Source: Lex Sokolin on X, Dec 3, 2025. Near-term catalysts include live demos of agent-to-agent payments, integrations of agentic AI with crypto rails, and sustained increases in microtransaction throughput on public dashboards. Source: Lex Sokolin on X, Dec 3, 2025.

According to @0FJAKE, as retweeted by @jessepollak, Base network has reached transaction fees below $0.001 for the first time 50 days ago, a significant milestone for enabling practical crypto micropayments (Source: @0FJAKE Twitter, May 25, 2025). This breakthrough is crucial for platforms like @qrcoindotfun, which are leveraging these low fees to build onchain attention economies and microtransaction-based applications. Traders should note that this technical advancement increases the viability of microtransaction use cases on Base, potentially driving higher network activity, new dApp launches, and increased demand for Base-related tokens. The development may also influence gas fee competition among Layer 2 solutions and impact market sentiment for Ethereum scaling projects.