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X402 Explodes, ERC8004 Mainnet Launch, Still Not Sure What to Buy? Just Read This
Recently, discussions about X402 have picked up again, $DREAMS and X402 tokens have risen 3.5X from the bottom, and the market is anticipating the launch of ERC8004.
🌟What is ERC8004?
For agents to achieve autonomous collaboration, they must have both "Verifiable Identity" and "Automated Payment Functionality."
ERC8004 is the identity standard in the Ethereum ecosystem. It records an agent's service attributes and historical reputation, solving trust cost issues in A2A collaboration.
By now, you should understand: X402 solves the problem of how AI gets paid, while ERC8004 addresses whether AI is trustworthy.
In simple terms: the explosion of X402 is inseparable from the help of ERC8004.
🌟ERC8004 Targets
@ethy_agent: ERC-8004 trust layer, handling over 50% of ACP transaction volume. Provides sovereign identity + non-custodial x402 payments.
@Wach_AI: Deeply integrated verification layer by Virtuals (embedded in ACP), recording each proxy task/transaction in the ERC-8004 Validation Registry.
@santavirtuals: Multi-agent coordination framework responsible for numerous automated Virtuals tasks. Uses ERC-8004 validation registry to achieve atomic settlement of tasks.
@ZyfAI_: Proxy-based stablecoin yield vault managing over $10M in assets, deployed to production environment in early December 2025.
@cortensor: Focused on agent integration, already operational in production; collaborating with ERC-8004 builder programs.
@VIBEaiRforce: Directly integrated with ERC-8004, supporting payments and reputation; applicable in DeFi and robotics fields.
@daydreamsagents: Full-stack autonomous AI agent framework, helping developers quickly build, payable, and monetizable agents within 60 seconds, supporting cross-chain micropayments and inter-agent collaboration. It is the core infrastructure of the X402 + ERC8004 ecosystem.

#Tether , earned $13 billion in 2024.
This number might be a bit abstract, let’s put it into perspective.
‍#OpenAI : Revenue $3.7 billion, loss $5 billion
Anthropic: Revenue $1 billion, loss $5 billion
The amount spent in a year by two top AI companies,
together, still less than what Tether earns in a year.
Even more exaggerated is productivity.
Tether: about 150 people
OpenAI: 3000+ people
👉 per capita output is roughly 60 times less.
How does Tether make money?
In simple terms:
You work for them, they collect interest for you.
You buy 1 $USDT , they collect $1.
Then what?
👉 buys US Treasury bonds.
Interest on bonds: goes to Tether
You: no interest at all
Banks pay interest for deposits,
Tether doesn’t have to.
In 2024, US Treasury yields are high,
Tether earns $7 billion just from interest.
150 people,
manage over $130 billion in Treasury bonds,
no products, no R&D, no marketing.
Money grows by itself.
What if there’s too much money? Tether’s choice: AI
And not just some random concept.
① Computing power: directly buy “AI infrastructure”
Tether lent over $600 million to German company Northern Data.
What does this company do?
Europe’s largest GPU cloud service provider
Over 10,000 Nvidia H100s
the same kind used to train GPT at OpenAI
each costing $20,000–$30,000
This computing cluster ranks 26th in the global TOP500 supercomputers.
Summary in one sentence:
👉 Tether in Europe bought a complete AI training base.
② Data: open source, given for free
What’s missing for AI training?
👉 data.
Last week, Tether released a dataset called QVAC Genesis:
covering 19 disciplines
Mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science, etc.
Official statement:
The world’s largest open-source AI training dataset
Key point here 👇
OpenAI and Anthropic’s data: not public
Tether: completely free, available online
Whether you use it or not doesn’t matter,
but the ecosystem will revolve around you.
Final question
What is Tether’s essence?
Not a stablecoin company,
but:
👉 the world’s largest, zero-cost liability “bond arbitrage machine.”
As it systematically pours the cash flow from this printing press,
into computing power + data,
you should realize—
this is no longer just a casual layout, but a shift to a new track to build a moat.
‍#AI is still burning money,
Tether has already started using AI to earn “interest.”

Non-custodial crypto trading platform Infinex recently announced adjustments to its public fundraising structure. After raising only about $600,000 within three days of the token sale, far below the original target of $5 million, the project team decided to abandon the original quota model and adopt a “maximum-minimum fair distribution” mechanism. This change quickly sparked widespread discussion among crypto traders and the DeFi community.
Infinex focuses on providing a user experience close to that of centralized exchanges (CEX), helping users access DeFi and cross-chain trading markets more conveniently. According to the initial plan, Infinex aimed to complete $5 million in funding within three days and limit participation per wallet to $2,500, attempting to strike a balance between retail investors and large funds. However, slow progress in fundraising prompted the team to urgently adjust its strategy.

‍#我的2026第一条帖
Hello 2026! ✨
A fresh year, new opportunities, and big Web3 dreams ahead. Let’s turn ideas into action and make this year legendary!