Jordi Visser Buys Ether As AI Agents Drive Tokenization And Coinbase x402 Payments Over $24 Million

Macro investor and former hedge fund manager Jordi Visser said he recently bought Ether, the native cryptocurrency of Ethereum, as he sees the “tokenization reality” starting this year and transforming digital payments powered by artificial intelligence.

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Visser told Anthony Pompliano on a podcast on Saturday that “AI agents are with us,” and that they “need food, and that food is not physical food. It is tokens,” linking agentic commerce to digital assets like Ether and stablecoins.

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Both Bitget and TradingView coverage tied the demand narrative to autonomous payments, with Bitget saying autonomous payments processed via Coinbase’s x402 standard have exceeded $24 million in just the past month.

TradingView added that autonomous online payments have surged this year, recording more than $24 million in transaction volume over the past month on the Coinbase x402 standard, according to x402.org.

Visser’s tokenization thesis was paired with a broader push by crypto protocols to implement agentic AI payment capabilities, with TradingView noting that the Algorand Foundation announced on Saturday support for agentic commerce via a partnership with Google on the AP2 Agentic Payments Protocol.

Bitget similarly described the Algorand Foundation’s partnership with Google to launch the AP2 Agentic Payments Protocol, framing it as an effort to enhance automated payment functions on-chain.

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On Ethereum’s role in real-world asset tokenization, TradingView said Ethereum commands more than 60% market share of tokenized assets, including layer-2 networks, according to RWA.xyz.

Bitget also cited RWA.xyz data, saying Ethereum, across its mainnet and layer 2 solutions, now commands over 60% of this market, reinforcing the idea that Ethereum “solidifies” leadership in tokenized assets.

Visser also argued that tokenization is not limited to crypto assets, pointing to illiquid markets such as private credit, private equity and venture capital as areas where tokenization can support price discovery.

While Visser emphasized tokenization and AI payments, he also cautioned about rising inflation, telling Pompliano that he wanted to be in gold and silver and has also bought Bitcoin (BTC) as a hedge.

“AI agents need “food,” and that food is not physical food; it is tokens, said Jordi Visser”

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Bitget echoed that approach, saying Visser reported investments in gold and silver, as well as purchases of Bitcoin, as a way to protect his portfolio against inflationary pressures.

CoinDesk framed the broader 2026 outlook through Dan Tapiero’s view that an investor with $10,000 could split between Bitcoin (BTC) $81,101.08, Ether (ETH), and Solana (SOL), while expecting Bitcoin to reach $180,000 in the current cycle.

CoinDesk also said stablecoins are driving global payments, with transaction volumes reaching $33 trillion in 2025, up from $19.7 trillion in 2024, and quoted Tapiero describing “a whole world … growing around traditional players.”

Across the coverage, the stakes were tied to liquidity and transparency, with Visser underlining that “Transparency and liquidity are becoming increasingly critical factors in today’s markets,” as large amounts of capital remain locked in inactive assets.