Amid a cautious crypto market, Kite AI has held steady. As of December 7, KITE trades at $0.0934 with a $168M market cap, showing less volatility than many AI-linked tokens. Stability has been helped by the recent OKX Wallet integration and early developer interest in its Agent-Aware Multisig tooling.
Overview
Kite is the first AI-focused payment blockchain on Avalanche, targeting the machine-to-machine economy projected to reach trillions in value by decade’s end.
Tokenomics
Max supply: 10B tokens
Circulating: 1.8B
48% reserved for community incentives, liquidity, and airdrops
20% for team/advisors (vested 4 years), 12% for investors, 20% ecosystem reserve
Staking APY: 12–15%, partially funded via x402 fee revenue with buybacks and burns
Over a third of circulating tokens are staked
No major unlocks until Q2 2026, keeping supply pressure moderate
Products & Ecosystem
x402 Micropayments: sub-100ms settlements, 90%+ cheaper than API calls, stablecoin-native, ~932k weekly transactions
Agent Payment Protocol (APP): three-layer identity system enabling autonomous AI agents to act securely with predictable costs via state channels
Developer Stack: Templates for AI-managed DAOs, account abstraction for enterprise teams; backed by PayPal Ventures, Hashed, and Coinbase Ventures ($33M raise)
Reputation & Interoperability: Portable agent reputations (AP2/ERC-8004), 50+ connected dApps, OKX Wallet integration for easier adoption
Testnet: ~$180M processed through x402; early pilots for automated content licensing
Market Snapshot
Price: $0.0934, down 4% on the day, $52M 24h volume
Market cap: ~$168M, fully diluted: ~$934M
Rank: #174, ~0.01% market share
TVL: ~$45M in agent vaults
Charts: bounce at $0.0895 forms a potential bottoming pattern; sentiment moderately bullish (60%)
Risks
Developer adoption: x402’s value depends on uptake
Competition: Solana and others expanding low-latency micropayments
Volatility: 40% swings possible; BTC dips could drag $KITE lower
Regulation: EU AI Act and similar rules may require KYC/behavioral constraints
Concentration: Gini coefficient 0.89
Delays: Agent multisig module still pending, affecting confidence
Outlook
Short-term: $0.105 resistance, potential move to $0.12 by year-end if AVAX rallies
2026: Base case $0.15; bull case $0.25 if agent activity exceeds 1M+ daily transactions and multisig deploys successfully
CEO Chi Zhang envisions a future where autonomous agents transact on behalf of humans. Kite is building infrastructure rather than hype, positioning itself as a foundational tool for the emerging machine economy.
