Know Your Agent: Why AI agents need credit checks before they transact

In January 2026, an AI agent lost $250,000 in a single transaction. Nobody checked its reputation first. The agent economy is booming — 49,000+ agents registered on ERC-8004, $600M+ in x402 payments. But there's no standard way to answer: "Should I trust this agent?" We built two free tools to fix this: 1. KYA — Know Your Agent A due diligence report for any AI agent. Think of it as a credit check for the machine economy. curl https://zarq.ai/v1/agent/kya/{agent_name} Returns: Trust Score (0-100) Compliance rating (EU AI Act weighted) Risk level: TRUSTED / CAUTION / UNTRUSTED Days active, platform, on-chain registration status 4.9 million agents indexed across ElizaOS, Virtuals, ERC-8004, and more. Web UI: https://zarq.ai/kya 2. The ZARQ Signal — Predictive Risk Feed A live feed of structural risk signals across 205 crypto tokens. curl https://zarq.ai/v1/signal/feed Shows which tokens are in structural collapse, which are under stress, and which are improving. Updated continuously. 113