Escrow.com report flags AI agents driving surge in IPv4 address market demand
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- Freelancer published an Escrow.com quarterly IPv4 Investment Index, citing a demand surge as AI agents consume scarce IPv4 addresses.
- Secondary IPv4 market estimated at USD 15 billion over eight years; Q1 2026 average deal size rose 66% year over year.
- Escrow.com recorded 522,000 IPv4 addresses transferred in Q1 2026, tracking toward the busiest year since 2020.
- Largest completed transaction on the platform reached USD 43.1 million in Q3 2024; brokers expect prices to double by year-end.
- US BEAD broadband program earmarks USD 22 billion; industry expects it to tighten IPv4 supply as deployments accelerate.
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