MCP Adoption Surges with Crypto Integration
- The Model Context Protocol (MCP) reached approximately 97 million monthly downloads by March 2026.
- More than 10,000 active MCP servers are deployed across public and enterprise sectors.
- Key crypto companies such as BitGo, Coinbase, Crypto.com, and CoinGecko have launched MCP servers.
- OpenAI added full MCP support to ChatGPT in March 2025, marking a significant adoption milestone.
- Anthropic donated the MCP to the Agentic AI Foundation under the Linux Foundation in December 2025.
The rapid adoption of the Model Context Protocol highlights its effectiveness in standardizing AI application connections to external tools and databases without custom integrations for each model. The involvement of major platforms like OpenAI and key crypto companies underscores its growing influence across industries.
