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This week in x402: 10 Aug–16 Aug 2026

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$207k demand-cleaned of $243k settled; 5,082 genuine buyers; content + data $76k.
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August 17, 2026

$207k of $243k settled over x402 on Base survived cleaning (85%) (+55% WoW). The biggest removal was sellers with a single buyer: $35k.

This week Change
Settled through facilitators $243k +50%
Demand-cleaned $207k +55%
Genuine buyers 5,082 +13%
Active sellers (2+ buyers) 619 +28%
Content + data $76k +109%
Top-10 seller share 97%
Median clean payment $0.00614

By category (demand-cleaned USD): Large ticket $91k · Data $76k · Compute & tools $25k · Unclassed $14k · Other $1,157 · Search $89.10 · Content $5.53.

Numbers only, generated from the x402 index data for the week of 10 Aug 2026. Method: X402_INDEX_METHOD.md. Data CC BY 4.0.

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