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This week in x402: 17 Aug–23 Aug 2026

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$137k demand-cleaned of $203k settled; 4,929 genuine buyers; content + data $52k.
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August 24, 2026

$137k of $203k settled over x402 on Base survived cleaning (67%) (−34% WoW). The biggest removal was sellers with a single buyer: $66k.

This week Change
Settled through facilitators $203k −16%
Demand-cleaned $137k −34%
Genuine buyers 4,929 −3%
Active sellers (2+ buyers) 596 −4%
Content + data $52k −32%
Top-10 seller share 96%
Median clean payment $0.00588

By category (demand-cleaned USD): Data $52k · Large ticket $44k · Compute & tools $28k · Unclassed $11k · Other $2,548 · Search $113 · Content $10.31.

Numbers only, generated from the x402 index data for the week of 17 Aug 2026. Method: X402_INDEX_METHOD.md. Data CC BY 4.0.

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