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This week in x402: 24 Aug–30 Aug 2026

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$51k demand-cleaned of $85k settled; 4,223 genuine buyers; content + data $2,383.
Published

August 31, 2026

$51k of $85k settled over x402 on Base survived cleaning (60%). The biggest removal was funding-linked payer and seller: $29k.

This week Change
Settled through facilitators $85k –
Demand-cleaned $51k –
Genuine buyers 4,223 –
Active sellers (2+ buyers) 753 –
Content + data $2,383 –
Top-10 seller share 93%
Median clean payment $0.002

By category (demand-cleaned USD): Compute & tools $26k · Large ticket $11k · Unclassed $9,547 · Data $2,282 · Other $1,412 · Content $101 · Search $63.91.

Numbers only, generated from the x402 index data for the week of 24 Aug 2026. Method: X402_INDEX_METHOD.md. Data CC BY 4.0.

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