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This week in x402: 31 Aug–6 Sep 2026

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$42k demand-cleaned of $54k settled; 3,882 genuine buyers; content + data $4,905.
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September 7, 2026

$42k of $54k settled over x402 on Base survived cleaning (77%) (−18% WoW). The biggest removal was sellers with a single buyer: $10k.

This week Change
Settled through facilitators $54k −36%
Demand-cleaned $42k −18%
Genuine buyers 3,882 −8%
Active sellers (2+ buyers) 772 +3%
Content + data $4,905 +106%
Top-10 seller share 91%
Median clean payment $0.005

By category (demand-cleaned USD): Large ticket $17k · Unclassed $10k · Compute & tools $7,676 · Data $4,897 · Other $1,264 · Search $236 · Content $7.55.

Numbers only, generated from the x402 index data for the week of 31 Aug 2026. Method: X402_INDEX_METHOD.md. Data CC BY 4.0.

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