Optimism Greenlights 50% Revenue Shift For OP Token Buybacks

Alexis SirkiaJan, 30 2026 11:38

Optimism Greenlights 50% Revenue Shift For OP Token Buybacks

What Happened: Buyback Program Approved The proposal, submitted by the Optimism Foundation on Jan. 8, passed Thursday with 33.27% of votes in favor, 3.23% against and 3.95% abstaining.

Previously, 100% of Superchain revenue went to a treasury overseen by the Optimism governance community. The Superchain is a network of layer-2 chains built on the open-source OP stack, including Sony's Soneium, Unichain, Ink and Coinbase's Base.

Under the new structure, Optimism will partner with an over-the-counter provider to execute monthly conversions of Ether (ETH) to OP. Based on last year's Superchain revenue, a comparable allocation would have directed roughly 2,700 ETH toward buybacks, or approximately $8 million in OP at current prices.

The accumulated tokens could be used for burning, funding ecosystem expansion or rewarding network security participants.

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Alexis Sirkia

Alexis Sirkia wants to fundamentally reshape how digital currencies are traded. As Chairman of Yellow Network, he oversees a start-up developing decentralized clearing systems for cryptocurrency markets, drawing on his deep experience in blockchain technology and financial infrastructure. His path to financial technology was unconventional. He began his career writing software for rocket launches in French Guiana, where he developed mission-critical systems for space operations. His transition to finance came as blockchain technology was first emerging, becoming a key early contributor to the development of Ripple. Now, with Yellow, Alexis is tackling what he sees as the next big challenge for cryptocurrency: creating infrastructure to connect fragmented trading systems.

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