Optimism unveils plan to deploy half of Superchain revenue for OP buybacks
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The Optimism Foundation on Thursday announced a proposal to buy back OP tokens starting in February. The firm announced that it plans to allocate 50% of Superchain’s January revenue to repurchase OP tokens. The foundation stated that using half of Superchain’s revenue was optimal to reserve flexibility for other ETH use cases. It added that implementing the buyback program aims to align the OP token with the success of the Superchain. Optimism seeks to align the OP token with Superchain’s success A proposal for the next chapter of Optimism 🔴 The Optimism Foundation is putting forward a proposal to align the OP token with growing Superchain demand by directing 50% of incoming Superchain revenue to regular OP buybacks https://t.co/VSDazlbRdX pic.twitter.com/jBQoJyxDCF — Optimism (@Optimism) January 8, 2026 Optimism believes that the initiative will transition OP from a pure governance token to a token aligned with Superchain’s growth. Superchain activity aims to drive buybacks of OP while the token still retains important governance rights. The Ethereum-based platform said transactions across every OP Chain will expand the base where buybacks operate. Optimism argued that there will be more structural demand as blockspace is utilized across the Superchain, leading to increased flows into OP. The program will run for 12 months and will include the revenue contribution of Superchain’s OP Chains, such as Uniswap, Base, Soneium, OP Mainnet, Ink, and World Chain. Optimism acknowledged that it earns revenue from Superchain and that the chains contribute a portion of their sequencer revenue back to the company. The decentralized infrastructure platform also said the proposal aims to empower the Foundation to manage Sequencer ETH actively. The Foundation collected 5,868 ETH in revenue last year. Optimism compared the program to last year’s Superchain revenue, noting that it would have resulted in roughly 2,000 ETH used, or around…
Filed under: News - @ January 8, 2026 7:24 pm