TL;DR:
Zebec Network executed the purchase of 40,536,539 ZBCN units during the third quarter of 2026 with an approximate expenditure of $100,000.
Funding for the operation came from operational fees generated by Zebec Cards, as well as enterprise payroll services from Zebec Enterprise and its SuperApp.
The transaction represented approximately 0.041% of the asset’s market capitalization, valued at $241.2 million at the time of the announcement.
Financial infrastructure firm Zebec Network bought back a total of 40.5 million ZBCN in Q3 2026, channeling $100,000 derived from its operational revenue.
The organization confirmed the news this Wednesday, October 21, via a post on its X account. According to records published by the company, the exact volume acquired was 40,536,539 units of the ZBCN token , which will not return to the open market.
The solana:ZBCNpuD7YMXzTHB2fhGkGi78MNsHGLRXUhRewNRm9RU buyback program continued through Q3 2026.
40,536,539 ZBCN repurchased, valued at ~$100,000.
The program is funded by revenue from @ZebecCards and payroll across Zebec Enterprise and the SuperApp.
Repurchased tokens will… pic.twitter.com/6NDpzv5NPY
— Zebec Network (@Zebec_HQ) October 21, 2026
The company specified that the resources used for this transaction come from processing fees on Zebec Cards and corporate payroll services executed through both Zebec Enterprise and its desktop SuperApp.
According to the technical breakdown provided by the development team, enterprise payroll fees are applied directly in ZBCN or settled through automated stablecoin balance conversions. Funds allocated to this program are periodically consolidated under the custody of Uphold Institutional, according to documentation shared by the project.
An on-chain record verified via Solscan showed that the treasury wallet linked to the announcement held approximately 108.25 million ZBCN , an amount valued at around $262,500 at the close of the session. Developers emphasized that this balance summarizes the total position under custody and does not represent an itemized breakdown of the quarter’s purchases.
During the 24 hours following the report, CoinGecko metrics placed ZBCN’s trading price at around $0.002414, marking an 11.8% daily gain. Over that same trading window, reported volume reached $9.4 million, with an overall market capitalization of $241.2 million.
The $100,000 outlay spent on the buyback was equivalent to 0.041% of the network’s total market value. Furthermore, against an estimated circulating supply of 100 billion units, the acquired block represented roughly 0.0405% of the circulating supply, yielding an implicit average acquisition price near $0.00247 per token.
Corporate Custody and Payment Infrastruc ture
The recurring buyback program formally began under the original ZBC standard in 2023. The decentralized autonomous organization approved proposal ZIP-4 i n early 2024, a directive that suspended automated token burns in order to allocate treasury resources toward technical development and strategic purchases.
Institutional tokenomics documentation, updated in January 2026, stipulates that ZBCN operates as an instrument for governance and functional utility across payments, staking, and corporate fees. Under that framework, the token does not serve as a base-layer gas fee, but rather acts as an internal settlement medium between commercial platforms.
In its Q1 2026 financial report, the company reported $49 million in monthly payroll processing, covering 13,100 workers across 243 companies. During that same financial period, the card division accounted for 21,626 cards issued across 97 countries, with a cumulative track record exceeding 500,000 transactions supported across 19 blockchains.
Previous corporate acquisitions strengthened this service architecture. In May 2025, the firm integrated British fintech Science Card, which counted more than 50,000 active users. One month later, in June 2025, it completed the acquisition of Gatenox to incorporate digital identity verification and anti-money laundering (AML) modules.
Regarding U.S. banking integration, the Payroll Growth Partners division formalized an alliance in December 2025 with National Payment Corporation (NatPay) to link its PayBridge system with traditional ACH transfers and direct deposits.
The protocol completed its final token unlock schedule in March 2026 after surpassing 100,000 registered holders . According to Zebec Network’s roadmap, the DAO is scheduled to review the formal reactivation of a periodic token burn scheme before the end of 2026, contingent on payroll revenues and treasury liquidity conditions.
