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On Thursday, Optimism unveiled OP Enterprise, a production-ready blockchain infrastructure suite that grants enterprises direct oversight of their chain’s economic activities and revenues through three deployment models that become operational within 8-12 weeks.
This platform, constructed on the OP Stack that underpins over 50 active enterprise chains with a total value locked of $6.1 billion, is aimed at fintech firms, centralized exchanges, payment companies, and financial institutions looking for blockchain solutions devoid of operational hassle or revenue extraction by external platforms.
Enterprises are establishing their operations on a platform that captures the value they generate.
Presenting OP Enterprise: Managed blockchain infrastructure of production quality.
Your blockchain. Your income. Guarantees for enterprises. pic.twitter.com/XZVNGjOR0U— Optimism (@Optimism) January 29, 2026
Three-Tier Model Promises 8-Week Deployment Timeline
OP Enterprise supplies entirely managed infrastructure, where Optimism oversees chains comprehensively with 24/7 monitoring and 99.99% uptime service-level objectives, self-managed options that allow enterprises to operate infrastructure with direct protocol assistance, and OP Mainnet deployment enabling teams to validate models on the public network prior to moving to dedicated chains.
Each of the three tiers incorporates managed L1 bridge contracts, public RPC endpoints that can handle up to 5 billion requests monthly with multi-provider redundancy, and 15-minute priority one incident response through dedicated communication channels.
The infrastructure offers a foundational throughput of 10 Mgas per second, scaling up to over 100 Mgas per second for high-volume applications, with block times under 200 milliseconds, burst capacity of 20,000 requests per second, and Stage 1 security status featuring permissionless fault proofs.
Enterprises benefit from 160 hours of tailored engineering support in the first year, security evaluations, and pre-negotiated vendor discounts on wallets, indexers, oracles, and compliance tools, which typically hinder launches by 6-12 months.
Unichain and Celo are the first clients to utilize the platform under Mission-Critical Support.
Revenue Control Surpasses Platform Economics, CEO States
Karl Floersch, CEO of OP Labs and co-founder of Optimism, presented the launch as a remedy for misaligned platform economics that siphon value from enterprise blockchain implementations.
“Most blockchain platforms are indifferent to your success,” Floersch explained. “You introduce your stablecoin into a competitive environment with other stablecoins and lose capital trying to attract users to a blockchain over which you have no control.”
The platform transforms infrastructure from a cost center into a revenue-generating asset by enabling DeFi protocols to operate on enterprise-grade rails, where economic activity benefits chain operators instead of platform providers.
In addition to revenue retention, OP Enterprise mitigates vendor onboarding delays by offering pre-integrated top-tier partners that are already contracted and ready for deployment.
LISTEN UP EVERYBODY! Today we’re launching OP Enterprise.
We all recognize that crypto is on the verge of significant mainstream adoption. Almost every major enterprise has a crypto strategy.
We’re the only team that has successfully launched chains for several companies. We’ve put together…— Optimist Prime (@jinglejamOP) January 29, 2026
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“We’ve onboarded top-tier partners across over 50 production chains,” Floersch stated. “We negotiate standard terms, reduce costs, and expedite partnerships that would otherwise postpone your launch by 6-12 months.”
The timing leverages regulatory progress as MiCA is implemented across Europe and U.S. policy stabilizes after years of uncertainty.
“The opportunity for enterprise blockchain has shifted from ‘if’ to ‘how quickly,’” Floersch remarked. “Enterprises that spent 2023-2024 in exploratory stages are now approving production builds.”
Remarkably, this enterprise initiative follows the day after the Optimism DAO ratified a 12-month buyback program directing 50% of Superchain revenue towards monthly OP token acquisitions, linking the governance token directly to sequencer fees generated across Base, Unichain, Ink, World Chain, Soneium, and OP Mainnet.
Based on 5,868 ETH accumulated over the past year, the initiative will allocate around 2,700 ETH, approximately $8 million at current prices, for open-market purchases starting in February.
Enterprise Blockchain Competition Grows in Fintech
Circle’s ambitious 2026 Arc blockchain roadmap exemplifies the broader institutional push towards production-grade blockchain infrastructure.
The Arc testnet attracted over 100 institutional participants, including BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and Visa, during its initial 90 days, processing more than 150 million transactions with average settlement times of about 0.5 seconds.
This blockchain utilizes USDC as its native gas token and aspires to become an “Economic Operating System” for global finance as Circle competes against Tether’s dominance in the $311 billion stablecoin market.
Circle advances Arc blockchain for enterprise settlement with major institutional partners as competition with Tether intensifies.#Circle #Stablecoin #Arc #Tetherhttps://t.co/3Q4VTk43Es
— Cryptonews.com (@cryptonews) January 30, 2026
In parallel, Binance has accelerated institutional infrastructure development through GOPAX in South Korea after securing $90.52 million for GOFi victim compensation and receiving regulatory approval for its controlling stake.
The exchange is exploring collaborations with licensed Korean payment providers to facilitate inbound crypto transactions from international visitors while constructing treasury management infrastructure for Korean companies preparing for balance sheet allocations.
Institutional confidence in crypto also remains robust. A survey by Coinbase Institutional and Glassnode revealed that 70% of institutions perceive Bitcoin as undervalued, with 62% maintaining or increasing net long positions since October’s deleveraging event.
“We believe that crypto markets are entering 2026 in a more stable condition, with excessive leverage having been eliminated from the system in Q4,” remarked David Duong, Coinbase’s Global Head of Research.
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