Introducing COTI 2.0 Private Programmable Money COTI shifts into... its next phase, with a new website to match. > Same foundation. Bolder vision. 1. The Vision The world's money will soon move the way information does, on open networks. But those networks are public, and nobody wants to run their finances in public. COTI is now critically tasked with changing that. Its mission is to make private programmable money the global standard, so institutions, businesses, developers and individuals can hold, move and settle value on public blockchains, confidentially. COTI exists to champion this cause. 2. The Foundation Since 2017, COTI has built the privacy technology this next phase runs on. It was the first network to run garbled circuits in production, computing directly on encrypted data so inputs stay encrypted from submission to settlement. Its institutional-grade technology has been developed across leading institutions: 1. European Central Bank 2. Bank of Israel 3. Input Output Global (IOG) 3. Privacy-on-Demand Privacy-on-Demand serves as COTI's privacy layer for other blockchains. It allows applications to keep their users and assets on their existing chain, while COTI handles the private computation. Avalanche was the first network to bring it to production. Since September 17, applications on Avalanche have been computing on confidential data, and users have been shielding AVAX and USDC through the Privacy Portal. Expansion to further networks is a core part of the roadmap. 4. New Products At the centre of COTI 2.0 are two new products, designed to keep transactions private when moving money between blockchains, and when spending it in day to day life. 1. Interphase - The flagship. It serves as the global privacy layer for moving assets between blockchains, and executing confidential, unlinked transfers across 30+ major networks. 2. COTI Global - A new central application, which allows COTI to be spent as a privacy payment rail for everything in day to day life. 5. What's Next The new website and public roadmap are the first of several major upgrades coming this month.show more

Bitcoin made money digital. Zcash made money private. COTI... makes all money private and programmable. Public chains are a glass box. Every balance, every transfer, every counterparty is visible to anyone who looks. That works for speculation. It does not work for money. COTI invented the first private chain with smart contracts. Build, trade, and transact privately. Privacy-on-demand tooling for every major chain, powered by and ran on COTI. Already live on Avalanche. More coming. ╰┈➤ COTI Privacy-on-Demand All your transactions executed privately on demand. Keep accounts and assets on the chain you already use. ╰┈➤ COTI Interphase The privacy layer for multi-chain settlement. Confidential, traceless transfers across 30+ major blockchains. Nothing linking sender to receiver, while still compliant. Powered by COTI garbled circuits, the fastest privacy technology in crypto. ╰┈➤ COTI Global Spend crypto in the real world, privately. COTI Global puts your daily spending, travel, and browsing in one app. One private balance. Only you can see it. Institutional-grade technology, developed across the European Central Bank, the Bank of Israel, Avalanche, Input Output, and the Cardano Foundation. Built since 2017 toward one idea. Private money, as the standard that powers all of crypto.show more

COTI Powers Privacy on Every Chain Avalanche was the... first network to bring Coti's Privacy-on-Demand to production. Since September 16, applications on Avalanche have been computing on confidential data, and users have been shielding AVAX and USDC through the Privacy Portal. Expansion to further networks is a core part of our roadmap. > 1. The Privacy Requirement Institutions are bringing real assets on-chain. On a public chain, every position and payment is visible to anyone, competitors included. Confidentiality is necessary before that capital can scale. Until now, privacy meant leaving for a separate chain, and taking their capital with them. Privacy-on-Demand allows institutions to stay on yours. 2. Understanding COTI Privacy-on-Demand Privacy-on-Demand is creating a privacy layer for every chain. Shield, trade, and settle to pay, bid, and vote privately, without leaving the network. It is the next joint frontier in the privacy and institutional finance markets, and an embodiment of the confidentiality of finance tied with the liquidity of the chains people already use.show more

Avalanche Just Got a New Privacy Layer For Onchain... Finance COTI (COTI Foundation) has launched its Privacy-on-Demand infrastructure on Avalanche (Avalanche🔺), giving applications access to private computation. The system lets developers process sensitive information privately while keeping assets and contracts onchain. COTI’s Privacy Portal is also live on Avalanche C-Chain with private AVAX and USDC support. Users can now hold, send, and receive supported assets through the privacy-focused portal. COTI says the infrastructure can support institutional finance, private DeFi, payments, and real-world assets. The rollout gives Avalanche applications a new way to handle sensitive financial activity onchain.show more

Introducing Interphase The Privacy Layer for All Money Interphase... is the flagship app on the COTI protocol, and the first step in bringing private programmable money to everyday users. Its dedicated page is now live, setting out how it works and the roadmap ahead. > Interphase serves as the privacy layer for moving money between blockchains. It executes confidential, unlinked transfers across 30+ major networks. 1. The Problem On public blockchains, every transfer is traceable. Each bridge, swap and cross-chain payment leaves a public record of who sent what to whom, which allows anyone to follow the money from one wallet to the next. Interphase is built to break that link. 2. Built for Everyday Use Interphase is designed to make a private transfer as easy as a public one. Users keep full control of their funds throughout, and every transfer arrives clean, with no shared history. 3. The Roadmap Interphase is being developed in three phases. > 1. Private Cross-Chain Payments (Q4 2026 to Q1 2027): private transfers on Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and TRON, settled in under 60 seconds. 2. Business and Ecosystem Expansion (Q2 to Q3 2027): expansion to Base, Arbitrum, BNB Chain, Sui and Aptos, with private travel booking and confidential payroll. 3. Scale and Global Commerce (Q4 2027 to Q1 2028): the Interphase SDK and a one-click merchant checkout, bringing private transfers to any Web3 website or app. 4. Closing Points Interphase is creating a private settlement layer for the multi-chain economy. It is the next joint frontier in the privacy and cross-chain markets, and an embodiment of private transfers tied with the reach of every major blockchain. It starts with Interphase. The full details are live now.show more

Confidential Layer is proud to be the first project... built on the revolutionary Bridgeless blockchain. Bridgeless is achieving what was once thought impossible: bridging assets from programmable chains like EVM, Solana, and Cosmos to non-programmable blockchains like Bitcoin or privacy chains. By building on Bridgeless, Confidential Layer leverages its advanced technology to deliver truly seamless cross-chain transactions and make privacy accessible to all.show more

Boundless brings confidential finance natively to XRP Ledger Boundless... (Boundless) ( $ZKC ) has launched the first zero knowledge verifier directly on XRP Ledger ( $XRP ) in collaboration with XRPL Commons. This makes XRPL the first public blockchain with programmable privacy built into its core. The upgrade allows transactions to remain confidential while staying compliant. Developers now have access to tools, testnets, and open source frameworks. This opens doors for institutional level privacy on a public ledger.show more

Canton Network vs. Ethereum: What's the Difference? Ethereum (Ethereum)... is a general-purpose public blockchain where transactions and smart contract activity are broadly visible across the network. Validators use proof-of-stake to agree on the chain’s state. Canton Network (Canton Network) takes a different approach, focusing on privacy, interoperability, and institutional financial workflows. Here are the key differences: (1) Privacy Ethereum is transparent by design. Addresses, balances, transactions, contract calls, and events can generally be inspected publicly. Ethereum is now researching additional privacy technologies, including private reads, private transactions, and zero-knowledge proofs. Canton uses sub-transaction-level privacy. Participants only receive the transaction data relevant to them, while sensitive information is shared on a need-to-know basis. (2) Network Structure Ethereum operates as a public blockchain with a shared global state maintained by its network of nodes and validators, plus layer 2 networks that settle back to it. Canton is designed as a network of networks. Applications can operate across different participant nodes and synchronizers while remaining interoperable, connected through the public Global Synchronizer run by super validators. (3) Consensus Ethereum’s proof-of-stake system uses validators to propose and attest to blocks, with validators staking ETH to participate in network security. Canton separates transaction validation from transaction ordering and confirmation. The participants involved in a transaction validate the relevant smart contract state, while synchronizers coordinate ordering and commits. (4) Smart Contracts Ethereum uses the Ethereum Virtual Machine, allowing developers to deploy programmable smart contracts across a broad public ecosystem. Canton uses Daml-based smart contracts and gives applications control over privacy, governance, permissions, and operating policies. This makes Canton particularly suited to workflows where different institutions need to interact without exposing every transaction to the entire network. (5) Main Use Cases Ethereum has developed into a broad platform for DeFi, NFTs, stablecoins, decentralized applications, and other permissionless applications. Canton is focused heavily on financial infrastructure, including tokenized assets, payments, institutional markets, and workflows requiring confidentiality. So, Ethereum emphasizes public verification and permissionless composability, while Canton emphasizes privacy-preserving interoperability between institutions on a public network.show more

1/ Public blockchains are transparent by design, which is... great for trust but creates major challenges for sensitive applications like AI, DeFi, and secure data sharing. Without strong privacy guarantees, institutions avoid blockchains, DeFi traders get front-run, and private machine learning models cannot be deployed securely. Arcium pioneers Privacy 2.0, enabling secure, collaborative encrypted computation directly on-chain. In this deep dive, we will explore how Arcium works and why Privacy 2.0 is a critical evolution in blockchain privacy. ☂️🧵↓show more

Cosmos Labs taps Zeeve to push tokenized deposits to... banks Cosmos Labs (Cosmos Labs) has partnered with enterprise infrastructure platform Zeeve (Zeeve | Sibos 🇺🇸) to help financial institutions deploy tokenized deposits and digital assets on the Cosmos - The Interchain ⚛️ stack, pairing the ledger technology with Zeeve's managed networks, validator operations, and privacy layer. The Cosmos stack has run in production since 2019 and powers over 150 independent blockchains, while Zeeve says its infrastructure handles more than 2B transactions monthly across 25+ production networks.show more

What is Chainlink CCIP? Chainlink's (Chainlink) Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol,... or CCIP, is designed to let applications communicate across different blockchain networks. Put simply, CCIP acts as a secure messaging and transfer layer between otherwise disconnected blockchains. Here's how it works: (1) It moves data between blockchains CCIP allows smart contracts on one blockchain to send messages to smart contracts on another network. That means an application can trigger an action on a different chain without requiring users to manually move between ecosystems. (2) It can transfer tokens across networks CCIP also supports cross-chain token transfers. Projects can use token pools and other mechanisms to move assets between supported chains while maintaining controlled supply across networks. (3) It lets you combine messaging and asset movement A major feature of CCIP is that developers can send arbitrary messages, transfer tokens, or do both in a single cross-chain transaction, rather than needing separate systems for each. (4) It uses Chainlink's decentralized oracle infrastructure CCIP relies on Chainlink's decentralized oracle network to validate and deliver cross-chain messages. The system uses multiple independent components to help verify transactions and protect against failures or manipulation. (5) It adds programmable token transfers CCIP is not limited to simply sending an asset from one chain to another. Developers can attach instructions to transfers, allowing receiving applications to automatically perform actions when tokens arrive. This could make cross-chain lending, payments, trading, and other DeFi applications easier to build. (6) It is designed for multiple blockchain environments CCIP supports communication across different blockchain ecosystems rather than forcing applications to operate within a single network. That matters as liquidity, users, and applications become increasingly fragmented across chains. The bigger idea is simple. Blockchains were originally built as separate networks, but users and capital increasingly need to move between them. CCIP is Chainlink's attempt to provide the infrastructure for that movement. If cross-chain applications continue expanding, secure interoperability could become one of the most important layers in the blockchain stack.show more

Synk x Secret Network: A Game-Changing Partnership We’re proud... to announce our official partnership with Secret Network and, more specifically, with the Secret Network Foundation (SNF) as part of their exclusive Builders Program. This collaboration marks a significant milestone for $Synk, as we join a select group of innovators working to shape the future of confidential computing. Through this partnership, we gain unparalleled access to the Decentralized Confidential Computing (DeCC) tools as well as joining the #DeCC Alliance, fostering deeper integrations and advancements in privacy-first technologies. As part of this collaboration, the Synk Firefox App will soon be positioned as the default private browser within their ecosystem, solidifying Synk’s role as a key player in the Web3 space. This is just the beginning. With Secret Network as a major partner, Synk is entering a transformative phase. Together, we will integrate groundbreaking applications into the Synk OS, leveraging the full potential of confidential computing to deliver unmatched tools and experiences to our users. The future of privacy and Web3 innovation is here—and it’s powered by Synk and Secret Network.show more

TL;DR - Privacy on public blockchains has historically been... fragmented and episodic. Umbra introduces persistent, expressive privacy by default. - Umbra is a private financial layer on Solana, enabling private transfers, swaps, balances, and yield within a continuous shielded environment. - Umbra combines client-side zero-knowledge proofs for anonymity with MPC for confidentiality - MPC enables confidential balances via Encrypted Token Accounts (ETAs), hiding balances and transfer amounts - Privacy strength depends not only on cryptography, but on anonymity set size and user behavior. - Umbra treats anonymity sets as a first-class metric and designs the product to minimize behavioral privacy failures. - A multi-purpose shielded pool allows funds to remain private across transfers, swaps, and yield, compounding privacy over time. - The Umbra SDK allows wallets and applications to integrate private transfers, swaps, and balances, feeding activity into a shared shielded pool. - Swaps execute via public liquidity venues while identity, balances, and intent remain unlinkable. - Users can earn yield on shielded assets, incentivizing longer time in the private environment. - Umbra mitigates exit-related privacy risks through product design, including anonymity indicators, configurable unshielding delays, and confidential balances. - UTXO-based shielded systems suffer from performance decay as balances fragment into many notes over time, increasing scan and aggregation costs. - Umbra eliminates this bottleneck by consolidating balances into Encrypted Token Accounts (ETAs), using UTXOs only at the anonymity boundary. The result is encrypted balances with stable, high-performance transfers even as activity scales. - Compliance is addressed through proactive screening against risk databases and opt-in selective disclosure via read-only viewing keys. - Umbra was launched via MetaDAO as an ownership coin, with governance and economic policy determined by token holders through futarchy. - Umbra is not a mixer or a single feature, but a sovereign privacy domain with its own private state and internal economy. - Umbra is Hopecore for Privacy. Thank you all for reading!show more

What is Midnight? Midnight (Midnight) officially launched its mainnet... in March 2026 after years of development by Input Output. Midnight is designed to bring programmable privacy and zero-knowledge technology to the Cardano (Cardano) ecosystem. Unlike Cardano, Midnight runs its own ledger, consensus mechanism and smart contract environment. (1) Midnight uses zero-knowledge proofs to let applications verify information without exposing the underlying private data. (2) It introduces programmable privacy, allowing developers to decide which information stays private and which data becomes publicly verifiable. (3) Midnight also separates its capital asset from transaction costs. NIGHT is a utility token that generates DUST, the shielded resource actually spent on transactions. Governance is a planned future role for NIGHT, not its defined one today. (4) NIGHT is connected to Cardano through its partner-chain model, with the token existing across both Cardano and Midnight. So is Midnight a rival to ADA? Not really. Midnight is designed as a complementary network that expands what the Cardano ecosystem can offer. Cardano remains focused on its core blockchain, while Midnight targets privacy-heavy use cases such as regulated DeFi, identity and institutional applications. The bigger question is whether Midnight can turn Cardano’s privacy ambitions into real-world adoption. Midnight describes itself as a Cardano partner chain, not a Layer 2 or replacement for Cardano. Its transactions operate independently, while interoperability connects the two ecosystems. DUST regenerates roughly every seven days based on how much NIGHT a holder has, which keeps transaction costs predictable over time.show more

Introducing USTX. The native stablecoin of the tx ecosystem... will launch in October. USTX is issued on tx chain and built for what comes next: tokenized stocks, ETFs, and other real-world assets, providing stable liquidity on their native chain. Why a natively issued stablecoin? Tokenized markets are only as strong as the liquidity behind them. Today much of that liquidity sits in USDC, spread across many networks. USTX concentrates it into one native balance on tx, acting as a settlement layer for assets issued there. In traditional markets, trading and settlement are separate processes. On-chain, the asset and the payment can move together, and a native stablecoin allows that process to scale efficiently. USTX is one of the final additions before the tx marketplace goes live: a simple way to bring dollars onto tx and use them across the assets issued there. For issuers and traders, that means deeper liquidity in one place. For the ecosystem, it means the foundation is set for those assets to arrive. Fully backed 1:1 and issued by brale in partnership with tx.show more

Confidential, compliant finance is now native to XRPL. Public... blockchains have always had one problem: all transaction data is visible. Boundless is launching the first ZK verifier on XRPL with XRPL Commons, making them the first public blockchain with programmable privacy.show more

Let’s dive into how the Confidential Layer Bridge launch... will unfold - and why the phased approach benefits you as a user. Stage 1 - EVM + BTC Bridging Initially, you will be able to bridge between EVMs, Bitcoin, and the Zano privacy blockchain. This major milestone enables you to upgrade your crypto to unlock DeFi opportunities and privacy enhancements. Stage 2 - Cross-Chain Swaps of Native Assets Thanks to the development of our own Transaction Bundler, you will be able to pick a native asset on the source chain and receive a different native asset on the destination chain - all in a seamless, user-friendly way. Stage 3 - Ecosystem Token Bridging The addition of $CLONE to the bridge will mark the official start of DEX trading. At this stage, $CLONE will become omni-chain, allowing you to choose where you want to trade it. Stage 4 - Addition of New Blockhains We’re not stopping there. With the foundation set, we’ll continue integrating more and more blockchains - opening new possibilities for you. The next major additions will be TON 💎 and Solana, both scheduled for Q3 2025. This step-by-step rollout keeps the bridge stable, liquid, and constantly expanding. Stay tuned for the first stage - and every new chain that follows. You can learn more about the Confidential Layer Bridge launch in this Discord announcement:show more

🚨LATEST: AVALANCHE LANDS BROADRIDGE DEAL AS $8T GIANT MOVES... SHAREHOLDER VOTES ON-CHAIN Broadridge Financial Solutions, one of Wall Street's most powerful technology firms, has chosen Avalanche (Avalanche🔺) to host its new on-chain proxy voting infrastructure. The platform, which already handles $8 trillion in tokenized assets monthly, will now allow broker-dealers, wealth managers, and retail investors to vote on corporate matters directly on a public blockchain. Galaxy will be the first U.S. public company to put its shareholder vote on-chain, starting with its May annual meeting. Broadridge says the move is designed to support the large-scale adoption of digital assets as tokenization sweeps across global finance. The announcement marks one of the most significant real-world institutional deployments on Avalanche to date.show more

Don’t get lost in the cables, get powered by... the Pyth Network 🔮 🔮 Today, Pyth is proud to welcome Cables Finance as a new data publisher to the network Learn more about this partnership below: ℹ️ About Cables Finance Cables is building a unified DeFi and Cefi liquidity layer, aiming to bring FX on-chain. Cables has built a suite of products on the Avalanche and Stellar blockchains, supporting both DeFi and CeFi users through a multi-chain DEX and stablecoin bridge. Cables is revolutionizing the aging, monopolized foreign exchange (FX) industry and strengthening the young cryptocurrency industry by bringing blockchain rails to the FX markets, as well as bringing FX liquidity and trading products to the stablecoin market. By bridging established centralized technology with the transparency and efficiency of decentralized technologies, Cables is creating a blended, balanced, and trusted ecosystem for finance to be executed on-chain. 🗣️ Quotes “We are thrilled to continue our mission of bringing reliable FX on-chain by providing Pyth with accurate TradFi data,” said Benjamin Goldberg, Product Lead at Cables Finance. “Through this partnership, real-time FX data can be available directly on the blockchain for a global development network.”show more

What is Quant Network's Overledger? Overledger is Quant’s (Quant)... interoperability platform, designed to connect different blockchains and traditional systems through a common API layer. It tries to make different blockchain networks communicate without forcing developers to build separate integrations for every chain. (1) Overledger acts as a universal API gateway. Developers can use standardized APIs to interact with supported blockchains instead of learning and maintaining separate infrastructure for each network. (2) It works as a translation layer between different blockchain environments. Quant describes Overledger as a “universal translator,” allowing applications to communicate across different DLT architectures through a common interface. (3) This is where Overledger differs from the typical bridge model. Instead of every application relying on a separate bridge between two chains, Overledger provides a common interoperability layer that can connect multiple networks. That can reduce the need for point-to-point integrations, which become increasingly complex as more blockchains enter the ecosystem. (4) Overledger can also power multi-chain applications. Quant calls these mApps, applications designed to operate across multiple distributed ledgers rather than being locked to one blockchain. The platform can also handle transaction signing, asset transfers, and other blockchain interactions through its APIs. (5) But Overledger does not completely eliminate bridges. Quant also provides its own bridge infrastructure for transferring assets between networks, using standardized APIs and smart contracts. Since June 2026, this has also expanded into Quant Fusion, a multi-ledger rollup connecting dozens of blockchains. The bigger idea is that the applications can have interoperability via an infrastructure layer as opposed to establishing the connections all over again.show more

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