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The cryptocurrency industry is entering its third and most critical phase: the Global Privacy Era, according to Balaji Srinivasan, the former CTO of Coinbase. He recently argued that the next decade of Web3 will be defined not by scalability or speed, but by protecting user data and financial sovereignty through robust encryption.

We couldn’t agree more with this visionary assessment. The shift from public, transparent ledgers to confidential, programmable computation is not merely an upgrade; it is the prerequisite for the multi-trillion market opportunity Balaji predicts, enabling everything from compliant tokenization of real-world assets to the formation of sovereign ‘Network States’, outlined in his influential book The Network State.

Yet, while we share the destination, we see a different pathway to get there. Balaji champions Zero-Knowledge (ZK) proofs as the foundational technology for this new era, predicting the rise of “ZK-everything,” including ZKYC and ZK DEX. While ZK is a powerful cryptographic tool, particularly for single-prover privacy, we believe a different technology is needed to be able to handle composable, multi-party, and real-time Web3: Garbled Circuits (GC).

The Millionaire’s Problem and the Need for Multi-Party Privacy

The core challenge of the Global Privacy Era is not just proving a single fact privately, but enabling multiple parties to compute a result together without revealing their individual inputs. This is the essence of Yao’s Millionaires’ Problem, the decades-old challenge that laid the foundation for Secure Multi-Party Computation (MPC).

ZK-proofs excel at verifying the integrity of a computation, but they can face significant challenges when applied to complex, multi-party scenarios, often requiring intricate setup and high computational overhead for generic functions. This is where Garbled Circuits offer a superior, more pragmatic solution. GC is inherently designed for MPC, transforming a computation into an encrypted logic circuit that parties can cooperatively evaluate without exposing sensitive data.

The distinction is critical for the real-world applications that will define the next decade:

COTI compared to ZK Proof COTI: The Programmable Privacy Layer for a Composable Web3

COTI’s implementation of optimized Garbled Circuits is the first-ever on a blockchain, achieving a performance profile that eliminates the historical trade-off between security and speed. This breakthrough is what makes Balaji’s vision of a private, composable Web3 technically feasible at scale.

As a privacy-first Ethereum Layer 2, COTI’s ‘GC Layer’ allows developers to build privacy-preserving applications, adding confidentiality parameters directly to smart contracts. This approach addresses a critical gap in the Web3 ecosystem: enabling compliant, enterprise-grade privacy that combines transparency with confidentiality, rather than just anonymity.

For the tokenization of real-world assets, COTI supports confidential pricing and transaction details while maintaining regulatory compliance. For decentralized identity, it allows selective disclosure and privacy-preserving verification. And for the “Network States” that require a high level of informational privacy and secure governance, Garbled Circuits provide the lightweight, high-performance foundation needed for real-time, multi-party operations.

The Future is Private, Programmable, and Practical

Balaji Srinivasan is correct: the Global Privacy Era is upon us. Privacy is no longer an optional feature but the essential infrastructure of the future internet. However, the future of Web3 demands a privacy solution that is not only cryptographically sound but also fast, flexible, and inherently designed for multi-party collaboration.

While ZK-proofs have their place, Garbled Circuits, as pioneered by COTI, offer the most practical and scalable path forward. By providing a programmable privacy layer that is orders of magnitude faster and lighter, COTI is building the foundation that will empower builders, communities, and founders to realize the full potential of the decentralized, private, and composable internet of the future.

Summary

Balaji Srinivasan identifies the Global Privacy Era as the next phase of Web3 and points to Zero-Knowledge (ZK) proofs as the path forward. However, we argue that ZK is insufficient for the task and discuss why Garbled Circuits (GC) are a superior infrastructure that are inherently designed for Multi-Party Computation (MPC), offering performance up to 3000x faster than alternatives, forming a practical foundation for the composable, private internet Balaji envisions.

About COTI

COTI is the programmable privacy layer for Web3. Powered by high-performance Garbled Circuits, COTI brings fast, low cost, flexible, and compliant privacy to any blockchain. With privacy that’s programmable by design, COTI enables the next generation of DeFi, payments, identity, governance, and AI.

For COTI updates and to join the conversation, be sure to check out our channels:

Website: https://coti.io/

X: https://twitter.com/COTInetwork

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl-2YzhaPnouvBtotKuM4DA

Telegram: https://t.me/COTInetwork

Discord: https://discord.gg/9tq6CP6XrT

GitHub: https://github.com/coti-io

The crypto industry is entering a decisive transition. As technological innovation converges with global adoption, the discussion around privacy is rapidly evolving from a niche concern to a central pillar of the next era in blockchain. According to recent analyses from a16z, and The Block, privacy is emerging as the defining narrative shaping the future of digital assets.

From Feature to Foundation

Over the past decade, privacy has often been viewed as an optional or fringe component of blockchain design. However, as crypto matures from speculation-driven markets to real-world applications, confidentiality is no longer an add-on, it is a foundational requirement. Institutional participants, enterprises, and regulators now demand systems that can balance transparency with selective secrecy, ensuring both compliance and competitive advantage.

The blockchain privacy landscape has evolved through various technical approaches, from basic transactional privacy of zero-knowledge proofs to the harware assurances of Trusted Execution Environments and the programmable privacy of Garbled Circuits. Each has advanced the conversation around on-chain confidentiality. Yet the enterprise use cases emerging today demand a unique combination: privacy that is compliant, not just anonymous; performant enough for real-time transactions; and accessible to existing developer ecosystems.

The Market Shift in Motion

The momentum toward more privacy-conscious architecture is unmistakable. Venture capital conversations are pivoting; investors increasingly view privacy as the next moat in crypto infrastructure. This shift mirrors broader trends in data ownership and digital sovereignty. As privacy-preserving technologies gain traction across finance, healthcare, identity, and supply chain applications, builders and investors alike are aligning with this inevitable evolution.

2026 is positioned as the pivotal year in which privacy transitions from a speculative theme to the core value proposition driving the next major capital cycle.

COTI’s Garbled Circuits Approach: Built for This Moment

COTI’s mainnet launch has arrived precisely as the market’s appetite for confidentiality is accelerating. As Ethereum’s privacy-first Layer 2, COTI brings a fundamentally different technical approach to the privacy challenge: Garbled Circuits. COTI’s GC Layer uses this long-standing cryptographic protocol on the blockchain for the first time to deliver computation that is 3000x faster than its closes alternative, fully homomorphic encryption, and 250x lighter.

Crucially, COTI’s approach emphasizes compliant privacy: the ability to provide transparency where required and confidentiality where needed. This positions the network for the enterprise-grade applications that institutional adoption demands, trade finance, real-world asset tokenization, healthcare data management, and identity systems where selective disclosure is not optional but essential.

Aligning with the Next Frontier

COTI’s positioning aligns it with the most influential voices and macro trends defining the future of crypto. As the industry crosses the privacy inflection point, those prepared with mature, high-performance solutions will define the competitive landscape for years to come. The convergence of infrastructure readiness, market demand, and policy recognition creates a rare window of opportunity.

With partnerships like Soda Labs advancing Garbled Circuits deployment and a growing community of builders, COTI provides the infrastructure for privacy-first applications that can run on any device. Secured by Ethereum’s infrastructure while offering the multi-party computation capabilities that enterprise use cases require, COTI represents a complementary evolution in the broader privacy ecosystem.

As crypto matures beyond speculation into a global financial substrate, the winners of the next cycle will be those who have already built for privacy-first utility. With the global investment community pivoting towards privacy-enabled networks, the inflection point is here, and COTI’s breakthrough implementation of Garbled Circuits on Ethereum offers the performance, compliance, and developer accessibility that this moment demands.

Summary

COTI is building the programmable privacy infrastructure that Web3 has been waiting for. Through Garbled Circuits technology, COTI enables fast, secure, and compliant privacy at scale — empowering builders, users, and institutions to create the next generation of decentralized finance, identity, and AI.

About COTI

COTI is the programmable privacy layer for Web3. Powered by high-performance Garbled Circuits, COTI brings fast, low cost, flexible, and compliant privacy to any blockchain. With privacy that’s programmable by design, COTI enables the next generation of DeFi, payments, identity, governance, and AI.

For COTI updates and to join the conversation, be sure to check out our channels:

Website: https://coti.io/

X: https://twitter.com/COTInetwork

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl-2YzhaPnouvBtotKuM4DA

Telegram: https://t.me/COTInetwork

Discord: https://discord.gg/9tq6CP6XrT

GitHub: https://github.com/coti-io

Institutions are finally ready to bring their operations on-chain. Yet, as they enter this new paradigm, large financial entities, banks, hedge funds, and enterprises, will not be driven by hype or ideology. They have a strict, methodical checklist of requirements that must be met before deploying mission-critical systems to blockchain infrastructure.

Institutional actors demand privacy and compliance in equal measure. They cannot compromise on confidentiality for competitive reasons, nor can they disregard regulatory standards. The question becomes: which blockchain technology can deliver both the control they need and the cryptographic integrity that decentralized systems promise?

Understanding Privacy at Two Levels

The distinction between ‘account-level’ and ‘system-level’ privacy, articulated by the ZKsync founder, helps clarify what real institutional privacy entails. Account-level privacy focuses on concealing the details of individual transactions, while system-level privacy ensures that the network as a whole maintains segregation between private and public information flows, without leaking sensitive data.

The blockchain privacy landscape has evolved significantly, from basic transactional privacy offered by early zero-knowledge proofs to programmable privacy that can be tailored at the smart contract level. For institutions, achieving system-level privacy means reconciling internal governance controls and external auditability within a unified framework, one that preserves confidentiality but also meets the transparency demands of regulators and shareholders.

The Institutional Privacy Checklist

Before adopting any blockchain-based solution, financial institutions evaluate privacy technology against a consistent set of technical and operational criteria:

Confidentiality of transactions: ensuring that asset flows and counterparties remain undisclosed.

Protection of trading strategies: safeguarding market-sensitive information from public exposure.

Auditable compliance: allowing verifiers or auditors controlled visibility without breaching full privacy.

Granular access controls: providing permissioned visibility and enforceable policies for data access.

High performance and scalability: ensuring low latency, predictable throughput, and interoperability with existing infrastructure.

A privacy network that fails any one of these requirements will struggle to gain traction among institutional actors. The intersection of privacy, compliance, and performance is non-negotiable.

How COTI’s Garbled Circuits Architecture Meets the Institutional Standard

COTI’s privacy-first Ethereum Layer 2, powered by Garbled Circuits technology, directly addresses the most stringent institutional requirements. COTI’s architecture integrates advanced cryptography and compliance mechanisms from the ground up, with. no trade-offs between performance and privacy, COTI can deliver 3000x faster computation than its nearest alternative, Fully Homomorphic Encryption, while maintaining EVM compatibility.

COTI’s implementation of Garbled Circuits ensures that private computations can be performed without revealing underlying data through secure multi-party computation (MPC). This maintains full confidentiality of operations even when executed across shared infrastructure, addressing both account-level and system-level privacy requirements.

Its Ethereum Layer 2 architecture delivers the scalability institutions expect, enabling high throughput with deterministic finality secured by Ethereum’s infrastructure, crucial for real-time finance and settlement processes.

Built-in compliance features provide selective transparency, empowering institutions to demonstrate regulatory alignment through auditable proofs while preserving data privacy. This represents compliant privacy, transparency and confidentiality together, not just anonymity.

Fine-grained access control mechanisms through its GC Layer allow organizations to structure permission models consistent with internal governance, isolating sensitive departments or counterparties as needed while developers continue coding in familiar Solidity.

Together, these design elements provide an environment that matches institutional-grade requirements across privacy, control, and compliance dimensions. The breakthrough lies in COTI’s ability to run on any device due to its lightweight design, removing infrastructure barriers that have prevented enterprise adoption of other privacy solutions.

Why COTI is Purpose-Built for Institutional Finance

While various privacy technologies have advanced the ecosystem, each with legitimate innovations addressing specific use cases, COTI approaches the problem through an enterprise lens from its foundation. Its technology stack demonstrates a mature understanding of how financial entities operate: where confidentiality is strategic, control is mandated, and transparency must be configurable rather than absolute.

COTI achieves a balance few systems have managed that unlocks real-world applications in trade finance, healthcare, identity management, and supply chain, sectors where privacy and compliance are equally non-negotiable.

Institutions seeking to deploy secure, compliant, and high-performance on-chain operations will find in COTI a purpose-built platform that speaks their language, offering privacy by design, confidence by architecture, and performance that meets the demands of enterprise-grade finance.

Summary

COTI is pioneering the programmable privacy layer for Web3 — an infrastructure that allows builders, communities, and founders to create with trust and compliance built in. From Garbled Circuits technology to community movement, COTI merges privacy, speed, and scalability to unlock new possibilities across DeFi, payments, and beyond.

About COTI

COTI is the programmable privacy layer for Web3. Powered by high-performance Garbled Circuits, COTI brings fast, low cost, flexible, and compliant privacy to any blockchain. With privacy that’s programmable by design, COTI enables the next generation of DeFi, payments, identity, governance, and AI.

For COTI updates and to join the conversation, be sure to check out our channels:

Website: https://coti.io/

X: https://twitter.com/COTInetwork

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl-2YzhaPnouvBtotKuM4DA

Telegram: https://t.me/COTInetwork

Discord: https://discord.gg/9tq6CP6XrT

GitHub: https://github.com/coti-io

Despite years of innovation, Web3 has struggled to attract and retain users at the scale of traditional Web2 platforms. While the open and transparent nature of blockchain was initially a USP for new, trustless systems, it is fast becoming a blocker for the industry. The transparency of blockchain creates a user experience that feels unnatural, exposed, and unsafe for everyday interactions.

The key to mass adoption is making Web3 feel as private and intuitive as Web2.

Why Privacy Matters for Mainstream Adoption

The public nature of most blockchains means that every user action, transactions, data updates, identity credentials, is recorded on an open ledger. For developers, this transparency makes it difficult to design applications that mirror the privacy expectations users have grown accustomed to. Imagine a social platform where every message or interaction is visible to anyone; it’s no surprise users hesitate to engage with such systems.

Privacy-preserving technologies allow users to interact on the blockchain without revealing sensitive data, creating the foundation for adoption by everyday audiences. With this approach, users can enjoy the security and decentralization of blockchain while maintaining the confidentiality necessary for normal digital life.

How Confidentiality Powers Familiar Web2 Experiences

The blockchain privacy space has evolved significantly, with several networks and frameworks pioneering privacy layers that make it possible for decentralized applications (dApps) to replicate well-known Web2 experiences while still running on Web3 infrastructure. Solutions like COTI Network have contributed to this ecosystem evolution, demonstrating important use cases for on-chain confidentiality. These technologies support:

Private messaging systems that preserve end-to-end confidentiality even on decentralized platforms.

Identity management tools that verify user authenticity without exposing private information on-chain.

PayFi that uses programmable privacy to unlock everyday payments on-chain, without exposing users, balances, or counterparties.

These use cases represent a major step toward normalizing Web3 applications for non-technical users by building familiar interfaces with robust privacy foundations.

COTI’s Garbled Circuits: A Performance Breakthrough for Privacy-First dApps

While various cryptographic approaches have advanced the privacy landscape, from zero-knowledge proofs to fully homomorphic encryption, COTI’s implementation of Garbled Circuits technology brings a unique performance profile to Ethereum Layer 2. As the first to implement Garbled Circuits on-chain, COTI delivers computation speeds up to 3000x faster than FHE and a footprint 250x lighter than alternatives, while maintaining full EVM compatibility through its GC Layer.

This combination enables developers to build privacy-preserving applications that remove the traditional trade-offs between confidentiality and performance. For developers accustomed to the Ethereum ecosystem, COTI’s approach means they can integrate enterprise-grade privacy features without learning new languages or sacrificing the lightweight, fast execution that real-world applications demand.

The result is a more natural experience for the next wave of users who want security and transparency, but not exposure. This shift opens the door for industries like Payments, Real World Assets, ID managment and more, to migrate to Web3 without compromising usability or trust.

Towards the Next Billion Users

COTI’s privacy-first vision, built on the principle of compliant privacy that balances transparency with confidentiality, aligns perfectly with the ultimate goal of Web3: mass adoption. By eliminating the fear of public exposure and aligning user expectations with the privacy standards of Web2, COTI and the broader ecosystem of privacy solutions are laying the groundwork for global engagement. Privacy is not a niche feature; it’s the missing link between innovation and inclusion.

As privacy technologies mature and different approaches serve complementary use cases, the Web3 experience will evolve from experimental to essential. The next billion users will not need to understand cryptography or blockchain mechanics. they will simply use applications that feel familiar, safe, and empowering. And behind that smooth exterior will be privacy-preserving infrastructure, secured by Ethereum and optimized for real-world adoption, making it all possible.

Summary

COTI is redefining the role of privacy in Web3, transforming it from an obstacle into an enabler. Through programmable privacy powered by Garbled Circuits, COTI delivers fast, flexible, and compliant tools for builders, users, and communities, enabling trust, scalability, and innovation across the decentralized ecosystem.

About COTI

COTI is the programmable privacy layer for Web3. Powered by high-performance Garbled Circuits, COTI brings fast, low cost, flexible, and compliant privacy to any blockchain. With privacy that’s programmable by design, COTI enables the next generation of DeFi, payments, identity, governance, and AI.

For COTI updates and to join the conversation, be sure to check out our channels:

Website: https://coti.io/

COTI Earn: https://earn.coti.io/earn

X: https://twitter.com/COTInetwork

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl-2YzhaPnouvBtotKuM4DA

Telegram: https://t.me/COTInetwork

Discord: https://discord.gg/9tq6CP6XrT

GitHub: https://github.com/coti-io

Privacy isn’t just a feature; it’s the foundation for a new generation of blockchain-driven business models. With COTI’s privacy-first Layer 2 on Ethereum, confidentiality becomes programmable, enabling creators, businesses, and communities to reimagine how value is generated and exchanged in digital ecosystems.

Privacy as a Platform for Economic Innovation

When privacy is embedded at the protocol level it becomes more than a protective measure, it can become a catalyst for innovation. Builders can design systems that use privacy as a competitive edge, and to manage and analyze sensitive information without revealing it, unlocking markets that were previously inaccessible due to data exposure concerns.

COTI’s approach to multi-party computation enables this without compromising on performance, delivering computation up to 3000x faster than Fully Homomorphic Encryption while remaining 250x lighter than alternative privacy solutions.

Emerging Business Models Enabled by Confidentiality

Private Data Marketplaces: Environments where encrypted datasets can be pooled, exchanged or licensed under compliant privacy rules. This can be used to further research or application development in healthcare, finance, and supply chain management.

Information Brokerage: Platforms where data owners can allow analysis or utilization of their data without sharing the raw information itself, enabled by COTI’s multi-party computation capabilities. For example, COTI’s new partner AdPriva.

Confidential Subscription Services: Businesses offering bespoke content or analytics while preserving the privacy of both providers and subscribers, all while maintaining EVM compatibility for seamless developer integration.

Each of these models can leverage COTI’s performant privacy layer ‘GC layer’ to achieve transparent operations without sacrificing confidentiality, something unattainable in most public blockchains today. By combining Ethereum’s security infrastructure with Garbled Circuits’ lightweight performance, COTI enables enterprise-grade privacy that can run on any device.

Privacy, Tokenomics, and Market Efficiency

Programmable privacy can be used to change tokenomics by creating new incentive structures around information flow. For example, participants can be rewarded for contributing data insights rather than raw data, promoting sustainable data economies. Confidentiality also limits the opportunities for front-running or information-based manipulation, reducing MEV and improving fairness across decentralized markets.

Building the Future on COTI

COTI offers builders a canvas for innovation where privacy and transparency coexist in harmony. Entrepreneurs can now design systems that align ethical data practices with economic growth, creating products and services that would be impossible on traditional blockchains and without requiring specialized cryptographic expertise.

How? With AI-led development. COTI’s new builders initiative, Stay COTI, is designed to help developers turn privacy-native ideas into real, working applications. Through hands-on sessions, tooling, and demos Stay COTI lowers the barrier to building on COTI. It gives builders a practical path from experimentation to deployment, supporting the next generation of businesses and protocols built on confidential computation.

COTI is more than a privacy layer; it’s the foundation for a new generation of private, programmable economies. The next wave of blockchain innovation belongs to those who see confidentiality not as a constraint, but as the ultimate opportunity, and COTI provides the fastest, lightest infrastructure to make that vision reality.

Summary

COTI is redefining how privacy works in Web3. From leadership vision to technical innovation, its programmable privacy layer bridges the gap between transparency, compliance, and freedom. For builders, it offers composable privacy tools; for users, greater control. It’s not just about hiding data — it’s about transforming trust itself.

About COTI

COTI is the programmable privacy layer for Web3. Powered by high-performance Garbled Circuits, COTI brings fast, low cost, flexible, and compliant privacy to any blockchain. With privacy that’s programmable by design, COTI enables the next generation of DeFi, payments, identity, governance, and AI.

For COTI updates and to join the conversation, be sure to check out our channels:

Website: https://coti.io/

COTI Earn: https://earn.coti.io/earn

X: https://twitter.com/COTInetwork

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl-2YzhaPnouvBtotKuM4DA

Telegram: https://t.me/COTInetwork

Discord: https://discord.gg/9tq6CP6XrT

GitHub: https://github.com/coti-io

Stablecoins have revolutionized digital payments by offering fiat-pegged stability in a blockchain-native format. Yet, despite their rapid growth, now accounting for about 30% of all crypto transaction volume, nearly every stablecoin transaction today is fully visible on public ledgers. This radical transparency limits their potential for real-world commerce, enterprise applications, and even personal use.

The Privacy Problem in Digital Money

Public stablecoins expose every transaction detail, from counterparties to payment sizes, to anyone analyzing the blockchain. This lack of confidentiality poses major risks:

Businesses risk revealing supplier contracts and transaction volumes.

Consumers lose basic financial privacy with every purchase.

Employers cannot securely pay salaries without broadcasting payroll data.

Just as physical cash offers both trust and privacy, digital currencies must evolve to include confidentiality as a core design principle. Without it, stablecoins will struggle to meet the privacy standards users expect.

What Does It Take to Build a Private, Compliant Digital Dollar?

A truly private, scalable, and compliant stablecoin system must balance privacy with performance and regulation. The goal is to ensure transactions remain confidential from the public while giving compliance regulators the ability to audit when necessary, a concept known as “compliant privacy.”

Key requirements include:

End-to-end encryption of transaction data.

Optional disclosure mechanisms for compliance and auditing.

High throughput and low transaction costs suitable for everyday use.

Multi-party computation capabilities that protect data across participants.

What Privacy Technologies are Suitable for Digital Currencies?

The blockchain privacy landscape includes various cryptographic approaches to deliver privacy on public ledgers. Each addresses specific use cases with different trade-offs in speed, complexity, and cost:

Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs) have enabled important privacy features in blockchain with mathematical proofs, though they can be computationally expensive for high-frequency payment applications.

Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) has opened new possibilities for computation on encrypted data, though current implementations are resource-intensive and not yet optimized for real-time payments.

Garbled Circuits (GC) offers a different performance profile with fast, cost-effective confidentiality and deterministic performance, making it particularly well-suited for payment applications requiring both speed and privacy.

While each technology has advantages, Garbled Circuits stand out for confidential payments (PayFi) due to its unique combination of efficiency and multi-party computation capabilities.

GC enables encrypted transaction processing without revealing sensitive data, up to 3000x faster than FHE and 250x lighter in computational requirements, a crucial advantage for confidential stablecoins operating at scale. As systems scale up, GC workloads remain stable, unlike other solutions that need increasing compute power.

COTI: The Ethereum Layer 2 for Confidential Stablecoins

COTI Network provides purpose-built infrastructure for confidential stablecoins based on Garbled Circuits. As an Ethereum Layer 2 secured by Ethereum’s infrastructure, COTI’s ‘GC Layer’ is able to deliver scalable private transaction processing with compliance-ready transparency.

COTI enables developers to build PayFi applications using familiar Solidity code, simply adding privacy parameters to smart contracts.

Optimized for high-frequency, low-cost payments with lightweight computation that runs on any device.

Fully EVM-compatible, allowing easy integration for existing Ethereum developers.

Designed for interoperability with stablecoins across the ecosystem.

Built with compliant privacy as a core principle, offering both confidentiality and transparency, not just anonymity.

COTI’s enterprise-grade focus makes it particularly suited for real-world use cases in trade finance, identity management, and regulated financial applications where privacy, performance, and compliance must coexist.

The future of money will not just be digital, it will be private, scalable, and built on infrastructure like COTI that unites cryptographic innovation with enterprise requirements. As the ecosystem matures, privacy-preserving payment layers will become essential infrastructure for the next generation of digital currencies.

About COTI

COTI is the programmable privacy layer for Web3. Powered by high-performance Garbled Circuits, COTI brings fast, low cost, flexible, and compliant privacy to any blockchain. With privacy that’s programmable by design, COTI enables the next generation of DeFi, payments, identity, governance, and AI.

For COTI updates and to join the conversation, be sure to check out our channels:

Website: https://coti.io/

COTI Earn: https://earn.coti.io/earn

X: https://twitter.com/COTInetwork

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl-2YzhaPnouvBtotKuM4DA

Telegram: https://t.me/COTInetwork

Discord: https://discord.gg/9tq6CP6XrT

GitHub: https://github.com/coti-io

2025 TL;DR Recap

Web3 Privacy became the defining trend of 2025.

COTI delivered on its biggest milestone: V2 mainnet + Garbled Circuits went live, real infrastructure powering real use cases.

Institutional momentum accelerated: Active collaborations with banks, enterprises, governments, and global forums.

Ecosystem growth surged: 80+ new projects and major partnerships, including rapidly rising DeFi growth and network activity.

Liquidity and usage hit all-time highs: $250M+ in daily perps volume and privacy apps live in production.

2026 Highlights on What’s Next

Privacy-on-Demand goes multichain, including major partnerships.

Leader in Private DeFi measured by the highest volume.

Integrate with Real-World Assets (RWA) infrastructure to launch the world’s 1st private RWA and unlock the $30T+ RWA market.

Node V2 ecosystem launch, scaling to thousands of community-run nodes

New and improved Treasury, powered by node operators and community governance.

Lead with Performance: Show how COTI is the fastest, lightest privacy stack with the widest and best features for developers and projects.

Make it easy and rewarding to build and participate in the COTI community.

Give anyone the power to vibe code, create and build on COTI using the latest AI tools!

Introduction

In 2026, we’re on a mission to take privacy mainstream. While others are still building and launching privacy tech, COTI is already live in the market, and ready to scale.

In 2025, privacy emerged as the defining trend for the future of digital assets as one truth became clear: privacy is non-negotiable.

Privacy is Non-negotiable for institutions, enterprises, and real-world assets to move on-chain. Privacy is also becoming non-negotiable for citizens, payments, voting, and protecting our data and private lives, as the real-world and digital world merge due to the rise of AI.

Vitalik Buterin  (Source)

Now, the conditions are aligned:

Institutional demand for confidentiality is accelerating

Regulatory frameworks are taking shape globally

And COTI’s privacy stack is live, scalable, and growing

Privacy is no longer a feature, it’s critical infrastructure for the next era of Web3 growth. 2025 was the year we launched its foundation, and 2026 is the year we scale it globally.

Let’s look at the milestones that brought us here, and how we plan to accomplish our mission for the year ahead.

COTI in 2025: Powering Privacy

In 2025, while the privacy trend took off, COTI was first to market. Today, COTI is fully operational, and powering privacy for DEXs, dApps, and real-word use cases. Here’s a recap:

COTI V2 Launched on Mainnet and Scaled

COTI’s advanced privacy Layer 2 launched on mainnet in March, introducing the first on-chain implementation of Garbled Circuits, and built out its infrastructure:

Hyperlane bridge live for USDC, wBTC, and wETH

First DEX and DeFi applications deployed on the network

New Binance listing pair, further expanding global liquidity and access

Network activity and transactions surged on-chain

New COTI Earn loyalty platform surpassed 100,000 users

Private transactions launched on MetaMask , bringing privacy to a major wallet provider

COTI Gained Major Institutional Credibility.

Throughout 2025, COTI built direct relationships with central banks and major financial institutions, expanding our presence globally.

Membership in the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), Tokenized Asset Coalition (TAC), Africa Tokenization Council, and DeCC Alliance

Participation in high-profile government and international forums including the Bank of Israel and European Central Bank.

The launch of The Table, a COTI-sponsored global series convening leaders across major capital cities including, New York, Dubai, Singapore, Bangkok, and Tokyo

80+ Partnerships and Ecosystem Projects

Top companies like MEW, Plume, Bancor, Band, ChainGPT and Crossmint joined the ecosystem, spanning wallets, tokenization, oracles, and no-code development, showcasing broad and diverse adoption. We also issued 16 grants for new privacy projects to build on COTI.

From Launch to Adoption

Liquidity surged to $250M in daily perps volume on PriveX.

Privacy apps went live, including StaTwig, Syncra, and others, marking the shift from infrastructure to production use.

Privacy as Infrastructure gained traction, with COTI launching its manifesto, being featured in Messari’s Web3 Privacy research report, and joining the DeCC Alliance.

Builder and creator growth kicked off, with Vibe Coding, the Stay COTI initiative, and sponsorship of Yaru’s first creator-led course.

COTI’s 2026 Goals

Now that we’ve proved privacy is the future, 2026 is about scaling it into that future. So what’s next for COTI?

1. Privacy-on-Demand Across Blockchains, including Major Partnerships

In 2026, we’re on a mission to bring COTI’s V2 Garbled Circuits privacy stack to leading blockchains across the ecosystem. Including 3-major partnerships with leading chains.

Our goal is to make COTI the universal privacy layer, interoperable, composable, and chain-agnostic, opening access to developers across all of Web3. We’ll measure this by the amount of cross-chain integrations, users transacting on the network and apps built with our privacy stack.

Through Privacy-on-Demand, we plan to scale COTI to other leading blockchains, serving as a Private Backend service to enable privacy and confidentiality into any app or blockchain.

Why this matters: By scaling our privacy stack and token across multiple blockchains, it gives us leverage to create exponential growth of COTI’s chain, tech, and activity.

2. Leader in Private-DeFi and DEX Volume

Perp DEX volume on COTI Network, 2025

In 2026 we aim to lead the blockchain ecosystem in terms of private-DeFi and DEX activity, measured by real on-chain volume.

To achieve this, we’ll leverage our partners VeilDex, Bancor, and PriveX. In 2025, PriveX, the perpetual DEX built on COTI, surpassed $250M in daily volume, and with the recent launch of AI agents, is set to continue to new ATHs in 2026.

COTI is providing the compliant-privacy layer needed for billions of capital to flow into DEXs and DeFi in 2026.

Why this matters: In 2026, COTI aims to be a top 3 chain in Private DeFI.

3. Integrate with RWA Infrastructure to Unlock the $30-Trillion Market

Total Global On-chain RWA Market Value

The Real-World Asset (RWA) market is projected to hit $30T by 2030, yet only $320-billion is currently on-chain. Institutions cannot, and will not, move this value on-chain using fully-transparent ledgers.

In 2026 COTI will partner and integrate privacy with a leading RWA infrastructure provider. By providing the regulated, private, and compliant needs for institutions, we intend to open the flood gate to this $30T RWA market.

Why this matters: Our goal is to launch the world’s first private RWA asset in Web3 on top of COTI.

4. Launch Node V2 Ecosystem for the Community

In 2026, we will launch our Nodes V2 Ecosystem, giving anyone the ability to easily deploy and run nodes on COTI. Enabling 1000s of community-run nodes to power private computation.

The new node system will:

Further decentralizes COTI’s privacy layer

Improves scalability and resilience

Reward the community for running a node

Why this matters: By giving anyone the power to easily launch a Node, we’ll scale the power of the network, while growing and rewarding the community.

5. Launch New and Improved Treasury, Powered by Node Operators

With Node V2 live, COTI will roll out a major upgrade to Treasury. Transitioning it toward a decentralized model operated by node operators and governed by the community.

This upgrade will:

Strengthen governance through gCOTI and voting

Improve stability, fix issues, and improve user experience

Align incentives between operators, builders, and holders

Why this matters: We’ll be rolling out a more stable, flexible and decentralized Treasury System, making it easier and more rewarding than ever to stake COTI. With the aim to break all-time % of COTI staked, reducing supply.

6. Performance Leader: The Fastest and Lightest Privacy Stack in Web3

COTI is the only live protocol today, actively powering privacy across multiple use cases. Our privacy stack is the most scalable, efficient and cost-effective across the industry, and the only scalable enough to serve the global demand for privacy for enterprises, institutions and developers.

COTI will continue to roll out upgrades, to remain the performance leader across all competitors and blockchains. Including the next step in our Helium upgrade in January, ensuring Garbled Circuits beats the competition in speed, efficiency, and capability. We’re committed to maintaining being the privacy tech leader with the best tech around, and will prove it in 2026.

Why this matters: COTI will continue to upgrade our technology and performance to stay the market leader in privacy, while future-proofing the network.

7. Leveling-Up the COTI Reward Ecosystem

In 2026, COTI is leveling-up the way we reward everyone in our community, from builders to token holders. COTI will ensure we take a balanced and sensible approach to rewards that increases the value of the network, honoring holders, while creating a vibrant reward ecosystem.

We’re also giving anyone the power to become a builder or node operator using easy-to-use AI tools. Get ready to vibe code and vibe node your way into rewards, with dedicated programs for builders creating apps on COTI.

COTI Earn directly link the Node V2, Treasury and gCOTI governance voting systems. We’ll also launch social reward missions, so you can earn $COTI for helping us grow the ecosystem.

Why this matters: Our goal is to make it easy and rewarding to build, contribute, and earn with COTI.

In Conclusion

COTI has laid the foundation to be the privacy leader. In 2026, we’ll expand COTI V2 across the ecosystem, including major blockchains, institutions and enterprises. Powering DeFi, RWAs, AI-native apps and more.

From driving billions in on-chain volume to bringing privacy RWAs on-chain, we will lead the privacy wave. With the power and support of our community, COTI is taking privacy mainstream 2026.

About COTI

COTI is the programmable privacy layer for Web3. Powered by high-performance Garbled Circuits, COTI brings fast, low-cost, flexible, and compliant privacy to any blockchain. With privacy that’s programmable by design, COTI enables the next generation of DeFi, payments, identity, governance, and AI.

For COTI updates and to join the conversation, be sure to check out our channels:

Website: https://coti.io/

COTI Earn: https://earn.coti.io/earn

X: https://twitter.com/COTInetwork

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl-2YzhaPnouvBtotKuM4DA

Telegram: https://t.me/COTInetwork

Discord: https://discord.gg/9tq6CP6XrT

GitHub: https://github.com/coti-io

Introduction

Privacy has emerged as the defining requirement for institutional adoption of tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). In 2025 it became clear: Institutions will not move trillions in bonds, real estate, private credit, and repos on-chain without end-to-end privacy & confidentiality.

“Privacy will be the most important moat in crypto” — a16z

In 2026, COTI will partner with a leading RWA infrastructure provider, to bring the first privacy real-world assets on-chain. Giving TradFi access to our GC-Layer, the fastest, lightest-weight and most cost-effective privacy chain for real-world assets. Why does this matter?

TradFi is signalling their interest in privacy, sending ripples through both Wall Street and Web3. Digital Asset, the force behind the Canton Network, secured a strategic investment from blue-chip names like BNY Mellon, iCapital, Nasdaq, and S&P Global. Demonstrating confidence in privacy-enabled blockchains as the backbone for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs).

But here’s the real story: This is a bullish signal that institutions need privacy to bring trillions in institutional capital on-chain. And for projects like COTI, it’s rocket fuel.

TradFi and RWAs: Privacy’s Magnetic Pull on Institutional Capital

Tokenized RWAs are projected to hit $500 billion in 2026, fuelled by BlackRock’s BUIDL fund, Franklin Templeton’s on-chain money markets, and more. Privacy enables RWAs to thrive in regulated sandboxes, attracting enterprise apps from a multitude of sectors.

Canton’s institutional backing reinforces the privacy imperative, while also revealing cracks of building a TradFi fortress. Canton’s privacy-enabled model proves configurable controls are essential for tokenized bonds, funds, and repos in regulated environments, but has its limitations.

Canton’s walled-garden TradFi focus validates the demand for COTI’s open privacy for RWAs and institutions who need high-performance, fully-programmable privacy. Privacy needs a full suite of customization for various compliance requirements and use cases.

COTI: Leading the Privacy Revolution for RWAs in 2026

As TradFi accelerates into privacy-enabled tokenization, COTI stands ready with production-proven technology. Our programmable privacy layer, powered by Garbled Circuits, the fastest, lowest-cost, EVM-compatible primitive, delivers:

⚡ Up to 3000x faster computation than Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE)

🪶 250x lighter in computational overhead

🔄 Fully EVM-compatible and programmable using familiar developer tools

🔐 Built-in selective disclosure for compliance, audits, and user-defined transparency

COTI is already live on mainnet with 80+ ecosystem projects. In 2026, we’re launching the first privacy RWAs through partnerships with leading infrastructure providers. COTI’s ‘GC-Layer’ is more than just a privacy tool; it’s the foundation for institutional speed and scale.

About COTI

COTI is the programmable privacy layer for Web3. Powered by high-performance Garbled Circuits, COTI brings fast, low-cost, flexible, and compliant privacy to any blockchain. With privacy that’s programmable by design, COTI enables the next generation of DeFi, payments, identity, governance, and AI.

For COTI updates and to join the conversation, be sure to check out our channels:

Website: https://coti.io/

COTI Earn: https://earn.coti.io/earn

X: https://twitter.com/COTInetwork

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl-2YzhaPnouvBtotKuM4DA

Telegram: https://t.me/COTInetwork

Discord: https://discord.gg/9tq6CP6XrT

GitHub: https://github.com/coti-io