Privacy is no longer a feature in crypto, it’s becoming the moat, and a major investment thesis according to a16z.
Our latest blog explores why 2026 is the inflection point where confidentiality moves from narrative to necessity, and how programmable, compliant privacy will define the next cycle.
If you’re thinking about where crypto infrastructure is heading, this one’s worth your time.
Read it here 👇
https://cotinetwork.medium.com/the-privacy-inflection-point-why-2026-is-the-year-confidentiality-becomes-cryptos-biggest-moat-7781e48bb1ba

gCOTI Token Update

We want to clarify that the current gCOTI circulating supply has not been changed and is fully aligned with the long-term vesting schedule.

We’re aware that, due to a technical reporting issue, this alignment was not properly reflected on CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko.

The team wants to assure you that there is no recent change to the tokenomics, vesting plan, or emission design.

We are already in contact with the relevant parties and actively working to have this corrected as soon as possible.

Thank you. StayCOTI.

Happy New Years 🎇
From the entire COTI Team

Thank you to our amazing community!
Here's to an unstoppable 2026 🎉

Balaji Srinivasan is right: the Global Privacy Era is here. But is he right about the tech? 🤔

Balaji bets on ZK Proofs but the speed and efficiency of Garbled Circuits is too great to ignore.

The future of Web3 demands fast, scalable Multi-Party Computation (MPC). COTI's GC Layer is inherently optimized for these needs.

Read our response and discover the fastest route to reach the Network State: https://cotinetwork.medium.com/balaji-srinivasan-is-right-the-global-privacy-era-is-here-but-is-he-right-about-the-tech-508ddd8f613c

A great article highlighting the undeniable return of the privacy narrative. We're excited to see COTI are part of the conversation alongside XMR and ZEC.

As CEO, Shahaf Bar-Geffen, notes, it's not market speculation but protocol fundamentals that will determine adoption.

That's why COTI is hard at work making privacy accessible with better tooling & high-performance infrastructure to support the next wave of Web3 applications.
https://news.bitcoin.com/privacy-is-back-why-xmr-and-zec-won-the-2025-crypto-wild-ride/

It's not too late to join Santa's Vibe Challenge!🎄

Build Christmas games using AI prompts, mint privacy tokens on COTI, and win up to 10,000 $COTI.

Join: https://santavibeworkshop.com

The community is already building magic. Check out what they've made 👇

📌https://x.com/kagurakagura2_8/status/2005840946806604283

📌https://x.com/CryptoExpressX/status/2006045243150574053

📌https://x.com/OdinBor57812303/status/2004408429910413365/photo/1

📌https://x.com/AiceKing27/status/2004456816592466032

📌https://x.com/wahyu_miftakya/status/2005580172788154823

📌https://x.com/PrasetyaIday/status/2007061726651613578?s=20

Learn how to use Vide AI in this week's guided session for Web3 builders: https://www.youtube.com/live/CTX0-SDunRg?si=pHiXqqq4t6AitThZ

Discover how to build & debug faster using Vide AI browser and Augment Code.

Ready to level up your AI + Web3 skill? Join our builders community here 👉 stay.coti.io

Earn up to 65% APY just for holding $USDC on the COTI Network!
To join in:
1. Bridge tokens to COTI Network via Hyperlane Nexus: https://nexus.hyperlane.xyz
2. Hold.
Start earning APY in daily drops of Token Points (TPs) which can be converted to $COTI on the COTI Earn platform (http://earn.coti.io), when the current season ends.
*Min $10 to qualify

COTI recently dropped its goals for 2026🏆

Goal #3: Unlock the $30T Real World Asset (RWA) Market

In 2026 COTI will integrate with leading RWA infrastructure to launch the world’s first private RWAs on-chain, and open the floodgate for privacy RWAs.

Institutions cannot and will not move RWAs on-chain without compliant confidentiality. COTI’s fast, programmable privacy layer is key! ✨

Web3 gaming levels up with new privacy features 🎮🔐

COTI’s programmable privacy unlocks a whole new era of on-chain gaming.

🃏 Hidden cards
🤫 Private strategies
🌫 Fog of war

Powered by real community-built games 💫

Read more:
https://cotinetwork.medium.com/the-future-of-web3-gaming-how-privacy-is-powering-innovation-7cee833a8b2c?postPublishedType=repub

Goals for 2026: Launch the Node V2 Ecosystem!

It will soon be easy and rewarding to deploy and run a node on COTI.

Community-run nodes will:
🌐 Improve network resilience
💎 Strengthen decentralization
↗️ Support scalability

Join in to help power the privacy layer for Web3.

Privacy shouldn't be limited to one chain. 🌐
COTI is bringing its Garbled Circuits privacy stack to the entire Web3 ecosystem.
Privacy on demand means you don't rebuild it from scratch, you just connect to it. Scalable. Interoperable. Chain-agnostic. 🔒

🔐 Confidential DeFi is here.

On-chain dark pools and private lending are now possible with COTI’s programmable privacy.

🔗 https://cotinetwork.medium.com/confidential-defi-has-arrived-why-on-chain-dark-pools-and-private-lending-need-coti-fc242975f5e7

Bring your ideas to life using new 'spec'-driven development techniques via Traycer AI ⚙️

Join the Stay COTI team for a guided hands-on session 🔗https://youtube.com/live/qMMpfju1trI

📅 Tuesday 6th Jan @ 2:00 pm UTC
Learn more: https://luma.com/45mmj401

COTI x Chain Port partnership unlocks massive liquidity for ADA & USDT on COTI: https://cotinetwork.medium.com/coti-x-chainport-unlocking-massive-liquidity-with-ada-usdt-now-on-coti-0dea35f82950


✅ Bridge $ADA from Cardano
✅ Bridge $USDT from 9 major chains (Ethereum, BNB Chain, Polygon, Base, Arbirtum, Avalanche, Optimism, Chiliz, Stratis).
✅ Access confidential DeFi, Payments & RWAs

Multi-chain liquidity is now flowing into the fastest-growing privacy ecosystem in Web3.

Bridge now 👉 app.chainport.io

COTI 2026 Livestream 🚀

Explore COTI's plans to take privacy mainstream this year!

✅ Privacy is the moat & meta-narrative
✅ Private DeFi, RWA, AI + more
✅ COTI's Privacy-on-Demand

With CEO Shahaf Bar-Geffen, BD Manager Brad Goodwin, CMO Amateo Kaplan and everyone's favourite host, Tracer!💫

🗓 Wednesday 7th January @ 3:00 pm UTC
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRMu6lcM8dE

In 2026: COTI will upgrade the COTI Treasury 🏦
Once Node V2 live, the Treasury will transition toward a decentralized, community-governed system to better align incentives.

The result:
🌐 Increased participation
📈 Growth in staking
📉 Reduction in supply
😀 Improved stability & user experience

We’re sorry to share that today’s Stay COTI session has been cancelled.

To see what's coming up next check out https://stay.coti.io/

Privacy is going mainstream this year 🚀

Hear how COTI plans to make it happen!

🗓 Wednesday 7th January @ 3:00 pm UTC
🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRMu6lcM8dE

Privacy evolved from 'hide everything' to 'control everything.'

Monero and Zcash pioneered anonymity.
Now, COTI delivers programmable privacy.

The difference? You decide what stays confidential and what gets disclosed.
That's Privacy 2.0.

In 2025 COTI launched the fastest privacy layer in Web3 🔥

COTI's V2 Mainnet proved privacy can scale.
Watch the 2025 recap: https://youtu.be/JTGN-x4PdBg

In just one year COTI achieved:
📈 62M+ transactions
🤝 80+ partnerships
🦊 MetaMask integration
🔀 Cross-chain capability
🛡 First use cases deployed live, and more!