Brazilská společnost Liqi Digital Assets a XDC Network prodloužily partnerství o další dva roky a zvýšily cíl emise tokenizovaných aktiv z 500 milionů USD na 2 miliardy USD do roku 2028. Liqi už původní cíl splnila o devět měsíců dříve.
In July, Brazil’s Securities and Exchange Commission, the CVM, created a dedicated Tokenization Working Group to study the registration, custody, trading, and settlement of securities using distributed ledger technology.
The group has also been tasked with proposing an experimental regulatory regime for tokenized securities, placing tokenization directly within the regulator’s agenda for the modernization of Brazil’s capital markets.
Meanwhile, Brazilian tokenization platform Liqi Digital Assets and XDC Network have renewed their partnership for another two years and raised the total targeted issuance from $500 million to $2 billion through 2028.
The new agreement consists of the original $500 million, which the companies say has already been completed, alongside a further $1.5 billion in planned issuance.
Liqi Reached Its Original $500 Million Target Nine Months Early The expansion follows faster-than-expected issuance under the companies’ first agreement.
Liqi and XDC initially signed their partnership in April 2025, setting a target of up to $500 million in real-world assets over 24 months. According to the companies, that target was reached in roughly 15 months, nine months ahead of schedule.
This makes Liqi the largest issuer of yield-bearing assets on XDC, according to the company. The company says approximately $835 million has now been tokenized across 386 series and 60 asset pools, supported by 378 smart contracts deployed on XDC mainnet.
Daniel Coquieri, CEO and co-founder of Liqi Digital Assets, said the original target was set at a time when institutional demand was harder to gauge.
“We signed the first agreement with a target that looked aggressive: half a billion dollars in two years. We delivered in fifteen months, because Brazil’s structured credit market was already there – what was missing was the infrastructure. We tripled the commitment because demand tripled. What we are building is not a blockchain pilot: it is the rail that regulated banks and originators run credit through, with auditable collateral and on-chain settlement.”
Under the renewed agreement, XDC will remain Liqi’s exclusive blockchain for RWA issuance. The companies intend to expand into additional forms of structured credit, trade finance and receivables generated by larger originators.
Tokenized Credit Is a Growing Part of the RWA Market The credit focus is key because the RWA market is expanding beyond the tokenized US Treasury products that drove much of its earlier institutional growth.
RWA.xyz currently tracks $7.82 billion of distributed tokenized credit and another $37.73 billion of represented credit assets across more than 2,500 assets. The category includes corporate credit, structured credit, specialty finance and other forms of non-sovereign debt.
Tokenized Credit Market Snapshot as of September 9, 2026. Source: RWA.XYZ Liqi’s activity sits within this part of the market. According to the company, assets already issued on XDC include trade receivables, payroll-deductible loans, debentures, corporate credit and Brazilian receivables certificates. Issuances have involved institutions including Itaú BBA, Banco BV, Banco ABC Brasil and Creditas.
Diego Consimo, Head of LATAM at XDC Network, said:
“These are structured credit operations, originated within the regulated financial market, that now use blockchain as an effective part of their infrastructure.”
For XDC, securing additional issuance also strengthens its exposure to the RWA sector at a time when competition between blockchains for tokenized assets is growing.
Ethereum currently leads distributed RWA value with around $17.6 billion, followed by BNB Chain, Solana and Stellar, according to RWA.xyz.
Brazil Brings Tokenization Into Capital Markets Brazilian regulators are also increasing their focus on how tokenized assets should operate within the existing financial system.
The CVM’s new working group includes representatives from 14 areas of the regulator and has already begun discussions with organizations including ANBIMA, ABCripto, ABToken and other capital-market participants. Its mandate includes examining custody, registration, trading and settlement using DLT systems.
Brazil’s Central Bank has separately explored tokenized finance through Drex, a DLT-based environment designed for regulated financial intermediaries and programmable financial services.
Commercial issuance and regulatory development are therefore beginning to come together. Credit instruments can already be created and settled through blockchain systems, while regulators are working through how those systems should interact with established securities-market rules.
The Liqi-XDC agreement offers an indication of the volumes that could follow if institutional adoption continues. However, the $2 billion commitment remains a forward target rather than completed issuance, with $1.5 billion still scheduled to be brought on-chain during the next two years.
For Brazil’s tokenization market, reaching that target would show that tokenized credit can progress from comparatively small deployments into repeat issuance involving regulated banks, originators and established financial instruments.
@XDCNetwork closed August with the strongest month of on-chain activity in its history. The network processed 27.7 million transactions, a figure that represents a 50% increase over the prior six months, according to data shared by XDC Network and cited by Token Terminal analytics.
Validator Set Expands With Institutional Names The network's validator ecosystem grew roughly 26% over the quarter and now exceeds 320 active nodes. Three new institutional names joined during August. Hex Trust, a digital asset custodian active across APAC and the Middle East, joined as a Masternode Validator to verify transactions and contribute to network consensus. Clear Street, a regulated financial infrastructure firm headquartered in New York that serves more than 700 institutional clients and processes around 550 million shares in daily trading, also joined the validator set. Blockchain infrastructure provider LinkPool rounded out the August additions.
Clear Street CEO Robert Rutherford framed the move in capital markets terms, saying the firm wants to be "accountable for the next layer of capital markets" by helping to operate it. The broader validator roster already includes Deutsche Telekom, SBI Holdings, Animoca Brands, HashKey Cloud, and Republic, among others.
OrbitX Cards and the QAIX Alliance August also brought two product-level developments. The $XDC token went live on OrbitX corporate cards, extending its utility into everyday business payments. Separately, the network launched QAIX, a Quantum Computing and Artificial Intelligence Alliance built on XDC. The consortium brings together leaders across quantum computing, digital assets, financial infrastructure, and industrial robotics, with its main base in Manhattan and additional presence in Washington DC, Miami, and the San Francisco Bay Area.
The record transaction count sits against a broader push by XDC to position itself as a settlement layer for real-world assets, trade finance, and the emerging AI agent economy. The network is EVM-compatible and runs on XDPoS 2.0, a delegated proof-of-stake consensus mechanism, with support for up to 2,000 transactions per second.
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Finance Magnates: XDC Network Hits All-Time High in Monthly Transactions
Crypto Briefing: Clear Street Joins XDC Network as Institutional-Grade Validator
KuCoin: XDC Network Adds Hex Trust as Institutional Masternode Validator
SBI XDC Network APAC, TOPPAN a Ginco spustily v Ósace, Japonsko, pilotní projekt trade finance na XDC Network. Zaměřuje se na exportní factoring a ověřování firemní identity, aby urychlil přeshraniční obchody.
Osaka Pilot Puts Blockchain at the Centre of Export FactoringSBI XDC Network APAC, printing and digital services group TOPPAN, and crypto infrastructure firm Ginco are jointly running a trade finance demonstration in Osaka, Japan. The project has received backing through Osaka Prefecture's FY2026 financial market formation subsidy, a government programme designed to encourage fintech and blockchain innovation within the region.
The demonstration focuses on export factoring, a financing method that allows businesses to unlock cash from outstanding trade receivables before a buyer pays. The pilot examines how recording trade transaction data and corporate identity information on the XDC Network can reduce friction in this process for local businesses, cutting down the document-heavy manual steps that slow cross-border deals.
SBI XDC Network APAC is a joint venture between SBI Holdings and TradeFinex Tech Ltd., the UAE-based company that operates the XDC Network. TOPPAN plays a particularly relevant role in the pilot given that its group company, TOPPAN Edge, became Japan's first Qualified vLEI Issuer (QVI) in the verifiable Legal Entity Identifier (vLEI) ecosystem in September 2025, giving it a key function in issuing verifiable digital corporate identity certificates for participants in the demonstration.
In international transactions and finance, it has previously been difficult to verify that a company actually exists and who its representatives are. The Osaka demonstration aims to address exactly that gap by anchoring corporate identity data to the blockchain.
Government Backing Reflects Osaka's Fintech PushBeyond export factoring, the project also targets improvements to Know Your Business (KYB) verification, customer inquiry handling, and payment collection, three processes that remain largely manual for many smaller Japanese exporters.
The subsidy underpinning the project fits into a wider regional strategy. Osaka promotes financial innovation by providing subsidies and other assistance for the demonstration of pioneering financial services, in order to foster the formation of innovative financial products and markets. In March 2025, new goals were set for Phase 2, covering FY2026 to FY2030, including targets to attract 50 foreign financial companies, create 1,200 startups, and raise 160 billion yen. The SBI XDC and TOPPAN collaboration sits squarely within that agenda.
For the $XDC ecosystem, the Osaka pilot represents a concrete step toward institutional adoption in Japan, one of Asia's most significant trade finance markets.
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XDC Network dosáhla nového maxima 27,7 milionu měsíčních transakcí, což je za posledních šest měsíců nárůst o 50 %. K síti se zároveň přidal Clear Street jako validátor.
There’s been an uptick in users and institutions that are engaging with XDC Network [XDC]. That, coupled with general market conditions, has given XDC price a good boost.
XDC network monthly transactions at an ATH Activity on XDC Network has reached a new peak. Monthly transaction count has climbed to an all-time high of 27.7 million. That’s a mammoth 50% increase over the past six months!
Source: Token Terminal Monthly transactions were at 5 million around early 2020, and grew through 2021 and 2022. Activity picked up further after 2024, with frequent shows above 20 million.
Institutional names are lining up at the door Clear Street has joined XDC Network as a masternode validator. They’ll take part in block validation, ledger maintenance and network governance.
Running a masternode requires operators to stake at least 10 million XDC. About the move, Clear Street Digital CEO Robert Rutherford said,
Compliant public blockchains are becoming part of the capital markets stack, and the firms that build market infrastructure should help operate that layer.
Clear Street is the latest in a series of big names to join XDC Network. Since April, Animoca Brands, Clearpool, SettleMint and CertiK have also come on board as validators.
XDC price pushes up higher At the time of writing, XDC was trading at around $0.0294. That’s a 2.38% increase for the day, and it follows big moves over the previous few sessions.
Source: TradingView RSI was at 69.84, putting it in a firmly overbought setup. Meanwhile, the MACD was positive, with the recent histogram bars expanding with the price increase.
As it stands, there’s clear bullish momentum… at least for the immediate short-term. However, with RSI at about 70, a pullback or a consolidation is likely when things calm down.
Final Summary XDC Network monthly transactions hit an ATH of 27.7 million, up 50% in six months. Clear Street has joined the network as a validator, among other big names.
Clear Street, a regulated financial infrastructure firm headquartered in New York, has joined the XDC Network as an institutional-grade Masternode Validator. The move plants a Wall Street-adjacent firm directly into the consensus layer of a blockchain purpose-built for trade finance and real-world asset tokenization.
Clear Street will handle block validation, ledger maintenance, and network governance, functions that are foundational to how the chain operates and secures itself.
Why Clear Street matters Clear Street serves over 700 institutional clients, with customer balances approximating $16 billion. Its daily trading volumes sit around 550 million shares, representing roughly $28.4 billion in notional value per day. The company employs approximately 800 people and has raised roughly $1 billion in capital.
XDC Network co-founder Ritesh Kakkad framed the partnership in geographic terms.
“Clear Street joining as an institutional validator advances our push to deepen XDC Network’s presence in the United States.”
A growing roster of heavyweight validators Clear Street is far from the first institutional name to take on this role. The XDC Network’s validator set already includes Animoca Brands, which joined on May 19, 2026, and Republic, which came aboard earlier in May. Other validators in the network’s institutional roster include Deutsche Telekom, SBI Holdings, HashKeyCloud, and UOB Venture Management.
The XDC Network itself is an open-source, EVM-compatible Layer-1 blockchain. It runs on XDPoS 2.0, a delegated proof-of-stake consensus mechanism. Being EVM-compatible means developers familiar with Ethereum’s tooling can build on it without learning a new stack.
What this means for institutional blockchain adoption In proof-of-stake networks, validators are responsible for confirming transactions, maintaining the integrity of the ledger, and participating in governance decisions that shape the network’s future. When those entities are regulated financial firms with billions in client assets, the network’s risk profile changes in the eyes of institutional compliance teams.
A compliance officer at a major bank evaluating whether to use a blockchain for settlement will look at who is running the infrastructure. If the answer is a collection of anonymous node operators, the conversation ends quickly. If the answer includes Deutsche Telekom, SBI Holdings, and Clear Street, it continues.
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XDC Network processed 27.7 million transactions in July 2026, a new monthly record for the enterprise-focused blockchain. That figure represents a 50% jump over the previous six months, and it pushes the network’s lifetime transaction count past 1 billion since its mainnet launch in June 2019.
XDC is not a chain most retail traders think about. Its design targets enterprise workflows: trade finance settlement, real-world asset tokenization, and ISO 20022 compliance for interoperability with traditional banking infrastructure.
The network’s throughput capacity sits at up to 2,000 transactions per second, with an average finality time of around six seconds. In July 2026, the chain was processing up to 18.7 TPS on average, meaning the current load is a fraction of theoretical capacity.
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Stablecoin settlements have become a meaningful part of the activity mix. The network has processed over $1.3 billion in USDC transactions on-chain, establishing it as a viable settlement rail for institutions that want blockchain efficiency without token price exposure on their books.
Trade finance is the other pillar. XDC has been running pilots using vLEI technology, a verifiable legal entity identifier framework that allows companies to cryptographically prove their corporate identity on-chain.
XDC added Animoca Brands, NTT DOCOMO GLOBAL, and Republic to its validator set in 2026. These organizations’ participation suggests the network is being evaluated as infrastructure rather than as a speculative investment.
XDC operates as a hybrid blockchain, combining a public chain with private sub-networks called subnetworks. That architecture lets enterprises keep sensitive transaction data off the public ledger while still anchoring to a shared settlement layer.
The partnership with Stripe and its Bridge infrastructure around stablecoin settlement is another data point worth noting.
XDC traded near $0.030 as of May 2026, well below its all-time high of approximately $0.19 set in 2021.
The network crossed 801 million total transactions by June 2025, meaning it added roughly 200 million more in the months that followed.
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XDC Network drží zhruba 1,1 miliardy USD tokenizované hodnoty, přičemž asi čtyři pětiny tvoří reálná aktiva. Většinu z nich dodávají dva emitenti: Liqi a Vert Capital. CertiK se navíc stal validátorem sítě.
Most tokenized real-world assets today are U.S. Treasuries and money-market funds. XDC Network is an exception.
Its largest tokenized asset is a USD 143 million debenture for a highway operator, part of roughly USD 860 million in real-world credit on the network: corporate debentures, agribusiness receivables, and loans to operating businesses.
It is a quieter, more granular kind of real-world asset than the headline Treasury products, and a precise picture of what XDC Network was built to carry. CertiK now helps secure that chain as one of its validators.
Real-World Credit, From Two Issuers XDC Network's tokenized value stands at about USD 1.1 billion, roughly four-fifths of its real-world assets.
Almost all of that comes from two issuers: Liqi, a tokenization platform, and Vert Capital, a securitization firm.
Liqi accounts for around USD 471 million across more than 1,800 instruments, led by a highway-operator debenture, Via Araucária, and credit tied to names like the retailer Casas Bahia.
Vert Capital adds another USD 390 million in seven structured issuances, led by agribusiness receivables certificates and a single USD 234 million issuance.
This is not the synthetic yield of early DeFi, nor the tokenized Treasuries that dominate the RWA headlines. It is ordinary real-world credit: receivables, debentures, and loans to operating businesses, issued at institutional size and settled on XDC Network.
The Real-Economy End of Tokenization These are among the harder assets to bring on-chain.
They lived in private paper and local markets, with credit tied to specific operating businesses rather than a government or a fund—the kind of exposure that is normally slow to price and hard to trade.
That is a different starting point from the standardized, already-liquid instruments that make up most tokenized real-world assets.
It reaches the part of finance that has been hardest to digitize, and it is the part XDC Network was built for.
The Rails Were in Place Before the Assets That kind of credit needs somewhere built to hold it.
XDC Network has run its mainnet since 2019, oriented from the start around trade finance and regulated settlement rather than retail speculation.
It aligns with ISO 20022, the messaging standard banks already use to move money, so a tokenized receivable settles in a format institutions recognize.
The custody and validation around it are institutional in the same way. XDC Network integrates with BitGo, Anchorage, Fireblocks, and Safe for regulated custody, and its validator set has drawn names like SBI, Deutsche Telekom, Animoca, and Republic.
For an issuer deciding where to tokenize a few hundred million dollars of receivables, that infrastructure already being there is the reason to pick one chain over another.
The ordering is the point. XDC Network assembled the trust stack first and drew the assets second, which is the reverse of a chain bolting institutional features onto retail traffic after the fact.
On-Chain, the Open Question Shifts Credit to operating businesses is one of the more opaque corners of finance.
A loan to a mid-size company does not trade on a public exchange, and its value depends on the borrower, the issuer's underwriting, and terms that are usually private.
Putting it on-chain changes part of that.
Each of Vert Capital's receivables certificates and Liqi's instruments becomes individually visible, with its issuance, size, and lifecycle trackable in real time.
For an asset class that historically settled in PDFs and spreadsheets, that is a real gain in transparency.
What on-chain settlement does not resolve on its own is the layer underneath:
Whether a token is backed by the receivable it claims Whether the issuer's process holds Whether the contract behaves as the document says The visible question moves from where an instrument is to whether it can be trusted—a different question from what a tokenized Treasury or a reserve-backed stablecoin has to answer.
CertiK Goes From Assessing the Chain to Helping Run It That is where CertiK comes in, and its role has deepened in steps.
In May, CertiK Co-Founder and CEO Ronghui Gu and XDC Foundation held a fireside discussion on real-time verification of tokenized assets and what institutional adoption requires.
CertiK had already audited the chain and keeps it under an ongoing Skynet assessment, currently in the AA tier.
The most recent step goes further. CertiK has become a validator on XDC Network, running a node that helps secure the chain those assets settle on.
For real-world credit rather than reserve-backed tokens, that shift from independent assessment to direct participation is the kind of verification the asset class actually needs.
XDC Network has put real-world credit on-chain and built the rails to settle it. Tokenizing the asset is the first half of the problem. Keeping it verifiable is the second, and CertiK now does that from inside the network, as one of its validators.
Hex Trust se připojil k XDC Network jako institucionální masternode validátor a bude ověřovat transakce i přispívat ke konsenzu sítě. Zároveň prověří poptávku po úschově XDC a souvisejících tokenizovaných aktiv.
Hex Trust extended its validator and staking infrastructure by joining XDC Network as an institutional Masternode Validator. Hex Trust will join a small group of credible, accountable institutions that verify transactions and contribute to network consensus. Hex Trust will also evaluate institutional client demand for custody support of XDC and related tokenised assets. Hex Trust, a leading digital asset financial institution across APAC and MEA, has joined XDC Network as an institutional Masternode Validator, extending its validator and staking infrastructure to one of the industry’s fastest-growing networks for real-world asset tokenisation.
Hex Trust will operate a masternode on XDC Network, verifying transactions and contributing to network consensus, a role XDC entrusts to a select group of credible, accountable institutions.
Hex Trust to explore other XDC support routes The move builds on Hex Trust’s established network infrastructure business, which already includes validator operations on Ethereum and Canton Network, alongside institutional staking services across major Proof-of-Stake networks.
Over the coming months, Hex Trust will also evaluate institutional client demand for custody support of XDC and related tokenised assets, potentially connecting one of Asia’s most established digital asset platforms directly into XDC’s ecosystem.
“Custody has always been treated as separate from infrastructure, something institutions bolt on after they’ve already committed to a network. Hex Trust taking on validator responsibilities changes that sequence, and we’re glad to have them building alongside us. It’s a custodian putting its own accountability behind the network it secures, and that’s exactly the kind of participation this industry needs more of,” said Ritesh Kakkad, Co-Founder, XDC Network.
Hex Trust is licensed and regulated across Singapore, Dubai and Hong Kong, serving over 450 institutional clients with over $5 billion in assets under custody. Joining XDC’s validator set brings that regulated operating standard to the consensus layer of a network at the centre of institutional tokenisation.
“Our clients want regulated access to the networks where real-world asset tokenisation is actually happening, and XDC is firmly on that list. We’ve operated validator infrastructure for years to the same standard we apply to custody. So when institutions engage with XDC, they can do it through infrastructure they already trust,” said Giorgia Pellizzari, Chief Product Officer and Head of Custody, Hex Trust
Hex Trust joins a validator set that already includes SBI Holdings, Deutsche Telekom, CertiK, UOB Venture Management, HashKey Cloud and Republic, among other regulated institutions across Asia, the Middle East and Europe. XDC Network has facilitated more than $1.3 billion in tokenised U.S. Treasury bonds and private credit to date, and its institutional validator base continues to grow across new markets.
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XDC Network spustila XDC AI, marketplace pro autonomní AI agenty, kteří mohou nakupovat digitální služby a API a platit v USDC. Platforma má vestavěné compliance prvky včetně limitů útrat a dočasných přístupových klíčů.
XDC Network just built a marketplace where AI agents can spend money on their own. The platform, called XDC AI, lets autonomous agents discover, buy, and pay for digital services and APIs using USDC, with built-in guardrails to keep things from going sideways.
The launch happened on July 29 in New York City, featuring a live demo by co-founder Atul Khekade. The audience included banks, tech firms, and venture capitalists.
How XDC AI actually works XDC AI gives agents smart wallets with compliance features baked in, including spending caps and temporary access keys. The platform uses gasless USDC settlements, meaning agents don’t need to hold native gas tokens to execute transactions.
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Underpinning all of this is Coinbase’s x402 open payment standard, which has already processed over 100 million transactions since launching in 2025. The x402 Foundation was established in April 2026 to build regulatory scaffolding around the protocol.
The XDC Network itself runs as an EVM-compatible Layer-1 blockchain with roughly 2,000 transactions per second and 2-second finality.
The Bridge partnership and fiat rails XDC Network is collaborating with Bridge, a company affiliated with Stripe, to build infrastructure for regulated stablecoin and fiat transactions. The partnership focuses on programmable financial identities and seamless fiat-to-stablecoin conversions.
By the end of the year, XDC AI plans to integrate additional services like research tools and travel booking for autonomous agents. The ElizaOS AI agent framework is also getting an XDC plugin, which would allow developers building on that open-source platform to tap into the XDC AI marketplace directly.
Why agentic commerce matters for investors Market analysts predict that autonomous AI transactions could facilitate trillions of dollars in activity by 2030.
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CertiK se stal institucionálním masternode validátorem sítě XDC Network a nasazuje přes SkyNode nepřetržité bezpečnostní kontroly i více-regionovou architekturu s failoverem. XDC tím posiluje zaměření na trade finance a tokenizaci reálných aktiv.
Key Facts CertiK announced on 25 June 2026 that it has joined the XDC Network as an institutional masternode validator. Under an agreement between the two organisations, CertiK will deploy and operate validator nodes via its enterprise node solution, CertiK SkyNode. The deployment uses a multi-region sentry node architecture with redundant failover, 24/7 vulnerability scanning, automated threat mitigation and node-level penetration testing. XDC Network’s hybrid architecture combines public transparency with private subnetwork capabilities, targeting institutional settlement, trade finance and RWA tokenisation. Quoted are Atul Khekade, Co-founder of XDC Network, and Ronghui Gu, Co-Founder and CEO of CertiK; other XDC institutional validators include Deutsche Telekom, SBI Holdings, Animoca Brands and HashKey Cloud. CertiK has joined the XDC Network as an institutional masternode validator, the Web3 security firm announced on 25 June 2026. Under an agreement between the two organisations, CertiK will deploy and operate validator nodes through its enterprise node solution, CertiK SkyNode — embedding security controls directly into the infrastructure layer that underpins XDC’s push into enterprise blockchain, trade finance and real-world asset tokenisation.
What CertiK brings as a validator As an institutional masternode validator, CertiK leverages its SkyNode infrastructure to run continuous, proactive defences rather than passive node operation. That includes 24/7 vulnerability scanning, automated threat mitigation and node-level penetration testing — applying the auditing and security discipline CertiK is known for to the validator role itself.
The operational architecture is built for institutional uptime requirements. CertiK is deploying a multi-region sentry node setup with redundant failover protection, engineered to maintain uninterrupted consensus continuity and high availability during peak network congestion. SkyNode already operates validator or full nodes across more than 11 chains, with the nodes it hosts securing over US$1.2 billion in staked tokens — a track record CertiK now extends to XDC.
Why XDC’s architecture fits the use case XDC Network is an enterprise-grade, EVM-compatible Layer 1 designed specifically for trade finance and the tokenisation of real-world assets. Its hybrid architecture combines public-chain transparency with private subnetwork capabilities, allowing institutions to settle and tokenise assets with the auditability of a public ledger but the confidentiality controls that regulated finance requires.
By participating as a validator, CertiK embeds security directly into that infrastructure layer, mitigating operational and network-related risks. The fit is logical: trade finance and RWA settlement demand rigorous risk management and operational resilience, and CertiK’s core competency is precisely the security assurance that institutional counterparties scrutinise before committing to a network.
Executive comments Atul Khekade, Co-founder of XDC Network, framed CertiK’s participation as a credibility signal to institutions weighing long-term infrastructure decisions. “CertiK is one of the most recognized names in blockchain security, and having them validate our network is a meaningful signal to institutions,” he said. “This is not just a technical partnership. It is a statement about the standard of infrastructure we are building for enterprise finance. The institutions moving into trade finance and asset settlement are making long-term infrastructure decisions, and we want XDC Network to be the answer they keep coming back to.”
Ronghui Gu, Co-Founder and CEO of CertiK, positioned the move around the convergence of traditional and digital finance. “CertiK is honored to join the XDC Network as an Institutional Masternode Validator,” he said. “Traditional trade finance and RWA tokenization require rigorous risk management, strong security foundations, and operational resilience. Through this collaboration, we are bringing our security and infrastructure expertise to help strengthen the network and support the trusted infrastructure needed for institutional adoption.”
Validator identity as the new benchmark The partnership reflects a shift in how enterprise blockchain adoption is being measured in 2026. Where earlier cycles tracked wallet growth, transaction counts and pilot announcements, the emerging benchmark is validator identity — who actually operates the networks that institutions may rely on for settlement and tokenisation. Financial institutions and regulators increasingly assess governance standards, operator accountability and jurisdictional alignment alongside raw technical performance.
XDC has leaned into that model deliberately, prioritising recognised operators with institutional standing over a large anonymous validator base. Beyond CertiK, its institutional validators include regulated financial institutions, global telecoms and Web3 leaders such as Animoca Brands, BCW Group, Blueprint, Clearpool, Credora, Deutsche Telekom, HashKeyCloud, Hivemind Digital Group, InvestaX, IXS, RedStone, Republic Crypto, SBI Holdings, StakeFi and UOB Venture Management. CertiK’s addition strengthens that roster with a security specialist — arguably the most directly relevant discipline for a network targeting regulated finance.
Context: CertiK’s infrastructure expansion The XDC role continues CertiK’s expansion from audit-led security toward operational blockchain infrastructure. The company has been building out node and validator services through SkyNode while extending into AI-focused security, including its recent Skill Scanner for AI agents and ongoing regulatory research such as its Skynet stablecoin threat reports. The throughline is a move from assessing security after the fact toward operating secure infrastructure directly.
For both parties, the logic is complementary: XDC gains a security-specialist validator that reinforces its institutional positioning, and CertiK extends its node business onto a network purpose-built for the regulated trade finance and RWA use cases where its security expertise carries the most weight.
FAQ What does CertiK joining XDC Network as a validator involve?
CertiK has joined XDC Network as an institutional masternode validator, deploying and operating validator nodes through its enterprise CertiK SkyNode solution. The setup runs continuous vulnerability scanning, automated threat mitigation and node-level penetration testing, using a multi-region sentry node architecture with redundant failover to maintain consensus continuity and high availability.
Why is XDC Network focused on institutional validators?
XDC Network targets trade finance, institutional settlement and real-world asset tokenisation, use cases that require governance standards and operator accountability closer to traditional financial markets than open retail networks. By prioritising recognised institutional validators — including Deutsche Telekom, SBI Holdings and now CertiK — rather than an anonymous validator base, XDC aims to give banks, enterprises and regulators confidence in the network’s operational integrity.
What is CertiK SkyNode?
SkyNode is CertiK’s enterprise blockchain node and validator service. It operates validator or full nodes across more than 11 chains, applying CertiK’s auditing and penetration-testing expertise to validator operations through security hardening, continuous monitoring, encryption, key management and geographic redundancy.
CertiK’s addition to XDC’s validator set is a small but telling marker of where institutional blockchain competition is heading: not toward the networks with the most transactions, but toward those whose operators can satisfy the governance, security and resilience standards that regulated finance demands. As validator identity becomes a primary signal of institutional readiness, partnerships pairing security specialists with enterprise-focused chains are likely to become a defining feature of the next adoption cycle. This article is informational and does not constitute investment advice.
Biconomy, a crypto exchange based in Canada, today announced the listing of XDC Network on its digital asset trading platform. According to the announcement made today, spot trading for the XDC/USDC is now available for customers to participate in various financial transactions.
Powered by its native (BIT) token, Biconomy exchange is an Ontario-based cryptocurrency trading and investment platform that allows people to seamlessly purchase, sell, swap, trade, and store crypto assets. Since its launch in 2019, the exchange has continued to expand its global presence and serves users across the international scene. Its decision to add the XDC token to its trading platform sends a powerful signal about the capability of this altcoin.
Biconomy Allows Users to Leverage XDC for Trading The listing of the XDC Network on Biconomy’s trading platform means that the cryptocurrency has passed Biconomy’s stringent due diligence process, which examines factors such as security, project capability, and regulatory compliance. The listing offers immediate legitimacy of the XDC token and its visibility to the public market.
By adding XDC Network, a Layer-1 blockchain designed for trade finance, RWA tokenization, and payments, into its trading platform, Biconomy allows crypto enthusiasts to engage with the XDC token through investing, trading, and staking activities. The listing on Biconomy further increases the token’s visibility and liquidity within crypto and DeFi ecosystems to drive the asset’s widespread utility.
The current price of XDC is $0.04994. XDC Listing Fuels Market Momentum Today, XDC surged its price by 5.9%, making it currently trading at $0.04994, potentially catalyzed by its token listing on Biconomy. The decision for Biconomy to list XDC comes after Bybit integrated XDC (yesterday, December 9, 2025) into its centralized cryptocurrency exchange to allowing its customers to enjoy low-cost transactions and fast payment settlements powered by the XDC Network.
The XDC Network is recognized for its low-cost and rapid transactions. Its transaction fees are much lower than other blockchain platforms, making it more cost-efficient for customers. In late August, Circle, a stablecoin issuer, integrated its USDC payment rails into the XDC Network to improve trade finance, RWA settlements, and DeFi applications.
The latest three integrations above highlight XDC’s positioning itself as a prominent blockchain network for rapid, low-cost global financial trade, real-world asset tokenization, and cross-border payments.
The XDC Network’s TVL, which currently stands at $23.48 million, is proof of its rapidly growing Layer-1 blockchain. This points out a shift towards utility-driven infrastructure that thrives amid the stablecoin boom, rising tokenized real-world assets, and surging on-chain institutional inflows.
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Nicholas Otieno is a fintech writer specializing in cryptocurrency markets. Since 2019, he has written articles to educate readers about cryptocurrency and its substantial positive impact on global prosperity. Nicholas is a Bitcoin holder, believing firmly in its fundamentals. His work has been featured in publications such as Finance Magnates, Blockchain.News, Bitcoin Magazine, Coincub, and among others. When he's not writing, Nicholas enjoys performing domestic tasks, spending time with friends, listening to music, and watching football.
