COTI Plans Treasury Upgrade in 2026 With Shift to Community Governance

• COTI said the treasury will shift to community governance in 2026 after Node V2.
• COTI launched Garbled Circuits 2.0 for cross-chain “privacy on demand,” adding an SDK and encrypted computation.

The COTI Foundation said it will upgrade the COTI Treasury in 2026 as Node V2 goes live, moving it toward a decentralized, community-governed structure. It framed the change as a way to align incentives across the network.

The foundation noted that the updated Treasury model aims to increase participation in governance and staking and is designed to reduce circulating supply over time. It added that it expects a smoother user experience as the system becomes more community-led.

The network’s roadmap description connects the Treasury plan to its broader Node V2 ecosystem rollout. The community-led economy track lists a Node V2 ecosystem, a DAO Treasury, and an upgraded Earn program. The foundation presented these items as parts of the same transition.

Under the planned structure, governance decisions would shift away from a single administrative center. Community processes would set Treasury policies and coordinate incentives for node operators and users. The foundation described the target end state as a decentralized system with community oversight.

Earlier, we reported that COTI became a key technology partner in the newly formed Africa Tokenization Council. The council was presented as a platform to advance the adoption of blockchain and artificial intelligence across Africa and the Middle East.

COTI’s New Privacy Stack Expands Beyond Single Chain

This week, COTI also announced new privacy features targeting decentralized applications. The foundation said privacy should not be limited to one chain, opening up access to its Garbled Circuits privacy stack across the broader Web3 ecosystem. The network presented “privacy on demand” as a connect-and-use model for developers. It said teams will not need to rebuild privacy tooling from scratch. 

The updated privacy stack includes Garbled Circuits 2.0, cross-chain privacy, and a developer software development kit. The foundation described the offering as a universal privacy stack that can plug into different networks. It said the goal is confidential computation for selected parties.

The system supports computation on encrypted data for specific workflows. The foundation linked the capability to stronger protection for transactions and sensitive information.

The product framing also connects privacy to other network tracks shown in the foundation’s 2026 plan. One track focuses on private decentralized finance and artificial intelligence agents. It lists maximal extractable value protection, confidential trading, and artificial intelligence native privacy.

Another track covers the compliant tokenization of real-world assets. The foundation lists institutional onboarding, regulated privacy, and identity solutions for those use cases. It said its native token, $COTI, remains the fee asset for all network activity. Following a busy first week of 2026, the COTI price rallied over 12% to $0.02280 at press time.