XDC Network (XDC) Exchange

About XDC Network

XDC is the native token of XDC Network, an enterprise-focused Layer 1 blockchain launched in June 2019 and designed specifically for trade finance digitisation, real-world asset (RWA) tokenisation, and institutional financial applications. Validators stake XDC under XinFin Delegated Proof-of-Stake (XDPoS) to secure the network and process transactions — not through energy-intensive mining or anonymous validator sets, but through a permissioning layer that supports compliance requirements. The XDC 2.0 upgrade introduced HotStuff Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) consensus, achieving approximately 2-second transaction finality at over 2,000 TPS. The network is EVM-compatible and ISO 20022 compliant, aligning with global financial messaging standards used by banks and payment systems.

XDC tokenomics

XDC Network has a total supply of approximately 37.5–38 billion XDC, with no halving schedule. Validators and delegators who participate in XDPoS consensus earn XDC rewards proportional to their staked position; misbehaving validators face slashing penalties that permanently remove a portion of their staked collateral. Circulating supply is about 19.9 billion XDC according to CoinGecko in October 2026, against the total supply above.
Total supply — approximately 37.5–38 billion XDC; emission tied to validator rewards rather than a halving schedule
Validator staking — node operators must stake XDC to participate in XDPoS consensus; delegators assign voting weight to validators and earn a share of block rewards
Slashing — validators who fail to maintain uptime or act against protocol rules lose a portion of their staked XDC, removing it from circulating supply
Hybrid architecture — XDC supports both a public chain and permissioned subnetworks, allowing institutions to run private workflows while anchoring to the public ledger for verifiability
Native USDC — Circle added native USDC and CCTP V2 support to XDC Network, enabling dollar-denominated settlement directly on-chain for trade finance applications
Exchange listings — Kraken and Binance.US have listed XDC; 21Shares launched an XDC ETP in Switzerland, expanding regulated access points for institutional holders

What determines XDC's value

XDC's primary demand driver is the volume of trade finance instruments and RWA positions tokenised on the network: every invoice, letter of credit, or supply chain document settled on-chain requires XDC for transaction fees, and institutional tokenisation projects anchor capital in XDC-staking validators. As of January 2026, over $717 million in tokenised assets operated on XDC Network, with documented deployments including a $1 billion Brazilian RWA programme by VERT Capital and tokenised funds from BlackRock and Fidelity processed via Archax, according to Phemex Academy and Letstalkbitco.in. UK fintech firms tokenised over £500 million in supply chain assets on XDC at the start of 2026, according to Bitget Academy.

The secondary driver is the addressable market scale: the global trade finance gap — the shortfall between demand for trade credit and available supply — is estimated at $2.5 trillion, according to XDC Network's institutional materials. XDC Network's ISO 20022 compliance and recognition from the ICC, WTO, and Citi Group position it as infrastructure for bridging traditional bank settlement with on-chain digitisation.