The XDC Weekly is a short weekly video and written description of the previous week's highlights and happenings on XDC Network.

RAZE on XDC
Raze has announced a strategic alliance with the XDC Foundation and is now live on the XDC Network, enabling compliant, USDC-denominated vaults natively on XDC. The integration provides asset owners and issuers with a stablecoin-based framework for tokenization, offering a new destination for USDC liquidity.

https://x.com/XDCFoundation/status/2013975460988805372?s=20

Trade Finance Op-ed
In a Cointelegraph Op-ed, Billy Sebell, Executive Director of the XDC Foundation, outlined why he believes global trade finance represents the largest real-world opportunity for blockchain adoption. The piece explores how digitization, tokenization, and regulatory clarity are converging to modernize a $9T sector, close longstanding financing gaps for SMEs, and enable compliant, onchain trade settlement at scale.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/trade-finance-blockchain-opportunity

Murundi Group Pty Ltd. MoU
XDC Australia & XDC Labs has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Murundi Group Pty Ltd. to deploy blockchain-powered solutions for supply chain traceability and digital trade documentation across the India–Australia trade corridor. The collaboration will pilot MLETR-compliant digital trade documents and trade funding workflows in early 2026, with plans to scale these capabilities globally to improve efficiency, transparency, and access to finance in international trade.

https://x.com/XDCNetwork/status/2014619208391524547?s=20

XDC Weekly January 18, 2026 - January 24, 2026

Trade finance’s financing gap and paper-based inefficiencies create blockchain’s largest opportunity. Tokenized receivables can unlock global liquidity for SMEs.

In just over a decade, blockchain technology has rewritten the rulebook for global finance, bringing transparency, speed and access to financial markets. It has clearly established its worth in digital assets, decentralized finance (DeFi) and cross-border payments, among other effective use cases.

Perhaps the greatest unrealized potential for blockchain lies in one of the world’s most vital sectors: global trade finance.

Read the full Cointelegraph article to learn why trade finance and blockchain are a perfect match.

Trade finance is the biggest opportunity in blockchain

XDC Live Podcast
A new XDC Live Podcast episode explores the growing role of tokenization and real-world assets within the XDC ecosystem. The discussion covers over $660M in RWAs on-chain, institutional migration via Contour, native USDC infrastructure, and the next phase of credit and lending markets designed to make XDC a productive on-chain collateral asset.

https://x.com/XDC_Labs/status/2026301333851316533?s=20

RWA & Stablecoins London Summit
XDC Network joined global financial institutions and market infrastructure leaders at the RWA & Stablecoins London Summit 2026. Discussions focused on regulatory frameworks, trading infrastructure, liquidity models, and yield-bearing tokenization as real-world assets continue transitioning into institutional capital markets.

https://x.com/XDCNetwork/status/2028154823384932518?s=20

Upcoming Events - March 2026
XDC Network teams will be present at major global finance and digital asset events throughout March 2026, including forums in Zürich, Rio de Janeiro, and New York. These engagements create opportunities to connect with institutions, regulators, and ecosystem partners shaping the future of payments, tokenization, and enterprise blockchain adoption.

https://x.com/XDCInnovLabs/status/2027317045285794273?s=20