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Crypto
Privacy coins outpace bitcoin, up 213 percent in a year
Privacy coins posted the highest returns in the cryptocurrency market over the past year, with the sector up about 213 percent, blockchain outlet CoinPost reported, citing Glassnode analysis. Bitcoin remained 36 percent below its October 2025 peak, while the median of the top 200 coins was 58 percent lower. Privacy coins rose 90 percent over the past 30 days. Zcash surged 2,496 percent in a year and accounted for 62 percent of the sector\'s market value.
Crypto
DePIN Vangrid raises $9 million in seed round
Vangrid, a decentralised physical infrastructure network focused on collecting spatial data, has raised $9 million in a seed funding round. The Block reported that HashKey, Borderless, Crypto.com Capital, Animoca Brands, Gate Labs and MapleBlock Capital took part as “key stakeholders”. The round combined financial investors with strategic partners providing infrastructure, technology and exchange relationships. Vangrid began fundraising in August 2025 and closed the round in stages in January 2026.
Crypto
XRP use up 77 percent, RLUSD down 32 percent as AI payments shift XRPL funds flow
Use of XRP in artificial intelligence agent payments on the XRP Ledger has risen sharply while trading in Ripple’s dollar-pegged stablecoin RLUSD has declined, the article said. In AI-driven automated payments, systems appear to be choosing XRP more often for its low, fixed fees and fast processing. The shift coincided with a surge in transactions linked to the ClawBank protocol and growing AI-related activity on XRPL.
