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XDC Network and IOTA side by side: live price and market cap, consensus, speed, smart contracts, fees, supply and what each actually has to do with ISO 20022. Every fact links its source.
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CoinGecko · updated 11s ago
| Fact | XDC Network | IOTA |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Layer-1 blockchain (EVM-compatible) xinfin.org | Layer-1 blockchain (Move-based) with an EVM network docs.iota.org |
| Launched | Mainnet 1 June 2019 xinfin.org | Current network since 5 May 2025 (project founded 2015) blog.iota.org |
| Consensus | XDPoS 2.0: delegated proof of stake with 108 masternodes, Chained HotStuff BFT (since 30 Sep 2024) xdc.org | Delegated proof of stake docs.iota.org |
| Block / ledger time | About 2 seconds xdc.org | Not stated by the project |
| Finality | About 6 seconds (three blocks), deterministic xdc.org | Not stated by the project |
| Smart contracts | EVM (Solidity) docs.xdc.network | MoveVM on layer 1, plus the IOTA EVM docs.iota.org |
| Fees | Paid in XDC. Since the Cancun upgrade (30 Jan 2026) the base fee of every transaction is burned; the tip goes to the block producer. xdc.dev | Transaction fees are burned; storage deposits are locked and refundable blog.iota.org |
| Maximum supply | None: supply is uncapped (37.5 billion XDC at genesis, plus masternode rewards) xinfin.org | No fixed cap on the current network (staking rewards minted each epoch) blog.iota.org |
| Who develops it | XinFin Fintech Pte. Ltd. (Singapore, 2017); XDC Foundation (Cayman Islands, 2021) xinfin.org | IOTA Foundation (Berlin, Germany) iota.org |
| Stated focus | Trade finance, real-world asset tokenization and enterprise applications xdc.org | Bringing real-world assets and trade on-chain blog.iota.org |
"Cryptocurrencies are not inherently ISO 20022 compliant. There is a lot of confusion and misleading information on the web referring to ISO 20022 compliant cryptocurrencies but those statements are not correct. The cryptocurrencies are not managed and not registered by ISO 20022."
ISO 20022 Registration Authority iso20022.org
Documentation and an ecosystem messaging API; no formal role in the standard and no bank integration named in primary sources.
Nothing verifiable from IOTA Foundation sources.
Facts checked 3 Oct 2026 against each project's own documentation; each fact links its source. Prices: CoinGecko, live.
XDC Network is layer-1 blockchain (evm-compatible) focused on trade finance, real-world asset tokenization and enterprise applications. IOTA is described by its developers as: layer-1 blockchain (move-based) with an evm network, with a focus on bringing real-world assets and trade on-chain.
"ISO 20022 coin" is a market label, not a certification: the ISO 20022 Registration Authority says cryptocurrencies are not registered by the standard (iso20022.org FAQ). For IOTA: Nothing verifiable from IOTA Foundation sources.
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