Fhenix unveils FHE-powered confidential DeFi stack for public blockchains in February 2026
Fhenix, a blockchain R&D firm, is rolling out a full-stack infrastructure for confidential DeFi that brings Fully Homomorphic Encryption-based computation to public blockchains. The company detailed its FHE-centric strategy in a press release on February 17 and an X livestream on February 16, highlighting tools like the CoFHE coprocessor on Base and the fhEVM environment for Solidity developers. Management says these advances aim to enable private smart contracts, encrypted verification and end-to-end protected payments for use cases ranging from governance and identity to institutional asset tokenization.