Ducat brings its UNIT stablecoin to Cashu ecash as Turbo UNIT

Ducat, a protocol built for credit and stablecoin activity on Bitcoin’s base layer, is bringing its UNIT stablecoin to the Cashu ecash protocol. The ecash version is called Turbo UNIT. The announcement landed on October 24, 2026. Its pitch is simple: a dollar-pegged token backed by Bitcoin that can move privately and quickly, off-chain, without leaving a trail on the public Bitcoin ledger. How Turbo UNIT works The mechanics start with a deposit. Users send UNIT into the Ducat Cashu mint and get back Turbo UNIT, an ecash form of the same stablecoin. From there, payments get unusually lightweight. Turbo UNIT can be sent peer-to-peer through messages or QR codes, with no on-chain transaction for each transfer. The privacy piece comes from Cashu’s use of blind signatures. Picture a notary stamping a document sealed inside an envelope: the stamp is valid, but the notary never sees what’s inside. Applied to payments, the mint can verify that a token is legitimate without being able to link it back to whoever originally received it. Spending a token reveals little about its history. Meanwhile, the serious machinery stays put. The collateral backing UNIT and the issuance of UNIT itself rem...