Midnight Fixes Everything, Says Hoskinson-With a Wink

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Charles Hoskinson, founder of Cardano, let loose a wry burst on X: “Midnight fixes everything!” as if the moonlight itself had been milled into a miracle cure for every ledger and rumor in the river town.

Cardano Midnight as ambitious privacy infrastructure

Now, imagine a privacy contraption with more swagger than a steamboat at dawn: Midnight came into the world to let smart contracts murmur secrets and keep data under lock and key. Hoskinson’s grin hints that Midnight can patch the big leaks in the blockchain hull, especially the privacy kind.

With Midnight, the fear of exposed data in transactions is kept at bay, or so the tale goes. His grand proclamation might give some confidence to folks who fancy anonymity in this crypto wild west.

Midnight fixes everything!

– Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) February 11, 2026

The tone is a hearty endorsement that Midnight could tangle with privacy hurdles and the regulatory rigging of blockchain infrastructure.

The Midnight network hints at three stages in its grand march forward.

Midnight is presently in the Kukolu phase, with the possibility of a new genesis block emerging in about 90 days. The plan is to improve on Kukolu-a safe harbor where builders might set real products to sail instead of sails in the wind.

As the roadmap says, all three transitions for Midnight are slated to unfold in 2026.

Market performance, exchange listings and adoption trends

The push behind Midnight has helped it win attention in the crypto camp. It’s landed on several exchanges, including the social trading platform eToro. That listing signals that Midnight’s not just a talking point around the coffee pot, but a thing folks on the street are starting to hear about.

For investors and traders, NIGHT becomes a touch more visible. On eToro, folks who ain’t on other exchange platforms can now greet Midnight and reap the “privacy-first” advantages.

Since its launch, Midnight has gained traction among users, and the swift climb into the top 100 assets in less than a month after debut proved the crowd’s appetite for privacy.

Today, Midnight sits at 60th with a market capitalization of $807.97 million. In the early days, NIGHT rode a wave of privacy hype, briefly cresting above $0.10 on a bright morning.

As of press time, Midnight trades for $0.04869, down 2.2% in the last 24 hours. Trading volume has fallen 15.1% to $10.69 million.

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2026-02-11 13:58