Cardano Midnight’s ‘Kukolu’ Phase: A Stable Mainnet or Just a Crypto Daydream? 🌙

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Cardano Midnight (NIGHT) has officially entered the “Kukolu phase,” which, if you’re not a crypto guru, means they’ve stopped pretending they’re not a real blockchain yet. According to their roadmap, this “safe port” is the first of three phases in 2026. Spoiler: Phase 3 will probably be “We’re rich now.” 🚀

Kukolu phase signals stable mainnet for Cardano Midnight

Per the team’s update, the Kukolu phase is the “safe port” – a fancy way of saying, “Hey developers, feel free to build apps here. We’ve already forgotten about the last 100 resets.” Builders can now deploy real products, but let’s be honest, most of them are probably just crypto penguins wearing sunglasses. 🐧🕶️

The native token, NIGHT, is now tradable, which is great news if you enjoy buying things that fluctuate like a toddler’s mood. Users can transact freely, guaranteed incentives, and now they’ve got a “fully active economic layer.” Because nothing says “stable economy” like a blockchain named after the middle of the night. 🌌

As a privacy-centric blockchain, Cardano Midnight claims dApps will protect your data “by default.” Great! So I won’t have to worry about my crypto cat NFTs being sold on the dark web. Yet. 🐱

🔥JUST IN: KŪKOLU – MIDNIGHT’S “SAFE PORT” PHASE IS HERE!

With $NIGHT token launched and liquidity firmly established, Kūkolu is the moon phase symbolizing development, strengthening, and building.🚀

This is the “safe port” from which the ecosystem’s privacy-enhancing DApps can…

– midnightexplorer.com (@midnightexplr) January 1, 2026

With all this officially up and running, Cardano Midnight is now begging developers and partners to build. Because nothing says “real-world adoption” like a project that launched in December 2025 and is already trading below $1. 💸

“The time is now, Midnight is entering the explosive real-world adoption era!” they declared. Let’s hope “explosive” doesn’t mean literal explosions. 🔥

Developers can now test real use cases with live users. If “real use cases” includes sending your ex crypto to buy you flowers, then mission accomplished. 🌹

Market reaction, price performance and community concerns

The community is excited, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Some folks are already panicking: “Why choose a date so far away? You know the market will be in a bear phase by then, right?” 🐻

Cardano Midnight hit an ATH of $1.81 in December 2025, only to crash to $0.08862 now. That’s a 95% drop, which is basically crypto’s version of a rollercoaster that only goes down. 🎢

Despite a 4.6% 24-hour gain, the volume is still in the red. U.Today reports a 45% volume crash in four days. If the volume turns green, maybe we’ll see a price surge. Or maybe it’ll just surge in the wrong direction. 🎢

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2026-01-02 15:24