The Midnight network is moving into its next stage.
Today, permissionless smart contract deployment is live on Midnight mainnet, giving builders more freedom to deploy and enabling contracts to programmatically deploy other contracts.
And that’s not all in our latest State of the Network:
👉 @GeroWallet 2.7.1 brings full Midnight dApp support
👉 @googlecloud launched a Midnight testnet faucet
👉 @Noctis_Zone is live on Preprod
👉 @Urafinance is testing DUST sponsorship for applications
👉 37 developers completed the @VIA_Labs cross-chain sprint
👉 @Midnight_kor Hackathon wraps this week
Read the full update: https://t.co/R1JS36wcif
BREAKING: $AMD AMD Acquires World Labs in $8.2 Billion Deal for AI Expertise.
Stanford professor and World Labs founder Fei-Fei Li sits down with Jany Talk to break down what everyone gets wrong about AI - and why she still believes in people, not machines.
Fei-Fei Li co-created ImageNet before most of the world understood why data would matter more than algorithms. She's spent a decade building computer vision and robotics from the ground up. Now, as the founder of World Labs, she's betting on spatial intelligence as the missing piece of AGI - and she's here to tell you why almost everyone is thinking about AI wrong.
Fei-Fei Li: "AI Is a Tool, Not the World" - On Curiosity, AGI and Being Human. Full interview here:
We’re excited to share a major update with our community.
@realfi_co is coming to Cardano Mainnet on October 1st.
That’s right – get ready, make some noise.
Thanks to you all, we have a great base to build on. We got here because of you.
To date, more than 3,600 users, completing over 40,000 quest actions, took part in the Pioneer Season* – with the public Testnet giving us exactly what a testnet should: Real usage, real comments, and a clear list of what to work on before launch. Thank you.
Importantly, the Pioneer Season will continue until Mainnet; this decision is deliberate and not the result of any major issue or setback: We’re taking the additional time to assess what we’ve learned, incorporate community feedback, and ensure our full-blown launch receives the attention, preparation, and polish it deserves.
Our goal is simple: To make the transition to Mainnet as strong, smooth, and successful as possible.
We will share further launch week details, including what changes for our Pioneers at Mainnet, as October approaches.
We are only getting started,
The RealFi Team
There will only ever be 21 million BTC.
There will only ever be 45 billion ADA.
That gives us a fascinating way to think about Cardano scarcity.
45,000,000,000 ÷ 21,000,000 = 2,143
So owning ₳2,143 gives you approximately the same share of Cardano's maximum supply as owning 1 BTC gives you of Bitcoin's maximum supply.
In other words:
1 BTC = ₳2,143 on a supply-adjusted basis.
Not in price.
Not in current market value.
But in scarcity and proportional ownership of the network's ultimate monetary supply.
Now the numbers get interesting.
At $78,000 BTC, an equivalent network valuation would imply:
$78,000 ÷ 2,143 = ~$36 ADA
At $500,000 BTC:
$500,000 ÷ 2,143 = ~$233 ADA
At $1,000,000 BTC:
~$467 ADA
Of course, Cardano does not have Bitcoin's valuation today.
That's not the argument.
The question is what happens if Cardano ultimately earns anything approaching it.
Because I've long viewed Cardano as an attempt at something incredibly ambitious:
Bitcoin perfected.
A scarce digital asset with a hard maximum supply...
…but with proof-of-stake.
Programmability.
Native assets.
Governance.
A treasury.
Liquid staking.
And an architecture capable of becoming far more than simply digital gold.
Bitcoin proved that a decentralised, scarce digital asset can become worth trillions.
Cardano's challenge is proving that those same monetary principles can underpin an entire decentralised financial and governance system.
If it succeeds, then today's ADA price becomes almost the least interesting number.
The more interesting number might be:
₳2,143
Because that is your Cardano “wholecoiner” equivalent.
There can only ever be about 21 million of those positions.
Think about that.
$ADA $BTC
CertiK 🤝 @MidnightNtwrk
We’re excited to announce a new ecosystem partnership with Midnight, a blockchain designed to enable data protection and privacy-preserving applications.
Together, we’ll explore opportunities to support the security and continued growth of the Midnight ecosystem as it expands.
We look forward to working alongside the Midnight team and contributing to a more secure Web3.
Sundae v4 is coming 🍨
Today we’re dropping the first details of the next major upgrade to the SundaeSwap protocol.
Read it here 👇 https://t.co/bfH5MGY1NW
We’re thrilled to announce a $12M Seed round, led by @hack_vc, with participation from @NomadCapital_io , @PiCoreTeam Ventures , @10kventure and top angel investors.
Physical AI has a data problem. Models need more than static datasets—they need diverse data that evolves with them.
Axis’s compounding Data Engine is here to fix this gap. Our end-to-end closed-loop workflow unites large-scale simulation, egocentric real-world capture, and human-in-the-loop post-training to unlock scalable production of structured, multi-diverse robotic data — the core missing piece for Physical AI.
The capital will accelerate Axis’s mission to build a massively parallel, human-in-the-loop global data engine. We’re just getting started.
Huge congratulations to PKU alumni Wang Hong and Deng Yu, recipients of the 2026 Fields Medal — mathematics’ highest honor! 🧮
Announced at the 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in Philadelphia, the pair are among four mathematicians worldwide to claim this prestigious prize, awarded every four years to outstanding scholars under 40.
The awards are historic on several levels.
—First time two mathematicians who completed undergraduate studies in mainland China win the Fields Medal in the same year.
—Both joined Peking University as undergraduates in 2007.
—Wang Hong becomes only the third female Fields Medalist ever, the first Chinese woman, and the first recipient with a bachelor’s degree from a mainland Chinese university.
We are immensely proud of their extraordinary breakthroughs and lasting contributions to global mathematics.
Leios merch giveaway. Gear up.
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Big news: Kimi-K3 by @Kimi_Moonshot is now #1 in the Frontend Code Arena with 1679 pts, surpassing Claude Fable 5.
This is a 17-place jump from Kimi-k2.6 (#18 -> #1).
In Frontend, Kimi-K3 ranked #1 in 6 of 7 domains: Brand & Marketing, Reference-Based Design, Data & Analytics, Consumer Product, Simulations, and Content Creation Tools, landing #2 only in Gaming behind Fable 5.
The full model weights will be released by July 27.
Congrats to the @Kimi_Moonshot team on this major milestone!
🚀 Why Midnight (NIGHT) Privacy Matters – The Future of Confidential Blockchain!
In a world where every transaction is public by default, privacy is no longer optional — it's essential. Enter Midnight, Cardano’s powerful privacy-focused partner project, and its token NIGHT. Built for real-world adoption, Midnight brings confidential smart contracts and data protection to the ecosystem. Here's why it’s a game-changer! 🔒
Why Privacy is Crucial Today:
Financial Freedom: Traditional blockchains expose your balances, trades, and history. Midnight keeps sensitive data private while maintaining transparency where needed — perfect for DeFi, payments, and institutional use.
Personal Protection: In an era of surveillance, data breaches, and regulatory overreach, privacy coins/chains protect users from targeting, doxxing, or discrimination.
Business & Compliance: Enterprises need confidential computing. Midnight enables private transactions and smart contracts that comply with regulations like MiCA while protecting trade secrets and user data.
Anti-Censorship: True financial sovereignty means no one can freeze or track your activity without reason. Midnight empowers users in restrictive environments.
How Midnight Delivers Privacy:
Leverages zero-knowledge proofs and advanced cryptography integrated with Cardano’s secure, research-driven foundation.
Supports confidential smart contracts — code runs privately while verifiable on the public ledger when required.
High performance with low fees, scalability, and interoperability with Cardano mainnet.
NIGHT token powers the ecosystem — staking, governance, and utility in privacy-preserving dApps.
Future Impact in the Coming Years:
Midnight is positioned to explode as regulations tighten globally. Expect:
Mass adoption in DeFi, NFTs (private sales), healthcare records, supply chain, and voting systems.
Stronger institutional inflows — privacy becomes a premium feature for banks and funds.
Ecosystem growth: More dApps, cross-chain privacy bridges, and real utility beyond speculation.
Price & utility upside for NIGHT as demand for confidential tech rises in a post-MiCA world.
Cardano + Midnight combo = The most balanced ecosystem: Security + Scalability + Privacy.
Privacy isn’t about hiding — it’s about protecting freedom in the digital age. Midnight isn’t just another privacy coin; it’s a foundational layer that can reshape how we interact with blockchain.
If you believe in a private and open financial future, Midnight is worth exploring deeply. DYOR, check the official docs, and consider joining the community!
What’s your view on privacy in crypto? Necessary or overhyped? Let’s discuss 👇
#Midnight #NIGHT #Cardano #Privacy #Crypto #DeFi #Web3
🔥 Ethereum is finally moving toward Cardano’s biggest innovation — and Charles Hoskinson just called it out.
Ethereum researchers have published a new paper proposing native UTXO support for simple payments, claiming it could reduce permanent state storage by ~99.8%.
Why? Because Ethereum’s account-based model creates endless state bloat. Every new address that receives funds adds permanent storage that never disappears as the network grows.
Cardano solved this problem years ago.
We launched the full Extended UTXO (eUTXO) model with the Alonzo hard fork in September 2021 — not just for basic payments, but for complete smart contracts through Plutus. While preserving every advantage of the UTXO model.
Hoskinson said it clearly:
“EUTXO is the biggest innovation of the smart contract world and Ethereum cannot mention it as they literally try to copy it.”
Here’s why this matters:
✅ Deterministic execution — You know exactly what a transaction will do before sending it. No mid-execution failures.
✅ Predictable fees — Calculate the exact cost upfront.
✅ True parallelism — Transactions can process simultaneously because they explicitly declare their inputs and outputs.
✅ No permanent state bloat — UTXOs are created, spent, and removed. Clean and efficient.
Ethereum’s current proposal is limited to simple payments only. Cardano has been running full smart contracts on eUTXO for over 5 years with all these benefits intact.
This isn’t just validation — it’s proof that Cardano built the better foundation first.
While others are still figuring out scalability hacks, Cardano has been operating with a more scalable, secure, and predictable model since 2021.
The future of blockchain accounting is UTXO-based. Cardano didn’t follow the crowd. We built the better path.
What do you think — will Ethereum go further and fully embrace eUTXO principles?
#Cardano #eUTXO #Ethereum #ADA #Blockchain #CryptoInnovation