BREAKING: Ascend has just become the first dApp to launch on Midnight mainnet 🚀
Our Orderbook Spot DEX is LIVE!
Contract Link: https://t.co/V7hHTu19tG
The era of private DeFi begins 😎
⚡️Giveaway⚡️
To celebrate the successful sale of $ASCEND I'm partnering up with @AscendPerps to give away 300ADA worth of $ASCEND to one lucky winner.
⏰48 hrs to participate:
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Hydra v2 (alpha) is here!
This release simplifies the Hydra Head protocol by removing the commit phase entirely: heads now open directly, and funds are added incrementally via deposits.
This eliminates collectCom and abort transactions, resolves the long-standing "non-abortable head" issue, and reduces lifecycle costs for most use cases.
More details: https://t.co/aUV4OHumW2
Please try it out and give us feedback!
Midnight is getting institutional-grade trading infra.
We just shipped a live-status dashboard for Ascend, allowing users to track system status, up-time and back-end performance: https://t.co/WBKbucTHO4
> Backend API: handles every action you take on Ascend from placing a trade to loading your positions.
> Kafka: moves data between services in real-time so trades, prices and updates stay live.
> ZK Modules: generates the zero-knowledge proofs that verify every trade, liquidation and settlement.
> Midnight Anchoring: commits every state change to the Midnight blockchain, making trades provable.
> Deposits: processes all deposits coming into the platform.
> Frontend: https://t.co/slFmEY7bBb, the interface you trade on.
> Faucet: distributes free testnet tokens so anyone can try the platform.
This tool tracks every part of Ascend so if anything goes down, you're immediately alerted and will receive investigation updates from the team. It also tracks historical uptime.
Institutional adoption depends on our ability to provide the right tools.
Welcome to the future of DeFi! 🔥
We're losing sleep over this one 🕐
Chrome Extension v6 vs Mobile App — which one drops first? 👀
The community vote decides 🗳️
No take-backs.
Let's bring Midnight to the masses 🖤
🚨BREAKING!!! Cardano isn’t just one chain anymore.
We have 4 partner chains bringing unique value and use cases to the ecosystem.
1 launched on mainnet @MidnightNtwrk
3 partner chains are now actively building:
• @materios_ntwrk (gaming + DeFi)
• @VolaNetwork (DePIN + storage)
• @Oraclecharli3 (oracle data)
Built on Substrate + IOG integration layers.
Secured via Cardano stake pools.
This is the next phase of the ecosystem.
Coupling this with @PythNetwork oracles, @LayerZero_Core interconnectivity, @Dune analytics, @circle USDCx and selective disclosure transactions with Midnight, we're in for a crazy year!
Crypto isn’t what it used to be.
The biggest payment companies in the world like Mastercard, Visa and Stripe are actively moving into crypto…
…while slowly phasing out parts of the traditional payment rails.
Something big is changing
An update on our engagement with @Mastercard.
While Cardano was not included in the initial cohort of 85 launch partners, @emurgo_io has been actively engaging with their APAC team to change that and ensure our ecosystem is represented.
Following a leadership transition at Mastercard APAC —where our primary contact moved to EY — we have successfully connected with his successors. They were excited to speak with us and I am pleased to share we are now in the Qualification Stage for the Global Crypto Partner Program.
With the continued support of the Cardano community, I am confident in a positive outcome.
This important:
Please like and share to show @Mastercard the strength of our ecosystem. Mastercard is a global firm.. we need to show them that our inclusion into their Partner Program will make a difference to them. Surely this is an initiative the entire Cardano ecosystem can support! #cardano86
Let's go!!!
#cardano #mastercard @Cardano_CF@Cardano@IOGroup@midnightfdn
Midnight is live 🥳
Today marks the launch of the @MidnightNtwrk, a defining step forward in blockchain infrastructure and the realization of a fourth-generation architecture.
Rather than forcing a trade-off between transparency and privacy, Midnight allows both to coexist. Developers can build applications where user data remains private, while key conditions can still be proven on-chain, unlocking entirely new design space across financial products, identity systems, and decentralized applications.
Welcome to privacy by default, and disclosure by choice.
Read the full announcement, including details on the network’s phased rollout designed to ensure stability, security, and long-term resilience as the ecosystem expands: https://t.co/OTc7RRtVzq
NEW: The Hashdex Nasdaq CME Crypto Index ETF $NCIQ has expanded to seven assets, adding $ADA and $LINK to its existing $BTC, $ETH, $XRP, $SOL and $XLM holdings, per its first annual SEC 10-K filing.
Midnight 🤝 Monument Bank
Monument is set to become the first UK-regulated bank to tokenize retail customer deposits on a public blockchain — representing interest-bearing savings as digital tokens while remaining fully backed, redeemable in GBP, and protected under existing regulatory frameworks.
Built on Midnight’s privacy-enhancing blockchain infrastructure, this approach ensures that transaction data remains shielded and accessible only to authorized participants — enabling the use of blockchain technology while maintaining the confidentiality and compliance required in regulated financial services.
The initiative begins with a target of £250 million in tokenized deposits and represents the first phase in a broader rollout to expand access to tokenized financial products. Over time, this includes enabling exposure to asset classes such as private equity and structured products, and introducing more flexible lending models — capabilities historically reserved for institutional and private banking clients.
Together, this partnership demonstrates how regulated financial institutions can bring traditional financial products on-chain — unlocking a more flexible, accessible, and programmable financial system without compromising privacy or regulatory standards.