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Privacy-focused blockchain Midnight drew renewed market interest this week after Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson outlined key developments at the Consensus Hong Kong conference. Hoskinson said Midnight’s mainnet is scheduled to go live before the end of March and pointed to collaborations with Google and Telegram as part of the project’s rollout and infrastructure support.
On the Consensus Hong Kong stage, Hoskinson said Midnight mainnet will officially launch before the end of March, describing it as a major milestone and the start of a live, production network intended to support early applications built around selective disclosure.
He also referenced partnerships that would help “run it,” naming Google and Telegram. While the arrangement was not independently confirmed by either company in the remarks, Hoskinson said they are among the partners supporting Midnight’s rollout and infrastructure.
“We have some great collaborations to help us run it,” he said. “Google is one of them. Telegram is another. We’re really excited, there’s more that will come.”
The announcement also introduced the Midnight City Simulation, described as a testing platform intended to stress-test network proof generation using AI agents well ahead of mainnet.
Midnight’s native token, NIGHT, responded positively to the news. At press time, it was trading at around $0.048–$0.051, up roughly 3–4% over the past 24 hours, reflecting renewed investor appetite following the mainnet timeline disclosure and partner references.
Midnight is positioned as a selective-disclosure privacy layer for blockchain applications, aiming to balance confidentiality with real-world compliance. Hoskinson also indicated the project would not pursue direct onboarding of legacy privacy coin communities such as Monero and ZCash, instead focusing on broader user adoption.
“You don’t try to get anybody from Monero or ZCash over,” he said during a Q&A session at Consensus Hong Kong on Thursday.
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