Midnight’s NIGHT token jumped 27% after mainnet enabled fully public deployment. Midnight uses zero-knowledge proofs to verify personal data without exposing it. Charles Hoskinson joked about
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Midnight’s NIGHT token jumped 27% after mainnet enabled fully public deployment.
Midnight uses zero-knowledge proofs to verify personal data without exposing it.
Charles Hoskinson joked about his protocol called Midnight Express online today.
NIGHT, the native token of Cardano-linked privacy network Midnight, rose as much as 27% in 24 hours, hitting an intraday high of $0.053 before trading near $0.050. The token’s market capitalization climbed to $833 million, the data showed. NIGHT has risen roughly 159% since early September.
Mainnet Deployment Goes Permissionless
The rally followed Midnight opening permissionless smart contract deployment on its mainnet, removing the mandatory security review that previously gated new contracts on its Preprod testing environment. The network has operated since March 2026.
Developers can now deploy contracts directly to m…
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