Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson confirmed at Consensus Hong Kong on February 11, 2026 that Midnight — Cardano's zero-knowledge privacy partner chain — will launch its mainnet in the final week of March 2026, with ASCII.co.uk pinpointing March 26 as the specific launch date. Midnight uses ZK-SNARKs for selective disclosure, a three-tier access model (public, auditor, regulatory god-mode), and separates data from computation, keeping personal and business data off-chain while recording only ZK proofs on-chain. The Midnight City Simulation stress test opened to the public on February 26. Google and Telegram are confirmed infrastructure partners. NIGHT is the native token. LayerZero cross-chain integration was announced simultaneously. ADA dropped 80% from its 2025 highs ahead of the launch. Ethers News provides the most complete analysis of Midnight's technology, architecture, partners, and market implications.

CME Group launched regulated futures contracts for both Cardano and Chainlink, joining Bitcoin and Ethereum in the institutional derivatives market and covering over 75% of crypto market capitalization....

Cardano gains acceptance at 137 Swiss supermarkets while the best crypto presale focus turns to Pepeto’s exchange ecosystem with $7.4M raised and listing approaching. Cardano Accepted at 137 SPAR Supermarkets...

Cardano holders can now pay for groceries directly at 137 Spar supermarket locations across Switzerland through the Open Crypto Pay network built by Swiss fintech firm DFX.swiss. The payment architecture...

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Members Capital Management (“MembersCap”), the Bermuda-regulated investment manager, opened the London Stock Exchange in celebration of its participation in the first-ever transaction recorded as part of LSEG’s new Digital Markets Infrastructure (DMI), developed in collaboration with Microsoft.

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