Partners with Google Cloud and MoneyGram to run launch nodes for the network.

Featured in an interview at Consensus Hong Kong conference where the foundation representative discussed privacy technology, zero-knowledge proofs, NIGHT and DUST tokens, rational privacy, use cases, and mainnet plans.

Experienced a 38.86% increase in trading volume week-over-week as of February 24, 2026.

Ranked 8th top weekly gainer with a price increase of 27.30% for the week ending February 20, 2026.

NIGHT token increased 7% and was among the top movers in the crypto market on February 18, 2026.

Participated in Privacy Salon event at EthereumDenver on February 17, 2026, as an event partner alongside Aleo and Miden, discussing privacy, stablecoins, ZK tech, and mainstream adoption.

Increased 10% over a one-week period ending February 16, 2026.

Launched Midnight City, an AI agent-powered city simulation generating real transactions with rational privacy, selective disclosure, and zk infrastructure, opening public access 2026-02-26.

Participate in InnovateDenver institutional crypto conference on 2026-02-18 with JPMorgan, Coinfund, Arrington Capital, Republic, and Monad.

CTO participated in an interview in Tokyo discussing the project's privacy features, ZK proofs, post-quantum cryptography, partnership with Cardano, and mainnet timeline.

Sponsors Consensus Hong Kong conference as a 5 Block Sponsor on February 10, 2026.

Partnered with Brave Games as one of three teams in a reality-show style browser game featuring a prediction arena, puzzles, and prize distribution to top players including NFTs and prizes from multiple Web3 projects.

A stablecoin partnership integration is expected in Q1 2026.

First dApps are scheduled to launch in Q1 2026.

Kūkolu mainnet launches final week of March 2026, confirmed by Charles Hoskinson at Consensus Hong Kong.

Experienced whale inflows of $24M.

Launched with zero venture capital allocation in the token distribution.

Launched a new privacy sidechain called NIGHT on the Cardano ecosystem.

Scheduled internal workshops for January 2026 with extensive technical documentation being prepared.

Whiteboard presentation on YouTube reached 10 million views.

Achieved $7B in daily trading volume.

Added to LunarCrush platform for tracking social and market metrics.

Reached a market cap of $1.5 billion and recorded $3 billion in 24-hour trading volume.

Ranked 83rd by market capitalization and 4th by trading volume (excluding stablecoins).

Added custody support on BitGo platform, enabling institutional access to the token through BitGo's custody infrastructure.

Led top movers with an 11% price increase on December 17, 2025.

Trading volume reaches nearly $1 billion USD over the past 24 hours.

OKX lists NIGHT for spot trading in the United States market.

HTX exchange launches $NIGHT futures trading contest with $10,000 in HTX prizes, ending December 18th.

$NIGHT perpetual futures go live on Kraken Pro with up to 20x leverage and 40+ collateral options across 350+ markets.

The Redemption Portal for Glacier Drop and Scavenger Mine participants is now live, allowing users to view allocations and thawing schedules, with 4.5B+ NIGHT already claimed across 8M+ addresses from a 24B total supply.

The Redemption Portal launches for Glacier Drop participants with tokens unlocking in 4 phases of 25% each over 450 days at 90-day intervals. Distribution metrics show 4.5B+ NIGHT claimed across 8M+ participating addresses from a 24B total supply.

NIGHT token sees 4.5B+ tokens claimed across 8M+ participating addresses and ranks as #2 trending coin on CoinGecko this week.

Two NIGHT airdrop campaigns on Alpha platform reward top 20,500 traders by volume with 1,700 NIGHT each and top 18,100 keyless address users with 1,100 NIGHT each.

HTX exchange launches Earn program for NIGHT tokens with 100% APY staking rewards.

Partnership with humidifi introduces Trade-and-Earn program with 10M NIGHT, 2.5M WET, and 60K USDT in farming rewards.

Binance launches a NIGHT Trading Competition and Deposit Campaign with $2.5M worth of rewards, where only cumulative purchases count for the competition and deposit rewards are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.

1,500,000 $NIGHT tokens are available through OKX's X Drops Club program, requiring users to hold $1K+ in any crypto on OKX and opt-in to earn rewards via The New Money App.

NIGHTUSDT perpetual contract launches on Binance Futures on December 10, 11:00 UTC.

Partnership announced with CoinDesk Media Network.

Japan tour launches in January spanning from Hokkaido to Okinawa in partnership with Midnight Foundation and Shielded, featuring multiple hackathons and ambassador participation with specific dates and locations to be announced.

NIGHT token allocation claims are active with a 1-year thawing schedule across 4 phases for community allocations. Bitpanda exchange listing confirmed.

NIGHT is now trading on Bitpanda exchange. The token has a 4-phase thawing schedule over 1 year for community allocations.

Bybit activates NIGHT Launchpool with 50,000,000 NIGHT prize pool for staking NIGHT or MNT tokens.

NIGHT Launchpool launches on Bybit, offering users the ability to stake NIGHT or MNT to share from a 50,000,000 NIGHT prize pool.

Binance announces the launch of futures trading for NIGHT token.

NIGHT is now live on The New Money App in the United States.

Token Generation Event (TGE) completed with airdrop distribution to eligible participants.

NIGHT token launches with expanded CEX support including Binance Alpha, MEXC, and Kucoin, with strong trading volume reported at launch.

NIGHT is now available for trading on Kraken exchange.

Bybit Spot listed NIGHT token with a 200,000,000 NIGHT prize pool, enabled NIGHT token deposits via BNB Smart Chain Network.

NIGHT is now live on Flash Earn, allowing users to claim rewards in OKB, USDT, BTC, ETH, or ADA.

NIGHT is now live on Binance Alpha platform.

OKX announces support for distributing NIGHT airdrop tokens to holders of ADA, BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, BNB, AVAX, and BAT.

Gate Futures and Perp DEX enable NIGHT/USDT trading with 20x leverage beginning December 9 at 10:10 AM UTC.

HTX exchange lists NIGHT token spot trading starting December 9 with deposits opening soon.

Kraken lists NIGHT token with trading beginning December 9 at 10AM UTC and distributes Glacier Drop airdrop to eligible recipients.

Trading for NIGHT token starts on Kraken December 9 at 10AM UTC with Glacier Drop airdrop recipients receiving tokens directly in their Kraken accounts.

NBX exchange enables trading and distribution of the NIGHT token.

Bybit opens NIGHT token deposits via ADA Chain with a 200 million NIGHT prize pool campaign.

Bybit announces spot listing for NIGHT token.

Binance Alpha announces it will be the first platform to feature NIGHT on December 9, with eligible users able to claim an airdrop using Binance Alpha Points once trading opens.

A new campaign launches with 120M $NIGHT prize pool, registration opens December 10 at 6 AM UTC, and claims start December 11 at 10 AM UTC for Cedefi and OKX DEX users.

CoinDesk newsletter is presented by Midnight Network, representing a marketing partnership with the major crypto news outlet.

Gate exchange announces $NIGHT/USDT spot trading beginning December 9 at 10:00 AM UTC.

OKX lists NIGHT for spot trading.

OKX announces $NIGHT/USDT spot trading to begin on December 9 at 10:00 AM UTC.

$NIGHT token listing announced on Bybit spot trading platform.

NIGHT token will list on Bybit spot trading soon.

$NIGHT token redemption begins December 10, allowing claims for 4.5 billion tokens.

Gate exchange launches the Glacier Drop Phase 1 airdrop starting December 5, distributing 6,660,000 $NIGHT tokens (from a 26.4M total pool) to holders of BTC, ETH, SOL, BNB, XRP, ADA, AVAX, or BAT, with additional unlock phases planned.

The NIGHT token officially launches for community access and liquidity. Cardano organizations approve a 70 million ADA treasury withdrawal for infrastructure improvements.

Midnight Network announces a collaboration with CoinDesk Media Network featuring content from Erik Voorhees.

Charles Hoskinson reveals the airdrop spans 8 chains reaching 33M wallets and states that 20 days of Midnight equals 2.5 years of Bitcoin mining compute.

Testing begins for a new ambassador and Discord program designed to enhance community engagement and message amplification.

Kraken partners with the project to support the token launch in addition to the airdrop.

BAT token holders and Brave browser users are eligible for the Glacier Drop airdrop through the Scavenger Mine event ending November 20.

Midnight Network Summit 2025 takes place with Cardano co-founder Charles Hoskinson speaking at the event.

Total allocation for phase 2 increases to 1B NIGHT (from 626M) with daily pool raised to 47.6M NIGHT (from ~30M), and final 24 hours starting November 19 require browser-only access.

Phase 2 of token allocation/distribution is live with NIGHT token claims ending on November 20 via the Glacier drop mechanism. The claim process is free and requires starting a session.

Phase 2 of the NIGHT token allocation and distribution opens with a claim deadline of November 20, offering free claims through a session-based system accessible to anyone with a computer.

OpenZeppelin UI Builder now supports the network, allowing developers to generate plug-and-play interfaces for deployed contracts to inspect state and execute transactions.

Norwegian crypto exchange NBX backs the project, with tokens being distributed to users and $NIGHT getting listed on the centralized exchange.

Trader closed a $28.7M BTC short position on Hyperliquid with a final loss of $378k after a three-day trade against market strength.

Announces Cypher Day event on November 17th from 12:55 p.m. - 5:10 p.m. GMT, featuring discussions on privacy for blockchains, institutions, and the general public.

Partnership with Google Cloud announced, bringing enterprise validation to the privacy stack infrastructure. (Tweet ID: 1987942929483374931)

Scavenger Mine claim phase goes live for user participation.

NBX customers become eligible for the airdrop.

Releases LunarSwap, a concentrated-liquidity DEX built as a reference implementation to demonstrate privacy-first DeFi capabilities, with core contracts and infrastructure available for builders to develop privacy applications.

Currently runs a Midnight privacy and agentic program.

Kraken announces partnership to distribute NIGHT tokens to eligible Kraken users as part of the Glacier Drop program, with claim details and timelines to be shared soon.

Episode 11 of Privacy in Motion series with Brave launches, featuring Chris Ghent (Chief Growth Officer at Input Output HK) discussing Web3, AI, and the creator economy.

The airdrop eligibility expands to include AVAX, BNB, XRP, and BAT holders in addition to the previously announced BTC, ETH, SOL, and ADA holders.

Sponsors CoinDesk Media Network, appearing in CoinDesk Daily programming.

The airdrop claim period ends on October 20, allowing users to claim tokens in-app without gas fees or transaction costs.

Glacier Drop runs on Hydra and is the largest Cardano MainNet application currently running.

Partnership with Brave browser produces Episode 10 of "Privacy in Motion" educational video series featuring developer-focused privacy content with guest @danielabarbosa.

Glacier Drop airdrop eligibility expands to 8 blockchain ecosystems (up from 6 networks previously mentioned) and launches influencer marketing campaign featuring prominent crypto voices including @farokh at Korea Blockchain Week.

Google Cloud partnership announced providing confidential computing and threat monitoring capabilities; Glacier Drop airdrop extended to October 20 with new Scavenger Mine program launching soon.

Keystone 3 Pro hardware wallet integration with Vespr wallet now enables one-tap Glacier Drop claiming.