Inside Midnight's Mainnet Launch

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🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Fahmi Syed of the Midnight Foundation joins CoinDesk Live to discuss the network’s upcoming mainnet launch, strategic cloud partnerships, and the role of "rational privacy" in the AI era. Fahmi Syed, President of the Midnight Foundation, joins CoinDesk Live at Consensus Hong Kong to break down the rapid evolution of the Midnight network. With infrastructure partnerships now in place with Google Cloud and Telegram, Syed details the strategic roadmap for Midnight’s late-March federated mainnet launch. He explores the real-world utility of Midnight City—a SimCity style environment where users can interact with zero-knowledge proofs and private stablecoins in a live simulation. As AI-driven data exploitation becomes a global concern, Syed explains why "rational privacy" is the essential bridge for institutions and retail users to trade and protect their identities without compromise. - This episode was hosted live by Jennifer Sanasie and Sam Ewen at Consensus Hong Kong 2026, presented by Hex Trust.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, welcome back to the program.
0:09.6	Joining us now at the desk is Midnight Foundation President and friend of the show, Fami
0:14.2	Sayed.
0:15.2	Hey, Fami.
0:16.2	Hey, how are you doing?
0:17.2	I'm doing well.
0:18.2	I have a question for you.
0:19.2	Did you consult Charles on his McDonald's outfit? I did not. Oh, I would a question for you. Go for it. Did you consult Charles on his McDonald's outfit?
0:22.0	I did not.
0:23.4	Was it a surprise?
0:24.4	I would have gone five guys.
0:31.1	All right, Bobby, we're sitting in Hong Kong.
0:34.5	We've talked to you in a few different places around the globe.
0:38.3	Bring the conversation to the region. Okay.
0:39.3	How is the Midnight Foundation looking at the region?
0:42.3	Well, we've seen wide adoption in Asia. You think about Midnight as a Karana
0:49.3	Nevasa, there's a strong following of Ada and the Karana community in Japan.
0:53.3	So we've actually got a Japan manager who's doing great things, not only encouraging that
0:58.3	Ada community to think about midnight and how they sort of bring that attention to midnight,
1:03.4	but also working at an institution in that space.
1:05.6	We've got interest in Korea, Indonesia, Philippines.
1:10.3	Our ambassador program has been traveling through Japan and now is in
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