Cardano Founder Heads to Japan, Teases Big Privacy Milestones!

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<a href="https://jpykr.com/ada-usd/">Cardano</a> Founder Hoskinson Plots Japan Tour, Teases New Deals

I’m really excited to hear that Charles Hoskinson is heading to Japan this week! He’s doing a tour to get the community hyped about Midnight, which is a privacy-focused network being built on Cardano. What’s *really* interesting is he’s suggesting some big partnerships and important integrations are almost ready to go live. That could be a huge step forward for the project, and I’m keeping a close eye on it.

In a video posted on January 22nd from Colorado, Hoskinson described his visit as a way to reconnect with what he considers the most important part of Cardano. He also explained it’s a starting point for the next step in Cardano’s development: improving the competitiveness of top applications by integrating Cardano with the features of Midnight.

Midnight, Privacy, And A Cardano DeFi Push

Hoskinson announced a two-week tour of Japan, hitting cities like Sapporo, Osaka, and Tokyo, essentially covering the whole country. The tour will include introductions to Midnight, updates on Cardano’s progress, and a look at the technical possibilities when the two platforms work together, aimed at developers.

Charles Hoskinson explained that Cardano’s origins are deeply rooted in Japan. He visited Japan in 2015 and, with the help of partners like Emurgo, secured funding to build Cardano by convincing Japanese stakeholders of its potential. He noted that the Japanese community remains Cardano’s largest and most active, holding over half of the total supply.

According to Hoskinson, Japan’s history makes it the ideal place to launch Midnight, not as a small venture, but as a key tool to help more people use Cardano.

Hoskinson plans to significantly improve the top 15 Cardano decentralized applications (dapps) around the middle of this year. He wants to provide these dapps with extra support so they can see major, rather than just small, increases in users and how widely they’re used.

He believes the best approach is to concentrate on the DeFi space and the Cardano application ecosystem, specifically asking how to boost the competitiveness of Cardano dapps. The goal is to dramatically increase their total value locked (TVL) and transaction volume by getting them listed on major exchanges and ensuring they reach their full potential.

He believes the key to success for Midnight is its focus on user privacy, combined with new technical features like improved data connections, stable digital currencies, and reliable data sources. His point is that simply being fast and cheap isn’t enough for decentralized apps – they also need appealing ways to attract users and activity from other platforms.

According to Hoskinson, Midnight will be crucial for success, as simply improving speed, cost, and efficiency isn’t enough. Decentralized applications need to offer genuinely new features by combining Cardano and Midnight technologies. This combination will allow widespread privacy features, extending beyond Cardano to networks like Solana, Ethereum, and Bitcoin.

Hoskinson explained that Cardano’s development is focused on scaling applications, not just the core network. He used the example of roads and traffic to illustrate that the limiting factor for growth will be the demand for applications, not the network’s technical capacity, and highlighted progress with the Hydra scaling solution as part of this approach.

Japan Tour

— Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) January 22, 2026

Following his time in Tokyo, Hoskinson plans to travel to Hong Kong for the Consensus conference. There, he’ll be a keynote speaker and share exciting news about Midnight, including partnerships that will support the network’s launch. He mentioned he’s keeping the names of these partners confidential until the deals are complete, but believes people will be very pleased with these important new integrations.

At press time, ADA traded at $0.3595.

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2026-01-23 17:37