- Cardanos Midnight Airdrop aims at 37 million users, including XRP owners, with data protection-oriented blockchain functions.
- Ripple and Cardano strengthen their relationships through interoperability and RWA tokenization, a market that is expected to be $ 18.9 trillion until 2033.
The Cardano blockchain extends its range with the upcoming Midnight Airdrop, in which tokens are distributed to holders via several networks, including XRP. The airdrop is aimed at impressive 37 million users.
As CNF reported, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson revealed these plans during his fundamental speech at Paris Blockchain Week 2025. He said that this was part of a greater effort to build privacy and cross-chain interoperability.
The Midnight Airdrop, also known as Glacier Drop, will contain night and dust tokens to improve privacy and governance within the Cardano ecosystem.
Midnight Airdrop for XRP and other blockchain communities
The Midnight Airdrop will be one of the largest Airdrop campaigns in the crypto sector and is aimed at holders of token large blockchains such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Binance Smart Chain, Avalanche and XRP.
Hoskinson said that this width is necessary to make data protection-oriented blockchain solutions accessible to a larger and more diverse audience. He said that Midnight’s data protection -oriented Sidechain will enable users to manage their data with advanced cryptographic techniques and at the same time comply with the legal regulations.
This Airdrop is of great importance for XRP owners, since the inclusion of the XRP community reflects the growing relationship between Cardano and Ripple in recent months. As already mentioned in our report, the two communities have tested a collaboration, most recently with the Ripple tokenization video, in which the Cardano logo was even seen.
The cooperation between Ripple and Cardano helps to improve interoperability and create a common vision for the tokenization of Real-World Assets (RWAS). The RWA market will probably grow to $ 18.9 trillion by 2033. Ripple recently released a tokenization video that triggered speculation about a possible partnership with the large blockchain projects from Cardano.
As we have already reported, the video, which was published on April 7, 2025, focuses on the growth of RWAS. It was not only the content that attracted attention, but also the underlying message.
Cardano’s vision for the 4th generation of crypto
During his presentation on the Paris Blockchain Week, Hoskinson also dealt with the development of the cryptocurrency industry. He divided the development of the blockchain into 4 phases. The 1st generation dealt with decentralization (Bitcoin).
The 2nd generation dealt with intelligent contracts (Ethereum). The 3rd generation dealt with scalability and interoperability (solution to the problem of communication between different blockchain networks).
Now, according to Hoskinson, the industry is moving towards the 4th generation of blockchain – one that deals with data protection. He said that data protection is no longer an optional feature, but a necessary component for the growth of decentralized technologies.
This coincides with the goals of Midnight that wants to create a data protection-friendly blockchain ecosystem. Cardano’s work to integrate data protection directly into the platform will play a major role in this next phase of cryptocurrency.
Chain Abstraction: Bridging different blockchain worlds
One of the most important features of the Midnight-Plattform is the chain abstraction that enables users to interact with the protocol by using the native assets of their respective blockchains without having to convert their assets.
So XRP owners can open their tokens Midnight Use without having to swap or convert them into another cryptocurrency. This cross-chain capability is the key to Midnight’s goal of making the platform accessible to many blockchain communities, breaking up silos between different networks and enabling more comprehensive participation.
Midnight testnet is getting an upgrade.
More efficient nodes, simpler setup, a faster proving system, and more.If you’re a block producer or developer, you’ll need to know what’s new.
Details + next steps:https://t.co/c86sfRerg4
— Midnight (@MidnightNtwrk) April 8, 2025
The midnight team worked on improving the platform and recently published a number of updates on your testnet to improve the scalability and experience of the developers.
The partnership with Openzpelin, a leading company in the area of blockchain security, will further improve the platform’s security and data protection functions, especially with regard to the support of defi projects in a safe and data protection environment.
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