CoinDesk Podcast Network Inside Midnight's Mainnet Launch
Feb 25, 2026
Fahmi Syed, President of the Midnight Foundation and a blockchain exec focused on privacy-preserving infrastructure. He discusses Midnight’s federated mainnet launch and strategic partnerships with Google Cloud and Telegram. He walks through Midnight City, a SimCity-style privacy simulation, and explains the concept of rational privacy for protecting data and enabling private on-chain trading.
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Asia Shows Strong Early Adoption
- Midnight has strong adoption in Asia with active community work in Japan led by a dedicated Japan manager.
- Fahmi Syed notes ambassador travel through Japan, interest in Korea, Indonesia, and the Philippines driving regional representation.
Federated Mainnet Launch With Institutional Nodes
- Midnight will launch a federated mainnet with institutional and smaller node operators to phase mainnet rollout safely.
- Fahmi Syed says 10 node operators including Google and Alphaton will run the late-March federated mainnet and more partners are pending announcement.
Try Midnight City Simulation Before Mainnet
- Try the Midnight City simulation to understand how privacy and proofs work in practice before mainnet usage.
- Go to midnight.city, create an avatar, and interact with private stablecoin economies that generate on-chain proofs.