Today, we’re excited to announce an official partnership between COTI and Midnight Foundation, an organisation dedicated to advancing the development, adoption, and real-world impact of the Midnight Network, a privacy-first blockchain built by Shieleded Technologies.
Together, COTI and Midnight will collaborate to bridge and broaden the privacy landscape, advance industry standards, and work together to grow a global privacy ecosystem that serves builders, enterprises, and users.
This partnership brings together two of the most prominent privacy protocols in Web3, each with distinct and complementary technology, united by a shared mission: making privacy a foundational layer of blockchain.
What We’re Building Together
This is a strategic alignment between two privacy-native protocols to push the entire ecosystem forward.
COTI and Midnight will actively collaborate on:
Privacy standards development: Joint contributions to best practices and frameworks that define how to build using privacy on-chain.
Cross-chain composability: Enabling the interoperability of our privacy protocols and tokens, unlocking new use cases across both ecosystems.
Builder and enterprise empowerment: Enabling developers and institutions to leverage industry-leading privacy technology from both Midnight’s zero-knowledge architecture and COTI’s Garbled Circuits.
Privacy research and joint marketing: Advancing the shared mission of making privacy mainstream through collaborative research and awareness initiatives.
NIGHT Token Live on the COTI Network
The NIGHT token, Midnight’s native governance token, is already live on the COTI Network. NIGHT token was bridged via ChainPort in January of 2026 (Full Article).
COTI bridged NIGHT to their native network and ecosystem to expand the liquidity and utility for builders, traders, and participants of the Global privacy ecosystem.
The Rise of Midnight
Midnight Network is a next-generation privacy blockchain built by Shielded Technologies. Shielded Technologies is an emerging engineering company pioneering privacy-enhancing, decentralized technologies for real-world adoption. As a spinout from leading web3 venture studio Input Output, the company serves as the core technology partner to the Midnight Foundation, building the foundational infrastructure powering the Midnight network.
Midnight restores the original promise of crypto and aims to be the architecture of freedom. No one should be forced to choose between utility and privacy.
Unlike privacy coins that obfuscate transactions, Midnight combines zero-knowledge cryptography (ZK-SNARKs) with selective disclosure tooling, enabling developers and users to retain privacy where needed while staying compliant and auditable. Its hybrid-ledger design separates public and private data, supporting seamless interactions between transparent and confidential logic.
The NIGHT token launched in late 2025, and Midnight’s mainnet is scheduled for launch in late March 2026.
A Shared Privacy Mission & Philosophy
COTI and Midnight represent two of the most advanced approaches to privacy in Web3.
COTI’s Garbled Circuits deliver high-performance, scalable and cost-effective encrypted computation, fully EVM-compatible, and purpose-built for DeFi, RWAs, and enterprise use cases.
Midnight’s zero-knowledge architecture enables programmable smart contracts where sensitive information remains encrypted end-to-end, yet verifiable, with precise control over data disclosure.
Both COTI & Midnight approach solving the challenges of privacy and pursuing adoption with similar philosophies.
Programmable privacy gives builders and enterprise users selective control over what data is revealed and concealed.
Developer-friendly tooling supporting the creation of privacy-preserving apps with the latest in AI tooling for broader adoption.
Confidentiality as a fundamental feature in DeFi, private payments, identity management, enterprise data protection, and real-world asset tokenization.
The combined capabilities of both protocols is positioned to serve builders and institutions across virtually every category. By aligning together, we’re creating an ecosystem where the rise of privacy benefits everyone.
Why This Matters & What’s Next
Privacy is the single biggest unlock for mainstream blockchain adoption. Institutions will not move sensitive financial data on-chain without confidentiality. Users will not trust systems that expose every interaction. Builders need real privacy tools to create products people actually want to use.
By connecting two of the leading privacy ecosystems, we’re expanding the range of privacy tools available to builders and setting standards that can accelerate institutional adoption.
We’re on a mission to make privacy the default, not the exception. Together with Midnight, we’re moving that vision forward.
About Midnight Foundation
The Midnight Foundation is an organisation dedicated to advancing the development, adoption, and real-world impact of the Midnight network, the privacy enhancing blockchain project developed by Shielded Technologies. Designed for confidential smart contracts, Midnight enables censorship-resistant yet compliant decentralised applications. It leverages zero-knowledge proofs and a cooperative tokenomics architecture — with NIGHT as the utility token and DUST as the shielded capacity resource — to deliver a powerful combination of privacy, security, and decentralization.
Learn more about Midnight at midnight.network and follow their journey on X.
About COTI
COTI is the programmable privacy layer for Web3. Built for enterprises, builders, and agents. Powered by high-performance Garbled Circuits and enterprise-grade COTI Nightfall (ZK), COTI enables encrypted computation on any public blockchain. Fast, low-cost, and compliant privacy across DeFi, AI, and beyond.
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