Hey Cardanians! Welcome aboard the Weekly Cardano Digest #113!

We've filtered through all the noise to distill crucial updates into a breezy, 5-minute read. No need for you to sift through endless info — we've got you covered. Ready to delve into this week's top Cardano news? Let’s dive in.

Here are the topics of the week:

• 🌘 Midnight Mainnet Set For Launch by End of March

• 💧 CME Group Launches ADA Futures

• 🧑‍💻 Cardano Powering Verifiable Enviromental Impact

• Weekly Development Report

• & More!

🌘 Midnight Mainnet Set for Launch by End of March

At Consensus Hong Kong, Charles Hoskinson confirmed that Midnight mainnet is scheduled to go live by the end of March, marking a decisive step forward for Cardano’s privacy-focused partner chain.

He also highlighted major partnerships already in place, including collaborations with Google and Telegram, with additional integrations expected as the network transitions into production.

With mainnet activation, Midnight moves from extended testnet experimentation into live infrastructure. Programmable privacy, selective disclosure, and shielded smart contracts will now operate in a production environment, a major milestone for Cardano’s expanding multi-chain architecture.

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🏦 CME Group Launches ADA Futures

CME Group has officially launched futures for Cardano ($ADA), alongside Chainlink and Stellar.

CME is the largest derivatives exchange in the world, serving global banks, asset managers, hedge funds, and institutional traders. Listing crypto futures there represents regulatory alignment, deeper liquidity, and institutional-grade price discovery.

For Cardano, this provides regulated exposure for traditional finance capital and opens the door to more advanced financial products built around ADA. It’s not just a listing, it’s a structural milestone in crypto’s integration into global markets.

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🌍 Cardano Powering Verifiable Environmental Impact

Plastiks is leveraging Cardano to turn plastic recovery data into verifiable, tamper-proof on-chain records, supporting transparent ESG reporting and circular economy initiatives.

So far, the initiative has traced and recovered 10,032,898 kilograms of plastic, equivalent to 331,085,965 plastic bottles (1.5L), with verified entities operating across 20 countries.

This is blockchain functioning as infrastructure rather than speculation. By anchoring environmental accountability on-chain, Cardano is supporting measurable, auditable sustainability outcomes at global scale.

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