Midnight (NIGHT) Surges 6.2% on Upgrades and Market Strength

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Midnight (NIGHT) rose 6.2% in 25 hours driven by Ledger 9 upgrade, outperforming in a red market, and social hype. Transaction volume up 520% vs Zcash.

Midnight (NIGHT)’s approximately 6.2 percentage point move over the last 25 hours appears driven by a combination of recent fundamental upgrades, strong relative performance in a red market, and momentum or narrative trading, rather than a single new headline.

Midnight’s recent technical milestones provide a clear fundamental backdrop for the current uptrend. On 6 November 2026, Midnight completed its Ledger 9 mainnet upgrade, adding native Keccak-256 hashing, ECDSA signature verification, and contract-to-contract calls. This upgrade specifically enables tools for private deposits from other chains onto Midnight and more complex smart contracts, according to a detailed Ledger 9 upgrade report.

Midnight’s specific 24–25 hour move happens in a window where broader crypto sold off, yet Midnight kept making “top gainer” lists. That relative strength itself becomes a short term catalyst. Multiple market snapshots on 13–14 November flag Midnight as leading gainers while the majority of large coins are down. For example, one report notes Midnight up about 11.7% to roughly $0.0499 as the top listed gainer in a 90-asset universe on a day when decliners outnumbered advancers nearly six to one, and BTC and ETH were down over 4%, in a TokenPost market snapshot.

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