Broadcasting on November 11 from “warm, sunny Colorado,” Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson said he expects RealFi to become the dominant liquidity engine across the Cardano–Midnight stack and push on-chain value to the billion-dollar mark within the next year. “RealFi will be the TVL monster for Cardano and Midnight alike. Billions and billions of dollars,” he said, adding a concrete target: “I want a TVL of over a billion dollars by the end of 2026.”

How Hoskinson Wants To Achieve A $1 Billion Cardano TVL

The pledge situates RealFi—Cardano’s long-trailed push into micro-lending and real-world credit rails—as the centerpiece of a broader liquidity plan that spans Bitcoin inflows, privacy-preserving DeFi on Midnight , and trustless cross-chain settlement.

Hoskinson described Midnight a

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