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Charles Hoskinson

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Search every verified Charles Hoskinson interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Charles Hoskinson, CEO of Input Output Global and founder of Cardano, has been promoting Midnight, a privacy-focused blockchain he described as a "fourth-generation cryptocurrency." He stated that Midnight is designed to address what he called the industry's "biggest problem" — the inability of public ledgers to protect sensitive data — and to bridge traditional finance with decentralized finance through features like selective identity disclosure and "smart compliance." Hoskinson also discussed the Cardano PRIME proposal, which he said aims to stimulate liquidity and DeFi activity on Cardano, and he acknowledged that the network has been described as a "ghost chain" on one side while remaining "vibrant and lively" on the other. Hoskinson commented on a $10 million bridge hack involving Wanchain and the Cardano-to-BNB Chain bridge, calling such incidents "inevitable without zero-knowledge infrastructure" and arguing that the industry needs wallet insurance, selective identity disclosure, and systems that allow for restitution. He criticized Ethereum's governance model, saying the Ethereum Foundation is "descending into a plutocratic oligarchy," and described Bitcoin as "frozen in time" and "a religion" that rejects external ideas. Hoskinson also predicted that AI agents will become the primary users of cryptocurrency, stating that "agents solve the single biggest issue" of user complexity and that within a decade, "AI agents will hold more crypto than humans."

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  • Cardano PRIME Live, w/Charles Hoskinson & AlphaGrowth

    What if the chain everyone calls a "ghost chain" is about to deploy the most efficient liquidity stimulus in DeFi history? Charles Hoskinson, founder of Cardano and CEO of Input Output, joins Bryan Colligan and Eric Waisanen to break down the Cardano PRIME proposal and the network's aggressive push to rewrite its decentralized finance ecosystem. As a co-founder of Ethereum and the core architect of Cardano, Charles sits in a rare seat: he understands the rigorous eUTXO architecture better than anyone, and he knows exactly what it takes to scale a global decentralized network. Cardano holds a 1…

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  • Charles Hoskinson on Cardano’s Future, the state of crypto & AI

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  • Charles Hoskinson on Cardano's Future, Ethereum's Mistakes, and Crypto's Missing Safety Net

    After a bridge hack rattled the Cardano ecosystem, Charles Hoskinson, CEO and Founder of Input Output, joins Jennifer Sanasie ...

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  • After $10M Wanchain Bridge Hack, Charles Hoskinson Says Crypto Must Change

    Input Output CEO and Founder Charles Hoskinson joins CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hours after a $10 million exploit drained Wanchain's Cardano-to-BNB Chain bridge of 515 million NIGHT tokens. Hoskinson explains why bridge hacks are inevitable without zero-knowledge infrastructure and what wallet insurance, selective identity disclosure, and privacy tech like Midnight would mean for an industry that still leaves victims with no recourse. - Subscribe to our YouTube channel for the full interview, dropping July 23.    / coindesk   - #digitalfinance #finance #bitcoin Subscribe to CoinDesk on YouTu…

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  • Untangling: Privacy Infrastructure w/ Charles Hoskinson | E136 | UW3

    🎙 ‪@UntanglingWeb3‬ → https://untanglingweb3.com ⛓️ ‪@midnight.network‬ → https://midnight.network/ Privacy is becoming one of the most important infrastructure questions in blockchain. Public ledgers made transactions transparent, verifiable, and trustworthy, but full transparency creates limits for real-world adoption. Businesses, institutions, governments, and individuals all need systems that can prove what is true without exposing everything by default. In this episode of Untangling Web3, Charles Hoskinson, CEO and Founder of Input Output Group, explores why privacy infrastructure is es…

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  • Charles Hoskinson On Why Crypto Won’t Go Mainstream Yet

    Can crypto, stablecoins, and real-world assets go mainstream if every transaction is public? Live from Consensus Hong Kong 2026, Charles Hoskinson, Founder & CEO of Input Output and creator of Cardano, joins Gamma Prime to discuss Midnight, crypto privacy, real-world assets, smart compliance, stablecoins, blockchain adoption, and why he believes crypto still has one major problem to solve before it can reach the next billion users. Charles has spent more than 15 years building in crypto, from helping create the Cardano ecosystem to leading one of the largest blockchain research groups in the…

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  • From $0 to $1.2B - How Charles Hoskinson Created Cardano (ADA)

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  • #215 Charles Hoskinson - Cardano Founder on the Secret DARPA AI Project That Became Siri

    Charles Hoskinson is the CEO and Founder of Input Output Global (IOHK), the company behind the Cardano blockchain, ...

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  • Crypto Megan Podcast | Charles Hoskinson: The $10 Trillion Bitcoin DeFi Revolution

    Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson reveals how unlocking DeFi for Bitcoin could spark a $10T economic shift by 2030. He breaks down how Cardano empowers Bitcoin to earn and scale while staying true to its roots. Hoskinson also explores the philosophy of decentralization and shares a powerful story from the Amazon’s bullet ant ritual—a metaphor for leadership, courage, and blockchain growth through discomfort. Watch DraperTV Now: http://drapertv.com FOLLOW DRAPERTV: Facebook:   / drapertv   Instagram:   / draper_tv   LinkedIn:   / meetthedrapers   X: https://x.com/streamDraperTV TikTok:   / me…

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  • Charles Hoskinson On The Future of Blockchain & Crypto

    Season 4 of BWSTW kicks off with the legendary Charles Hoskinson. He shaped the direction of Ethereum and Cardano, and now Midnight. So you'll want to hear what he has to say about what is needed for Blockchain and Crypto to properly scale... Charles is recognised as one of the leading thinkers when it comes to Web3, but is also the founder of a number of non-Blockchain businesses making use of disruptive technologies, so he brings a broad commercial perspective He also knows what it takes to scale Blockchain and Crypto ecosystems, from the code, to the community, to regulation and engaging w…

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