Cardano announced its integration with Pyth Network, a leading oracle provider in the cryptocurrency industry.
Pyth Network currently supports nearly 300 protocols and is known for securing a wide range of DeFi applications. Some of the top protocols using its data feeds include Jupiter, Kamino, Drift, NAVI Lending, and Avantis.
This integration is important for Cardano, a layer-1 network that has struggled to attract developers over the years. One reason for this is that it has had no mainstream oracle provider.
Oracles are essential in the crypto industry as they help to bring off-chain data like price feeds on-chain. With Pyth Network, Cardano developers will now be able to access price feeds of key assets like stocks, cryptocurrencies, commodities, forex, and ETFs.
Therefore, Cardano may begin to gain market share in sectors such as decentralized finance and real-world asset tokenization.
The Pyth integration is also important, as partnerships with blue-chip oracle providers is one of the main objectives of the recent withdrawal of 70 million ADA tokens from the treasury. The other four pillars are stablecoin integrations, cross-chain bridges, institutional custody, and analytics and pricing tools.
The Pyth integration came in the same week that Cardano launched the Midnight mainnet and the NIGHT token, which has gained a market capitalization of over $823 million. Many Cardano holders who participated in the Glacier airdrop and the scavenger mine have already started claiming their NIGHT tokens.
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