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The road to Cardano 2030 runs straight through Leios, and the testnet goes live this week. @lilybrodi and @cwpaulm interview @carloslodelar, who breaks down how this scaling breakthrough unlocks massive throughput and locks in the network's long-term sustainability.

UPDATE CHARLES DROPS JAPAN PARTNERSHIP TEASER 😱😱😱 @IOHK_Charles revealed that a deal has been secured related to the liquidity of $NIGHT in Japan, describing it as real exciting and hinting that it involves a company he never expected to work with. While details remain under wraps, this suggests another step forward for Midnight's expansion and international reach.

Four major engineering feats Cardano accomplished in the blockchain space: ✅ Layer 2 scaling capable of 1 MILLION TPS ✅ Proof of Stake self healing Nakamoto Consensus ✅ Full on-chain governance by the Ada Holders ✅ Privacy with selective disclosure Huge thanks to @IOGroup 🫡

JUST IN: Cardano $ADA is included in the newly launched crypto index futures by CME Group & Nasdaq.🇺🇸 It tracks 8 cryptocurrencies including $ADA, $BTC, $ETH, $SOL, $LINK, $XRP and more.

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ADA at four-year lows. TapTools gone. JPG Store gone. The Summit cancelled by our own governance vote. But here's what every "Cardano is dead" post leaves out: The conference died because holders voted it down. Show me another chain where the community can defund its own leadership's plans. That "crisis" is proof the decentralization is real. Meanwhile: native USDC is live. Pyth and LayerZero are live. CME futures are live, with the spot ETF window opening in August. Leios is being driven toward a mainnet-ready release by late 2026.

🔥 WHY DON’T THEY LIKE CARDANO? 🔥 Why do some people spend so much time attacking $ADA ? The answer is simple 👇 1️⃣ They can’t control it. 2️⃣ They aren’t positioned in it. 3️⃣ They can’t pressure it. 4️⃣ They can’t manipulate it. 5️⃣ They can’t force the community to follow their narrative. 6️⃣ It’s too resilient. 7️⃣ It’s more secure than many of the projects they promote. 8️⃣ It’s built on research, not hype. 9️⃣ It still has one of the strongest and most loyal communities in crypto. 🔟 They know Cardano’s biggest chapter may still be ahead of us. For years they laughed. For years they underestimated it. For years they said it would disappear. Yet Cardano is still here. Still building. Still growing. Still securing billions in value. Still backed by a community that refuses to quit. The funny thing is that the louder the attacks become, the more it feels like we’re getting closer. ⏳ We are close. 🚀 Very close. 💙 Cardano’s time is coming. #Cardano #ADA #CardanoCommunity #Web3 #Crypto #Blockchain #BuildOnCardano #Cardano2026

"AI agents will hold more crypto than humans within a decade." Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) studied math, dropped out, built one of the only blockchains designed by peer-reviewed research. He co-founded Ethereum, walked away over how it was run, and built Cardano to do it differently. The man who has argued with everyone in this industry now thinks the biggest user of crypto won't be people at all. "Humans are a rounding error in the system we're building. AI agents don't sleep, don't panic-sell, and don't care about price. They transact in tokens because that's the only thing they can actually use." We cover: - Why AI agents (not humans) become the dominant on-chain actors, and what that does to every token model - The infrastructure that has to exist before agents can transact safely at scale - Why most current blockchains can't handle machine-speed transactions - Where Cardano's research-first approach fits in a world of autonomous agents - The identity problem: how do you tell a human from an agent on-chain, and why it matters - Why he's bullish on the technology but blunt about the timeline - What he thinks the rest of the industry is getting wrong about AI + crypto - The one thing that has to happen for any of this to be real Thanks to Charles for coming on @new_era_finance. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 01:30 - Why AI Agents Change Everything 06:30 - Humans as a Rounding Error 12:00 - The Infrastructure Gap 18:30 - Identity: Human vs Agent On-Chain 24:30 - Where Cardano Fits 30:00 - What The Industry Gets Wrong 34:00 - The Timeline Nobody Wants To Hear

What if Cardano became the backbone of global agriculture? The 5am earth proposal could bring: 2M+ monthly active users 7–10M monthly transactions Up to $1.2B in ecosystem contribution All driven by real farmers, real commodities, and real agriculture workflows on Cardano. This is what mainstream adoption looks like.

Cardano is ranked #1 on @MessariCrypto Gainers by Stablecoin Marketcap, up 60.8%. Stablecoins on Cardano are growing. And soon, treasury withdrawals will be available in USDCx. The infrastructure is ready.

Midnight's guarded period is coming to an end as the network prepares for its next hard fork, unlocking major upgrades. Monument Bank aims to tokenize £250M in deposits on Midnight with more banks and insurers exploring RWAs and yield opportunities.

Treasury voting for IO’s 2026 proposals closed on Sunday evening. Six proposals received approval: • Consensus • Cardano Upgrades • Cardano Maintenance • Plutus • Cardano High Assurance • Developer Experience The Input Output Research proposal remains ongoing. The teams behind Pogun, Blockfrost, and L2 Scalability are now absorbing community feedback and assessing the strongest way forward for each initiative as development continues. Thank you to every DRep, SPO, builder, and community member who took the time to read proposals, join Spaces, ask difficult questions, challenge assumptions, and participate seriously in the process. This was governance in the open. Sometimes messy, sometimes difficult, but real. Cardano keeps moving forward because the ecosystem keeps showing up. adastat.net/governances

JUST IN: #Cardano $ADA Founder Charles Hoskinson says "with Pogun, we'll be the first to fully realize the BitVM promise of mirrored Bitcoin, that's tax neutral, non-custodial, and relies solely on the security of Proof of Work from BTC, to add DeFi to Bitcoin through Cardano."

UPDATE: Wendy O says Charles Hoskinson "praised the design of $XRP Ledger during an X Space discussion with David Schwartz. He called XRPL's Unique Node List "well-reasoned." #Cardano $ADA is working to integrate XRPL tech into Midnight sidechain."

NEW Midnight channels launched 😎📲 Follow along for memes, chaos and all things Midnight. IG: instagram.com/midnightnetwor… TikTok: tiktok.com/@midnightntwrk

@RickMcCracken I felt he was sincere and really did fall on hard times on multiple fronts. He was AWOL a bit, but contacted me back, very upfront about what was going on, and is repaying. I don't know who all he contacted or actually borrowed from, did he borrow from many or just ask many?

NEWS: Iagon x @FireblocksHQ introduce Cardano Vault. It will let institutions manage cardano:native and Cardano Native Assets the way they manage other assets. With Staking, rewards, and governance support too. This will be a big step for Cardano's institutional adoption.

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🚨 BREAKING: 🇺🇸 U.S. SENATE WILL VOTE ON A $BTC AND CRYPTO MARKET BILL ON WEDNESDAY AT 10:30 AM ET MARKETS ARE PRICING IN A 79% CHANCE OF APPROVAL RIGHT NOW IF APPROVED, THIS BILL WILL INJECT OVER $2.5 TRILLION INTO THE MARKET THIS IS GIGA BULLISH FOR CRYPTO!!

Midnight was waiting for its time. For ZK to mature. For agents to arrive. For the industry to want a meta-chain instead of yet another L1. Charles: "We love Cardano. We want it here for a century. You don't build another L1 to kill it."

NEWS: Cardano DeFi just got the pricing layer it's been waiting for. Pyth Pro is live on @Cardano 🧵

Sen. Tim Scott says the Crypto Clarity Act is nearly ready, and a full Republican bloc would unlock a May markup and Senate floor vote by summer. He says America will be the crypto capital of the world and 'democratization is coming our way.