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$ADA

[Messari @MessariCrypto]

State of Cardano Q1 2026

Key Update: Cardano delivered Q1 data behind its institutional infrastructure thesis, including the buildout of a regulated dollar rail, compliance, audit, and tokenization stack, with USDCx capturing 36.0% of the network's stablecoin market at $17.5M, Midnight launching mainnet, and 80.1M ADA deployed under a newly ratified 350M ADA Net Change Limit, even as ADA fell 27.4% to $0.24.

@Cardano
@InputOutputHK

QoQ Metrics 📊
-Stablecoin market cap ↑ 27.1% to $48.6M as USDCx launched Feb. 27 and displaced USDM as the network's largest stablecoin, while every other major stablecoin supply declined

-DeFi TVL ↓ 23.5% to $133.1M vs an 18.9% industry-wide decline, with SundaeSwap ↑ 45.0% and Danogo ↑ 31.7% as the only top-six protocols growing on USDCx liquidity

-Daily active addresses ↓ 28.1% to 13,400 daily average, while average daily transactions ↑ 2.2% to 26,550 as DeFi and the USDCx and NIGHT launches drove activity

-Total staked ADA ↑ 1.5% to 21.7B, raising the staking rate to 58.3%, even as USD-denominated stake ↓ 26.4% to $5.2B

-Average daily DEX volume ↓ 44.3% to $2.5M, with Danogo ↑ 48.6% as the only top-five DEX posting growth

Post-quarter, an SPO call confirmed the June 2026 launch of the Van Rossem hard fork (Protocol V11), following Q1 node releases that cut SPO RAM requirements from 24GB to 8GB and CME's Feb. 9 ADA futures launch starting the six-month clock toward Aug. 9, 2026, spot ETP eligibility.

Despite the DAA decline, transactions per address rose 16.5% QoQ to 1.98, pointing to existing users transacting more intensively as USDCx and NIGHT activity concentrated flows.

Q2 will test whether the Critical Integrations cadence holds and whether USDCx liquidity converts into organic DeFi rotation beyond its day-one venues.

[Midnight @MidnightNtwrk]

The faster AI and quantum computing advance, the more urgent this question becomes:

How do we protect what matters most?

[Goofycrisp @goofy_crisp]

snek:native decentralized liquidity is healthier than 99% of cryptocurrencies in existence.

Not only do we have a solid decentralized liquidity-to-market-cap ratio of approximately 5%, but our largest holder owns less than 1.7% of the supply, making the token more resilient and better positioned to withstand periods of high market volatility.

With 76.1% of all DEX liquidity provided by hundreds of independent holders, liquidity providers are consistently earning approximately 30% APR without any token emissions or supply incentives. This means snek:native has achieved self-sustainability from a trading liquidity perspective, which is very difficult to accomplish.

As for the remaining 23.9% managed by the Snek Foundation, we will strategically allocate liquidity across pools as the prices of $ADA, snek:native, and $NIGHT evolve over the coming years.

And that's without accounting for the liquidity available across our 25+ centralized exchange listings.

SNEK is positioned in a way that most projects can only dream of. It is truly a decentralized, community-owned token, and we can be proud of that.

All that to say: the job's not finished. Exciting times ahead.

[Strike | Onchain Perps @strikeperps]

SpaceX $SPCX is leading the way in volume today 🔥

Cardano has equities… 👀

Link: 🏎️ https://t.co/jGn8pW8qDQ

[Angry Crypto Show @angrycryptoshow]

JUST IN: IOG says "in this first release, we're going to 500 TPS. In the coming month we'll be demonstrating 1,000 TPS. This is where we're going, at 10,000 TPS. We're keeping the same decentralization and bringing the SPOs along with us." #Cardano $ADA

[Midnight @MidnightNtwrk]

Midnight mainnet is coming.

On the #ConsensusHK stage, we shared that Midnight mainnet will officially go live before the end of March. This marks a major milestone and the beginning of a live, production network designed to support early applications built around selective disclosure and real-world privacy.

Mainnet is foundational. It provides a stable environment for builders to launch, test, and iterate, while setting the stage for rapid protocol and tooling expansion ahead.

Join the conversation LIVE as we unpack how to get started with Midnight mainnet and what to expect.

🎙️ Midnight Livestream Booth
🗓️ Thursday, Feb 12
⏰ 12:00 PM HKT
W/ @IOHK_Charles (@IOGroup), @F_ZK_Now (@midnightfdn), and Mike Ward (@shieldedtech)

[C₳RD₳NO DIET || Ravenous for Cardano @Cardanodiet]

RT @CarPoolCrypto: In the United States today we celebrate our Thanksgiving, and I wanted to express my appreciation. I do reflect on and f…

[C₳RD₳NO DIET || Ravenous for Cardano @Cardanodiet]

@MicheleHarmonic Oh wow! That sounds like it was difficult time/situation, and disappointing because you hoped it would be good opportunity, but were in the end taken advantage of.

Thank you for taking the time to explain what happened. I hadn’t pieced it all together.

[C₳RD₳NO DIET || Ravenous for Cardano @Cardanodiet]

@BlueOrangeBlur @KpunToN00b @Cerkoryn Net positive, absolutely. But doesn't excuse the perpetrator.
https://t.co/ntqFgXMCEI

[CarPool | ₳ | Stake Pool (CAR) 🧫🧠 @CarPoolCrypto]

Someone finds a vulnerability (bug) in my home security: I forgot to put a sensor on one window. Instead of ringing my doorbell and saying “Hey, you missed this,” they spend time studying the gap, design a plan, craft the tools, and then break in at 2 a.m. “just to see what happens.”
My dogs lose their minds, chase the intruder off, no one is hurt, nothing is stolen. We add the missing sensor, upgrade a few other things, and honestly end up safer and more confident than we were before. Best possible outcome from a bad situation.
That fortunate outcome does not erase the fact that someone planned and executed a break-in.
I’m genuinely grateful Cardano came out stronger. @IOHK_Charles, @Cardano_CF, @IntersectMBO, stake-pool operators, developers, and the entire community rallied in a way that was beautiful to watch. The network proved its resilience in real time (as it has in the past).
Being grateful for the lesson and feeling genuine compassion for a fellow human who made a terrible choice do not cancel out the need for accountability.
Finding an obscure bug that requires advanced protocol knowledge, writing targeted code to exploit it, and then deploying that exploit on a live global financial network is not “testing.”
Responsible disclosure looks like knocking on the door, filing a report, working through a legitimate path; not sneaking through the window in the middle of the night and later saying “I was only curious.”
When the target is critical financial infrastructure that people all over the world rely on, the conversation has to include law enforcement and, if necessary, the courts. That’s where intent, motive, and consequences get sorted properly.
I feel no toward the person. I’ve made my own mistakes in life, felt remorse, been truly contrite, and still had to face the music. Compassion and accountability can go hand in hand.

[C₳RD₳NO DIET || Ravenous for Cardano @Cardanodiet]

@MaxNFT777 @Ayorosama @KpunToN00b You clearly don't

[C₳RD₳NO DIET || Ravenous for Cardano @Cardanodiet]

@MaxNFT777 @ytjeamsterdam @KpunToN00b Reposting this as your reply to everyone only reinforces what folks are commenting on... your low comprehension of what actually happened.

[C₳RD₳NO DIET || Ravenous for Cardano @Cardanodiet]

@CarPoolCrypto 69ADA per Billion!!! 🤑🤑🤑

[CarPool | ₳ | Stake Pool (CAR) 🧫🧠 @CarPoolCrypto]

Hosky to the moon, 🌙 !

[Machiavellic, a Sandbox MMO @Machiavellic_io]

With the final Warpigs complete and the last races wrapped, the #Cardano Convoys era ends… and a far greater phase for #Machiavellic begins... an Epic phase.

Huge thanks to all participating projects: @Tokenmithr , @TokenAccio , @AdaLink_io , @nufiwallet , @MMonopoly10, @nmkr_io . Thanks for all the fish!

Note: Our site took months of attacks and finally went down last week. It’s now discontinued — a new one is coming. join our Discord and witness what’s next.

#gaming #gamedev #web3 #indiegame #PVPfun

[Goofycrisp @goofy_crisp]

The @snek Treasury Withdrawal has met all governance requirements and should be approved at the next epoch change.

We will make an official statement once it’s ratified.

Thank you to everyone who supported us. Exciting times ahead. 🐍

[C₳RD₳NO DIET || Ravenous for Cardano @Cardanodiet]

@CarPoolCrypto @ClarksonsFarm1 Funding is needed. People have to choose & vote with their dollars.
It’s true, the tech is finally getting to the point this can be pulled off.

Funds won’t be coming from governments, banks, or any of these institutions that have everything to lose from a system like that.

[Cardano Foundation @Cardano_CF]

Unveiling the next phase of our roadmap for Cardano adoption.

• 8-figures $ada for stablecoin liquidity
• DeFi liquidity initiatives support
• 220M ada delegation to new DReps
• $10M+ RWA launch
• 2M ada to the Venture Hub
• Expanded promotion & adoption

Thread: 🧵

[C₳RD₳NO DIET || Ravenous for Cardano @Cardanodiet]

@CarPoolCrypto @AltcoinDaily ADA owner?

[CarPool | ₳ | Stake Pool (CAR) 🧫🧠 @CarPoolCrypto]

@AltcoinDaily All who own some ADA and have it under the control of their own keys, own a portion of the global Cardano Network.