Exposing the blatant Cardano propaganda campaign and how major outlets like @coinbureau are twisting Charles Hoskinson's words to paint ADA as a dead project.
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Cardano Community.
Midnight Community.
How many times did they call us dead?
Yet here we are.
Still building.
Still shipping.
Still showing up.
Charles takes a break for 24 hours and the entire crypto space can’t stop talking about Cardano.
That’s not what a dead ecosystem looks like.
If you’re still here, like, repost, and drop a 💙 or 🌓 below.
Let’s show everyone we’re more than alive.
Everyone is down bad right now. 😅
But if there’s one thing I enjoy, it’s watching the Cardano community rally together whenever the FUD starts flying.
That said, I’ve noticed over the years that too many people in Cardano still aren’t connected to each other. Builders aren’t following builders. SPOs aren’t following SPOs. Community members aren’t following community members.
Yet we’re all trying to grow the same ecosystem.
So if you’re building, educating, creating content, running a stake pool, participating in governance, or simply believe in Cardano, drop a comment.
I want to follow more of the people helping move this ecosystem forward. 🤘🏽
For a moment, people thought Charles was leaving.
And suddenly everyone remembered how much they care.
That’s the real story of the last 24 hours.
Not fear.
Not drama.
Not the price.
The community.
Because beneath all the noise, Cardano is still powered by millions of people who believe in something bigger than a chart.
And that’s why we’re still here.
💙
What matters long term is not short-term market sentiment, but whether an ecosystem continues to build meaningful infrastructure and attract real adoption.
Cardano today has:
Decentralized Governance operating at scale through CIP-1694 and on-chain voting
One of the strongest open-source communities in the industry, with contributors building across research, protocol development, tooling, and applications worldwide
Institutional Transparency anchored directly on-chain, where governance actions, treasury activity, and ecosystem operations are publicly verifiable
Growing DeFi initiatives including
Bifrost by Fluid Tokens
Pogun by IOG
Sundial Protocol
Charms
BTC Karma
Expanding RWA and digital identity infrastructure through projects like Veridian and tokenization initiatives across multiple regions
Global public/private sector collaborations spanning education, telecommunications, digital identity, and blockchain infrastructure
Examples of transparent on-chain activity already visible today include:
DRep registrations and governance actions
Treasury withdrawals and constitutional committee activity
Ecosystem and partner network activity
Native asset issuance and RWA directly on London Stock Exchange
20.000 farmers in India combining satellite data, identity, education and industry
Everything verifiable. Everything auditable. Built in public.
The work continues.
Contrary to recent rumors, @IOHK_Charles is NOT leaving the Cardano ecosystem. He’s simply taking a break from X due to the heavy abuse and toxicity.
Wishing him and the Cardano ecosystem all the best.
@IOHK_Charles There should be ways out. My parents always teached me to never give up. I wish I had the knowledge to help you and all other believers in Cardano.
Charles Hoskinson just said he has no governance keys, no treasury access, and no control over where Cardano goes next.
I wanted to share context for many who have no idea what is happening on Cardano.
The Genesis keys that created Cardano are burned. Everything now runs through community proposals and votes.
We're seeing projects like TapTools close. The economics are brutal when bond yields beat holding ADA.
Governance is hard, and as a community, I think we can fix things and turn things around.
0:00 Intro
1:45 Charles Has No Control
4:20 The Governance Era Shift
8:10 Treasury and Funding Reality
12:30 Why Projects Are Failing
16:45 D-Reps and Voting Challenges
21:10 Lessons From Project Catalyst
25:40 Improving the Process
29:15 Where to From Here
33:50 Wrap Up
Charles gets too much hate. Cardano isn’t perfect but it’s a hell of a lot better than most other chains.
If you think Cardano is bad, look around. Outside a few niche areas the entire industry is wrecked.
BTC only pumped thanks to a madman leveraging his entire company to buy it. ETH didn’t break its previous ATH (even with multiple DATs buying it). SOL barely did. Could ADA have done better? Yes, but it could also have done worse.
Crypto has not had a great time recently. Scams, hacks, tech failures, security vulnerabilities, AI threats, and the looming quantum problem. Even true believers are beginning to question the future of the industry.
But blockchain’s potential to transform the world’s systems hasn’t gone away. If anything, it’s more needed than ever.
“Build fast and break things”. The Silicon Valley mindset has permeated the industry’s thinking. Blockchain is just a technology, right? But the result has been hacks to the tune of billions of dollars, chains that go down for hours at a time, and the centralisation of power.
What is the point of crypto if we’re just building a faster casino, or a playground for VCs to max extract from retail? Blockchain was supposed to be about changing the economic, social, and political systems of the world. It’s no wonder crypto is down bad. People no longer believe in its potential.
Cardano is one of the few projects that has stayed true to the original mission. It has been a slow process, but the result is a chain that is battled-tested. It is hard to find examples of other chains with comparable levels of security, reliability, and decentralisation.
Most other crypto projects would kill to be in our position. Not only do we have one of the most advanced chains, we also have an extremely passionate and engaged community. People who are dedicated to seeing Cardano succeed.
Charles is one of those people. The reality is Cardano wouldn’t exist without his efforts, and his vision and passion to make something great.
Charles is not wrong.
ADA has governance so YOU are in control.
Sadly sometimes when compromise is needed the most it’s not granted.
I hope things turn around.
People love to complain about Charles.
But they forget legendary moments like these.
Charles built Cardano from scratch.
He gave billions of $NIGHT to the community for free.
All those years, he dedicated his time, energy, and passion to Cardano and Midnight.
Instead of complaining, maybe it’s time to show some support and appreciation for everything he has done for this ecosystem.
Because after every bear market comes a bull market.
Don’t complain. Show some love.
Drop a 💙 to say: Thank you, Charles.
Where is the Charles who said we would change the world? Where is the Charles who worked tirelessly and faithfully to his vision? Where is the Charles I listened to at TEDx Bermuda 12 years ago? That Charles said we could do it alone, without any legacy institution to help us. Can you help me find him? Because I loved it! Come on @IOHK_Charles, I know you and I'm with you in this, I've always been. You can still straighten the ship and take us to prosperous and calm waters. Let’s do it!
Charles Hoskinson just poured his heart out on Spaces.
He has no power to unilaterally fix Cardano, gets zero love, catches every single blame for failures, and watches his funding proposals get rejected by the same people who then complain nothing improves.
This man is getting crushed under undeserved hate while carrying the weight of the entire project he built from nothing.
Cardano community it’s time to wake up.
Unify, support the founder and the team whose vision created this entire foundation, or watch it slowly die.
No more toxicity.
#Cardano $ADA @IOHK_Charles