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#Cardano is more than just an investment, it's a people-powered economic system

$viresinnumeris

ENO @WorldMobileTeam providing internet access to the masses

[S₳M @SAMEL_WM]

@Cardano_Jitsu @SuperSolow Long too

[S₳M @SAMEL_WM]

@JaromirTesar No one and everyone

[Cardano YOD₳ @JaromirTesar]

As a DRep, I decided to vote NO on the proposal: Blockfrost: Maintenance and Next Generation Indexing

My rationale:

Blockfrost has received multiple funding rounds from Catalyst in the past. Last year, $1,300,000 from the Treasury. That is enough support for a private company under the IO umbrella to become a sustainable business.

While Blockfrost provides a free tier, it operates a freemium model where production usage is monetized. Without disclosure of revenue, cost recovery, and sustainability metrics, it is not possible to determine whether this subsidy is necessary or whether it risks funding a commercially viable business.

While Blockfrost is clearly an important provider, no independent data has been provided to justify subsidizing its operational costs over other competing services.

Blockfrost is one of several capable API providers in the ecosystem, alongside Maestro and Cardanoscan, while decentralized alternatives such as Koios further reduce reliance on any single service. This suggests that the ecosystem does not depend on Blockfrost in a way that would justify exclusive treasury support.

If we pick winners by subsidizing their business, others must also seek funding from the Treasury, or we support centralization by ensuring Blockfrost dominance. The winner should emerge from healthy competition, not through governance decisions.

To be clear, access to blockchain data is essential, but this does not require subsidizing a specific private API provider.

The ecosystem would benefit more from investment in open, decentralized, or protocol-level data access solutions that reduce reliance on any single service.

Allocating treasury funds to an IOG-aligned service risks reinforcing centralization at the infrastructure layer, especially in a market where multiple alternative providers exist.

Additionally, this proposal bundles two distinct components: the development of new infrastructure (Project Cayley) and an operational subsidy for Blockfrost's existing services. Combining them into a single vote prevents proper evaluation of each on its own merits and forces an all-or-nothing decision.

If you'd like to support my work, consider delegating to the MANDA pool and backing me as a DRep. Your support is the only way I can get time for governance.

MANDA Pool ID:
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My DRep ID:
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[Rami @CardanoRami]

Cardano is Polkadot’ing hard lately.

The fact that we are giving out another 300m+ $ADA at bear market lows to many devs that will sell the $ADA for stablecoins on Ethereum is a joke. We don’t even have the stablecoin depth to keep the liquidity flowing in our ecosystem.

1) Give out more $ADA grants
2) Grants lead to sell pressure of that $ADA
3) Swap that $ADA for stables on Ethereum
4) Rinse and repeat the next year

We were told the gov proposals of 2025 and 2024 were the magic bullets Cardano needed, yet the last 24 hours of dex volume in our ecosystem barely touched $700,000 USD.

The system needs to be fixed, otherwise we will struggle to maintain $0.30c the next time $BTC rallies to $100k and more and more people will leave.

I am very passionate about Cardano, which is why I share this. $ADA will continue to bleed until changes are made.

I agree that we need to spend and fund our talented devs to grow, it is necessary long-term and there are many great devs in Cardano that deserve funding, but an NCL of 350m $ADA at bear market lows when our yearly chain revenue is 700x smaller than that is simply insane.

dReps, your move.

[Chris O 🌎 Cardano DRep @TheOCcryptobro]

#Cardano fam, We are falling out of the top 20 and it’s due to sell pressure from the FE’s. $ADA/BTC is at an all time low. We have to balance investing in infra with fiscal responsibility and protecting ADA’s monetary value. Also it doesn’t help that @Cardano_CF who’s MISSION is to grow Cardano and PROTECT the value of ADA literally SOLD ADA to buy $BTC!! WTF they prioritized their own self interest and protected their wealth that the community GAVE THEM ahead of what was best for Cardano. Time to have a serious conversation about them…….
@IntersectMBO

[Pete | Beware of Scammers @astroboysoup]

Cardano DeFi is starting to move fast.

TVL is climbing, liquidity is deepening, and incentives are clearly working.

FluidTokens is up big.
Dano Finance is gaining traction.
Strike vault liquidity has surged.
Surf is next.

Let’s push Cardano higher.

[S₳M @SAMEL_WM]

@Sssebi There is only one crypto project with real liquid staking

Guess which one?

[Mintern @MinswapIntern]

NEWS:

CARDANO CARD LAUNCHES PHYSICAL VISA DEBIT CARD 😱😱😱

Users can now pay with $ADA globally, earn up to 8% cashback in crypto, enjoy low FX fees, and access ATMs worldwide.

The card also supports Apple Pay and Google Pay, bringing seamless crypto payments into everyday life.

[S₳M @SAMEL_WM]

@MinswapIntern @CardanoYYC Absolutely YES

[S₳M @SAMEL_WM]

@MinswapIntern @AnzensOfficial @YesharaTokens What's this about?

[Brandolf @WelfBrandolf]

World Mobile has already outpaced Helium across nearly every metric:

Revenue: ~$48,000 per day (higher than Helium)

DePIN nodes deployed: ~136,000+

Paying customers: ~3.3 million — and that’s being generous to Helium, which likely includes Wi‑Fi offloaded users from other carriers (World Mobile does not).

Network traffic: ~18× higher than Helium’s — all while having roughly half the market cap of their respective tokens.

And to be clear — this isn’t to knock Helium. They’ve achieved something remarkable. I just want to put World Mobile into perspective.

If you’re excited about Helium’s vision for a decentralized future, you should definitely take a look at @WorldMobileTeam too.

Let’s not depend on traditional telcos — let’s DePIN ourselves into the future.

[S₳M @SAMEL_WM]

@CardanoRacers I am

[S₳M @SAMEL_WM]

I'm so proud of our community

[Mintern @MinswapIntern]

CARDANO COMMUNITY REJECTS $3.5M TREASURY PROPOSAL FOR 2026 SUMMITS 😱😱😱

The Cardano community has overwhelmingly voted against a proposal from the @Cardano_CF and @emurgo_io to fund the Cardano Summit and TOKEN2049 sponsorship using 14M $ADA.

With about 93% voting “no,” DReps rejected the plan.

[S₳M @SAMEL_WM]

@Sssebi 67% yes
33% unsure

[S₳M @SAMEL_WM]

@bigpey Already bought

[Mintern @MinswapIntern]

CLARITY ACT CONFIRMED😱😱😱

Senator Lummis says: We think we’ve got it together with the White House, and I am so grateful.

History is being made in 2026.

[S₳M @SAMEL_WM]

@PatronesHumanos 600 und 600 ist fair.

Sie soll sich anstrengen mehr zu verdienen

[S₳M @SAMEL_WM]

@CardanoRacers I guess retail and instis are not interested enough in our tech solution. Most of them don't know such an alternative even exists

[S₳M @SAMEL_WM]

When are we banking the unbanked? Is this it?

[Angry Crypto Show @angrycryptoshow]

UPDATE: #Cardano $ADA's Anzens announces strategic partnership with Yeshara to mint 6,000,000 $USDA and "bring $USDA to Kenyan banks, financial institutions, and payment providers. Yeshara will lead local minting coordination, institutional onboarding, and regulatory alignment."

[Dave @ItsDave_ADA]

@BenTodar For readers, on Cardano, no stablecoin can currently be frozen, clawed back, or blacklisted by any central authority.

You control the assets you own.