#Cardano fam, a history lesson.
What happened to Solana.
FTX implosion.
Alameda implosion.
SBF goes to jail.
Gary Gensler
Op Chokepoint.
Silvergate bank collapse.
Inflation.
Gaza war.
Etc.. Etc…
$Sol falls to $8. Everyone was writing its eulogy. It’s done. No leadership. Directionless. Stained by criminals.
And then what happened. It had one of the best runs 2024-2025.
Crypto is a PysOps.
Cardano, as long as we make the right decisions and trust the right leaders has its best days ahead.
$ADA @IOHK_Charles@RickMcCracken
🇺🇸 Breaking early this Tuesday morning, the crypto Clarity Act draft just released for Thursday markup!
Some key points:
1. Any token that was the principal asset of a spot ETP as of Jan 1, 2026 is permanently treated as a non-security. Locks in BTC, ETH, and anything else approved by year-end.
2. Staking is fully carved out. Self-staking, self-custodial staking with a third-party operator, liquid staking, and custodial staking services are all treated as administrative/ministerial. Governance rights explicitly do not disqualify a token.
3. Section 401 lets national banks, state banks, and credit unions offer custody, staking, lending, payments, market making, and underwriting for digital assets - incidental to the business of banking. No prior approval required.
4. Section 404 closes the stablecoin yield loophole for exchanges. No interest or yield on payment stablecoin balances. Activity-based rewards (staking, governance, loyalty programs) remain permitted. Existing exchange rewards programs will need to restructure.
I won't spend more time on this topic, which is becoming even hotter in our community, but I will say this one last time. Love him or hate him, @IOHK_Charles is one of the few people responsible for creating this industry after Satoshi created @Bitcoin, and that's a fact. He also created @Cardano, which has been among the top 10 crypto projects for almost 10 years in a row.
If you haven't noticed, since late 2017, when $ADA launched, MEMEs, stablecoins, and new L1S/L2S have emerged, but Cardano is still here and very relevant.
So yes, Charles is not perfect, Cardano is not perfect, but without him, we would be dead. The dude is one of the best voices/promoters of crypto, and people recognize it. His storytelling is superb, one of the best I have ever seen among founders, and that alone is keeping Cardano where it is. Love it or hate it, but that's an undeniable fact, so as I said before, Cardao will ride or die with him, and you need to accept it. Over & out.
Crypto is actually the solution to the insanity of the world.
In this video, $ADA founder @IOHK_Charles explains how @MidnightNtwrk brings privacy and sovereignty to the world in a time it’s much needed.
00:00 Intro
1:32 Cardano Updates
6:17 Simplifying Crypto for Users
9:17 Developing with AI
16:08 Governance on Midnight City
19:29 Transparency Through Blockchain
22:45 Midnight Privacy
12:24 The Complexity of Crypto
31:16 XRP Price Appreciation
35:07 Distractions and Clarity
44:11 Anti-Crypto Government
1:04 Outro
I sat down with @IOHK_Charles on @MidnightNtwrk. His take on crypto privacy will change how you think about your wallet.
Timestamps:
0:00 The launch
6:14 Your crypto is not private
11:24 Hackers know your wallet
25:29 Night vs Midnight
35:21 What's next
42:12 Midnight Passport
Cardano has cracked the code.
No other project in crypto is doing what they’re doing.
WE ARE SO BACK! (You should watch my full interview with @IOHK_Charles) https://t.co/HBtV52xlzs